Duane Allman

Howard Duane Allman November 20 1946 October 29 1971 was an American guitarist session musician and founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was formed in Jacksonville Florida in 1969 and achieved its greatest success in the early 1970s Allman is best remembered for his brief but influential tenure in the band and in particular for his expressive slide guitar playing and inventive improvisational skills In 2003 he was ranked number 2 in Rolling Stone magazines list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time In 2011 he was ranked number 9 His guitar tone achieved with a Gibson Les Paul and two 50watt bass Marshall amplifiers was named one of the greatest of all time by Guitar Player A soughtafter session musician both before and during his tenure with the band Duane Allman performed with such established stars as King Curtis Aretha Franklin Herbie Mann Wilson Pickett and Boz Scaggs He also contributed greatly to the 1970 album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and the Dominos He died following a motorcycle crash in 1971 at the age of 24