DUANE ALLMAN

 

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CHRONOLOGY PART 1: 1946-1968

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November 20, 1946
Howard Duane Allman is born in Nashville, TN.

1946

1947

December 8, 1947
Gregory Lenoir Allman is born in Nashville, TN.

Miles Davis's compilation album 'Jazz Track' is released. (DETAILS)
This album is mentioned bij Duane in a December 10, 1970 interview with Jon Tiven (New Haven Rock Press). (READ)

1958

  

Miles Davis's album 'Kind Of Blue' is released. This album is probably Duane's biggest inspiration. (DETAILS)
This album is mentioned bij Duane in a December 10, 1970 interview with Jon Tiven (New Haven Rock Press). (READ)

1959

  
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Y Teens' and 'The Shufflers'.

1961
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Shufflers' and occasionally in 'The House Rockers', backing up the vocal group 'The Untils'.

1963
Duane plays in 'Sweet William & The Stereos' from September until sometime in winter. (NOTE)
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Escorts'.

1964
 

JANUARY
1965

Davy Graham's album 'Folk, Blues & Beyond...' is released. (DETAILS)
'The Escorts' bass player Van Harrison is replaced by Bob Keller. Sometime later the name of the band is changed to 'The Allman Joys'.

MARCH
1965

  
April 17: 'The Escorts' concert in Daytona Beach, FL.

APRIL
1965

  
July 4: After Gregg graduates from high school 'The Allman Joys' play thier first gig (outside of Daytona Beach, FL) in Mobile, AL. They play at the same venue for 22 weeks. (NOTE)

JULY
1965

  
 

SEPTEMBER
1965
September 9: 'The Rising Sons' record 'Statesboro Blues' with Ry Cooder, who doesn't play slide on this song. (NOTE)

The compilation album 'What's Shakin' is released. Duane & Gregg are impressed in particular by Paul Butterfield's version of Willie Dixon's 'Spoonful' and a rendition of Robert Johnson's 'Crossraods' performed by Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
Allman Joys recording session at 'Bradley's Barn' near Nashville, TN.

Allman Joys recording session at Dial Records Studio in Nashville, TN. (NOTE)

1966
Gregg writes 'Melissa'. (NOTE)
Pete Carr succeeds Eddie Hinton as guitar player in 'The Five Minutes'.

Willy Mallory's single 'Faithful / I'll Be Your Jim' is released. (DETAILS)
After graduating from high school Bill Connell becomes the drummer for The Allman Joys.
The Allman Joys go to New York City to play at 'Trudy Heller's' and meet the members of the band 'Blues Magoos'.
Pete Carr meets Duane & Gregg Allman at the Martinique Club in Daytona Beach, FL. after The Allman Joys returned from New York City.
'The Bitter Ind' (with Butch Trucks) plays at the Martinique Club in Daytona Beach, FL. where Butch meets Duane & Gregg.
Duane arranges several gigs for 'The Bitter Ind' at the Beachcomber Club in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE)

SUMMER
1966

  
The Allman Joys record 'Shapes Of Things', 'Spoonful' and 'Crossroads' at Bradley's Barn in Nashville, TN.

AUGUST
1966

The Allman Joys' single 'Spoonful / You Deserve Each Other' is released. (DETAILS)
SEPTEMBER
1966

November 25: 'Allman Joys' concert at Fort Brandon Armory' in Tuscaloosa, AL.
NOVEMBER
1966		  
 

1967

Alnert King's album 'Born Under A Bad Sign' is released. (DETAILS)
Bill Connell leaves 'The Allman Joys' after receiving his draft notice. (NOTE)

FEBRUARY / MARCH
1967

  
'The Allman Joys' and 'The Five Minutes' join forces. They play briefly as the 'Allman-Act' and then again as 'The Allman Joys'. For Pete Carr, guitar player for 'The Five Minutes', there is no place in the new band. (NOTE)
The new band (called Allman Joys or Allman-Act or Hour Glass) plays at the Peppys A Go Go St. Louis, MI.
Meeting with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in St. Louis MI.
Relocation to Los Angeles and the name of the band is changed to 'Hour Glass'.

MARCH
1967
First US tour of Cream.
Neil Young from 'Buffalo Springfield' visits an Hour Glass concert at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood.

APRIL
1967
10-day tour of Buffalo Springfield.

MAY
1967
May 7: Eric Clapton buys 'Brownie' in London. (NOTE)
June 22: Hour Glass recording sessions at the 'Liberty Recording Studios' in Hollywood, CA.

