24 year-old Duane Allman was killed when his Harley-Davidson Sportster collided with a flatbed truck in Macon, Georgia on October 29th, 1971. Eric Clapton was so impressed with Allman’s style of playing that he asked Duane to join him on the August 1970 recording of “Layla”. The high-pitched wailing you hear all over “Layla” is Skydog’s masterful slide guitar- immortalized by Martin Scorcese in one of the greatest films of all time. Though the final recording of “Melissa” wouldn’t take place unt

Today we pay tribute to Duane Allman who died on this day in 1971 in a tragic motorcycle accident. In this clip, his brother Gregg talked about how Duane was the fearless leader of The Allman Brother Band. #AllmanBrothers #music #rip | AXS TV

1.1M views · 25K reactions | “Layla” ⚡️⚡️ Recorded & released in 1970 by Derek and the Dominos & featuring Duane Allman on slide guitar, “Layla” endures as one of the greatest rock songs of all time! Praise be for Eric Clapton, y’all — what a light ✨✨ | Larkin Poe | Facebook