GoinDownSlow 09/26/2009
No shit! I missed D. Gets my vote for best. Listen to WP, then go back and change your vote...And since I know I'll miss his b-day, like I have every friggin' year since '72, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SKYDOG!
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Spike65 03/06/2009
Pretty darn good. Defined Southern Rock in the late sixties and early 70's.
Chrisrianna 10/10/2008
His life was cut too short and in the time he had he did not show much.
I changed my mind on Duane after listening to The Allman Brothers Band "At Fillmore East [Deluxe Edition]" because he sounded great and so did the band. It is too bad that he died so young, because he probably would have gotten better as he aged.
irishgit 08/11/2008
Brilliant throughout his career, I'm particularly fond of his work on Derek and the Dominos
oscargamblesfr o 08/11/2008
I won't talk about his early stuff with The AllmanJoys or The Hourglass- or even get into his great work with The Allmans and his lauded session work for soul, pop, rock, blues and r&b rstars at Muscle Shoals.Must have something really terrible in a past life to merit being behind the guitarists for Bon Jovi and Motley Crue on this diseased and insidious excuse for a weblist. Motley Crue and Bon Jovi? Blasphemous. And some people wonder how Bush got voted in twice....
angryjed 12/03/2007
Can't believe Duane is this far down the list. I think people are basing these on songs played on the radio. The live stuff is in the stratosphere and yet another example of what could have been...
WTBush 09/07/2007
No one else had the gift to play slide and fingered notes with the feeling and freedom as Duane Allman had. Thank You, Duane!
billhoyes 08/31/2007
Dwayne was a huge influence on many guitarists especially those with a slide influence. Dave Tronzo a professor at Berklee is a great example....the guy was a complete genius.
SchmuppCat 03/27/2007
A very talented player but I think his slide intonation was noticibly off sometimes. Since several people mentioned it, I think he's way out of tune in several spots on Layla and not just when he's playing above the fretboard. Of course, this is part of what makes slide difficult but Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth and others manage to nail it, to my ears at least.
BassBob 03/23/2007
Duane was possessed in his playing. His guitar talked. His full potential was never realized in his catapulting ascent in skills.
wigscott 01/31/2007
One question, Who do you think of when you think of the Rock-era style of slide playing? DUANNE ALLMAN was to me the 1st player to have the perfect slide tone together, playing through those plexi Marshalls with his SG's and Les Pauls. Also for me it's impossible to look at a Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul without thinking of him. Those early Allman Brother albums are pure magic with his brother having the perfect voice. Dicky Betts of course is awesome too, he and Duanne forming probrably the 1st truelly killer guitar tandems in one band. Any bootleg Allman's show with Duanne is always killer. Oh yeah "Layla" with Clapton is not too shabby either, , one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
amello 01/27/2007
Duane could play anything, not just slide and blew the minds of everyone who saw him play or played with him. Why else would Clapton let him play almost all the leads on the album Layla. He came up with the Signature Lick for Layla, not Clapton. I love Clapton, but Duane blew him away on that album with his slide and straight guitar playing. He influenced a generation of guitar players much like Hendrix and Van Halen have done, but he is my personal favorite.
shamic 01/24/2007
Slash is the Best guitarist of all times. he is not at the top of the charts because the other guitarist belong to the classic rock style. They made Rock n' roll famous.
bubb 07/03/2006
Listen to 'In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed' and 'Whipping Post' for starters!
Yogman 07/01/2006
he & Rory Gallagher - the best slide players ever
Djahuti 06/29/2006
Duane was an exceptionally talented young guitar player when he was killed.He recorded amazing,killer stuff,not just with the Allman Brothers,but with a wide variety of other artists,check out his "Anthology" Albums,1 and 2.Had he not died so young,I bet he'd be in the top 5 of this list!
the king 04/17/2006
Duane Allman was the best guitarist ever--by far the most versatile. he did it without all the special effects as well--just sheer genius.
Thunderbird II 04/14/2006
ALL YOU S***HEADS ARE HIGH, HE'S NUMBER 2 OF ALL TIME BEHIND EC!!!
lightfinger200 0 04/01/2006
sweet tones and great harmonies but cant put him in the top 40
AndrewT 03/23/2006
Duane Allman was the king of the jammin' guitar masters. Pure magic with unbridled energy and creativity.
doobiesNhof 03/15/2006
Duane Allman not only was a founding member of the Allman Brothers, he played with other artists in his relatively brief career cut short by a deadly motorcycle crash. Artists like Eric clapton, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, King Curtis and Delaney and Bonnie just to name a few.
Robbo59 11/15/2005
An unbelivable talent that left us when he was only 24. Along with cohort Dickey Betts, formed the nucleus of the most talented band of all time. The product that still tours as the Allman Brothers Band, featuring Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks on duel lead guitars is without equal in today's crop of bands but there would be no present music scene without the vision and scope of Duane Allman. He was, and still is, a man among boys when it came to playing lead or slide guitar. The best slide guitar ever and the reason wht we still hear Layla played on the radio today. Long live the 'Skydog' may his memory never leave us.
neil844 10/31/2005
The best guitarist ever. in the three years prior to his death he was used on some 18 albums as a session man because he was the best around. he completely outshines clapton (whom i also rate very highly) on the derek and the dominos album (why does love got to be so sad), shame he never got the recognition he deserved, particuarly here in england, as the allman bros never had a chart placing higher than 47, so remains unknown here
SIResearch 08/25/2005
one of the best slide guitarists ever.
Limpin' Trenchfoot 07/28/2005
He was not just a great slide player but also a top flight acoustic player,as his much copied classic 'Little Martha' shows.
comfortably_nu mb 07/22/2005
Duane is the 2nd best guitarist in my opinion and in Eric Claptons opinion the greatst he said himself. The riff on layla was done by Duane not Clapton by the way
vetteman03 05/16/2005
Could be the greatest slide player, but I'm not sure that makes him the best guitar player overall ever.
the_observer 03/18/2005
This guy played on some of the most boring long drawn out recordings in rock history.
Saronix 11/27/2004
He's an amazing slide player, but nothing more.
StanUzbeck 08/01/2004
Best slide guitarist ever.
sfalconer 07/08/2004
One of the very greats his loss was a great tragedy for the music world.
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