JUNE
1967
June 9: Albert King records 'As The Years Go Passing By'.
June 18: 'Buffalo Springfield' (with David Crosby) and Jimi Hendrix play at the Monterey Pop Festival.
 

JULY
1967
July 26: Clarence Carter records 'Road Of Love' at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
August 10, 11, 12 & 15: Recording sessions for the first Hour Glass album: 'Hour Glass' at the 'Liberty Recording Studios' in Hollywood, CA.

AUGUST
1967

Clarence Carter's single 'She Ain't Gonna Do Right / Road Of Love' is released on Rick Hall's 'Fame' label. Duane doesn't play on these tracks. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
August 20: Cream at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood.
August 21: Recording session for Taj Mahal's first album 'Taj Mahal'. Jesse Ed Davis plays electric slide on 'Statesboro Blues'.
October 19: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.
The Hour Glass single 'Nothing But Tears / Heartbeat' is released.

The album 'Hour Glass' is released. (DETAILS)

Promotional tour of Hour Glass.
Duane & Gregg meet Dickey Betts in Orlando, FL.
In Daytona Beach, FL Pete Carr decides to join Hour Glass on a trip to California. He shares an apartment with Duane in Los Angeles.

OCTOBER
1967
After having been fired from 'The Byrds' David Crosby goes sailing in Florida and meets Joni Mitchell.
November 30 - December 3: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.

NOVEMBER
1967

Cream album 'Disraeli Gears' released.
November 30 - December 3: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
December 21-23: 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Hour Glass' play at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
DECEMBER
1967

Buffalo Springfield Again' is released.

December 10: Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.
December 16, 17, 19 & 20: Recording sessions for Aretha Franklin's albums 'Lady Soul' and 'Aretha Now' at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York. Eric Clapton plays guitar (overdub) on 'Good To Me As I Am To You'.

Willie Walker's single 'A Lucky Loser / Warm To Cool To Cold' is released. (DETAILS)

The Bleus' single 'Milk And Honey / Leavin' Lisa' is released. (DETAILS)
1968

Clarence Carter's album  'This Is Clarence Carter is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

The 31st Of February's album 'The 31st Of February' is released. (DETAILS)

Barry Goldberg's album  'There's No Hole In My Soul' (aka 'Reunion') is released. (DETAILS)

Percy Sledge's single 'My Special Prayer / Bless Your Little Sweet Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
Duane does a lot of jamming with Stephen Stills. (NOTE)

EARLY
1968

Taj Mahal's first album is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
Recording sessions for the second Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' at the Liberty Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

JANUARY
1968

January 22: Aretha Franklin's album 'Lady Soul' is released.
Recording sessions for Buffalo Springfield's final album 'Last Time Around' in Los Angeles.
Recording sessions for Joni Mitchell's debut album 'Song To A Seagull' in Los Angeles.
February 9-11: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA.

FEBRUARY
1968
February 5: Arthur Conley recording session at the American Studios in Memphis.
March 7-9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
The Hour Glass single 'Power Of Love / I Still Want Your Love' is released.

The Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' is released. (DETAILS)

MARCH
1968
Promotional tour of Hour Glass.
April 22: Hour Glass records demos at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL with Jimmy Johnson as recording engineer. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

APRIL
1968
April 8: Clarence Carter recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
April 15-18: Aretha Franklin recording sessions at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
May 2: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.
May 17: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles, CA.
May 24-26: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA.
Hour Glass comes into conflict with record company Liberty who are not interested in the recently recorded Hour Glass demos. (NOTE)
In fact Liberty is only interested in promoting Gregg Allman as a solo singer. (NOTE)

MAY
1968
May 5: the final 'Buffalo Springfield' concert.
May 18-19: Miami Pop Festival.
May 23 & 24: Recording sessions for Taj Mahal's second album 'The Natch'l Blues'.
Aretha Franklin in Europe.

Arthur Conley's album 'Soul Directions' is released. (DETAILS)
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills record 'Super Session'.
June 6-9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
The members of Hour Glass, besides Gregg Allman, (NOTE) leave Los Angeles and return to St. Louis, MO.  (NOTE)
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single
'D-I-V-O-R-C-E / Changing Of The Guard' is released.

JUNE
1968

June 12: Gregg Allman recording session at the Liberty Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

June 14: Aretha Franklin's album 'Aretha Now' is released.
June 28: Aretha Franklin in Time Magazine.

JULY
1968

July 18: Buffalo Springfield's album 'Last Time Around' is released.

Jeff Beck's album 'Truth' is released. (NOTE)

AUGUST
1968

The Cream album 'Wheels Of Fire' is released.

'Music From Big Pink' from The Band is released.

King Curtis' album 'Sweet Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
'Hour Glass' breaks up and the band members leave St. Louis, MO. (NOTE)
'The New Rock Band' recording sessions at the Tone Studios in Hialeah, FL.
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'She Is My Woman / Going Nowhere' is released.
Gregg Allman moves from Los Angeles, CA to Daytona Beach, FL and joins his brother Duane.
Duane and Gregg Allman drive to Jacksonville, FL with the van to make demo recordings with the '31st Of February'. (NOTE)
The '31st Of February' are recording demos at the TK Studios in Hialeah, FL. (NOTE)
Gregg Allman is called back to Los Angeles by record company Liberty because of an outstanding debt. (NOTE)
The '31st Of February' breaks up as a result of Gregg Allman's departure to Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE)
Duane Allman goes to Muscle Shoals, AL and asks Rick Hall of Fame Recording Studios for a job as studio musician. Rick Hall can't offer Duane any work at that time, because he already has enough session guitarists, but Duane decides to hang out and wait for an opportunity to arrive. (NOTE)
SEPTEMBER
1968
September 19: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
September 23-27: Recording sessions for Aretha Franklin's 'Soul 69' album at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'Now Is The Time / She Is My Woman' is released.
Duane Allman plays on a number of Clarence Carter recordings at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)

The New Rock Band's single 'Rock Steady / Little David' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

OCTOBER
1968
October 3: Clarence Carter recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
October 8-9: Laura Lee recording sessions at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
October 23: King Curtis recording session at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City. (NOTE)

Aretha Franklin's album 'Aretha In Paris' is released.

Jimi Hendrix' album 'Electric Ladyland' is released.
Clarence Carters single 'Too Weak To Fight / Let Me Comfort You' is released. Duane doesn't play on these tracks.
Duane Allman, who stayed with Berry Oakley in Jacksonville, FL at that time, receives a telegram from Rick Hall with an invitation to play at a Wilson Pickett recording session. (NOTE)
November 12: Clarence Carter's recording session for 'The Road Of Love' at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. This would become the first commercially released recording to feature Duane playing a slide guitar solo. (NOTE)
November 27: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
Rick Hall gives Jerry Wexler a call and plays Wilson Pickett's recording of 'Hey Jude' over the telephone. Jerry Wexler is pretty impressed and decides to release it as a single. (NOTE)
Rick Hall asks Duane Allman to move from Jacksonville, FL to Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
Jerry Wexler informs Tom Dowd about Duane Allman. (NOTE)
NOVEMBER
1968
November 2: Clarence Carter's 'Too Weak To Fight' enters the Cash Box Top 100. 

November 8: the various artists album 'The Original Soul Christmas' is released. Duane doesn't play on this album. (DETAILS)
November 16: Wilson Pickett's 'A Man And A Half' enters the Cash Box Top 100. Duane doesn't play on this song.

November 21: The Beatles' album 'The Beatles' is released in the UK.

November 25: King Curtis' single 'The Christmas Song / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve' is released. Duane doesn't play on these songs. (DETAILS)

November 25: Clarence Carter's single 'Back Door Santa / That Old Time Feeling' is released. Duane doesn't play on these songs. (DETAILS)

November 25: The Beatles' album 'The Beatles' is released in the USA.
November 26: 'Cream' plays two farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (NOTE)
December 2: Clarence Carter recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
December 3: Wilson Pickett recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
December 6: Arthur Conley recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
The Wilson Pickett single 'Hey Jude / Search Your Heart' is released.
The Arthur Conley single 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Otis Sleep On' is released.
Wee Willie Walker's single 'A Lucky Loser / From Warm To Cool To Cold' is released.
December 21: Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' enters the Cash Box Top 100.
December 21: Cash Box review of Arthur Conley's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'.
December 28: Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' enters the Billboard Top 100.
DECEMBER
1968

December 2: George Harrison's album 'Wonderwall Music' is released in the USA.
December 10-11: Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus with a.o. the Taj Mahal band. Mick Jagger saw that band perform at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood earlier in 1968.
December 13 & 14: In New York a 'Super Session' concert is recorded and Johnny Winter makes his New York début at the Fillmore East.

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