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 enlarge | Author: Randy Poe
Creator: Billy F. Gibbons
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 100191
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 324
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0879308915
Dewey Decimal Number: 787.87166092
EAN: 9780879308919
ASIN: 0879308915
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Condition: 324 pages, new book New 2006 Backbeat Books Hard Cover
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 Greatest guitar player,good book! May 13, 2007
I enjoyed the history of Duane and the Brothers and how he impacted the music and musicians he came in contact with.It was well written and showed both the genius of Duane and also some of his human flaws which all of us can relate to,all this at a very young age!The only real problem I have with the book(and it is more a question why or why not)is the lack of peers such as Clapton,Winter,Vaughn,King etc, paying homage or at least being asked by the author to give Duane a pat on the back to Skydog, in my opinion the Greatest!!!
 Great Book On A Great Artist May 12, 2007
This book is very enjoyable to read and gives a lot of information about Duane Allman. One thing that satands out as you read this book is that Duane was a visionary musician and the true leader of the Allman Brothers Band. The band has struggled to survive ever since his death on October 29, 1971. If Duane had not died and was still with us today, I believe there would have been more concentration on making great music, and less energy spent on fighting each other in the band and abusing drugs. Though Duane indulged in drugs himself, I'm sure he would have put that into perspective before too long, and he definately would not have allowed his band to be torn apart by in-fighting among the band members. The book shows how he really was the inspiration and glue that held them together. It's no wonder the others had to struggle so much after his demise.
Powerfully Written April 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was reading this on the bus the other day and found myself getting a little choked up during the part covering Duane's and Berry's deaths. Powerful writing; thanks Randy. Skydog lives.
Where the music comes from March 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Based on some of the other reviews here, I expected to enjoy "Skydog" more than I did.
For those who can't remember where they were when they learned that Duane Allman had died, for those who didn't read the bio that accompanied the release of the first Anthology album, and for others who are new to the stories, Randy Poe's book is both informative and insightful. I was happy to find that I still wanted to listen to "Live at the Filmore," after reading it. (Freeman's book on the ABB a decade ago made it hard to listen to the band's work for a while.)
The sections of Poe's book on Allman's brief tenure in Alabama was the best part of the book.
But the book I want to read about Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band has yet to be written. I want to know where the music came from. Not the psychological sources, in the hard times that each band member suffered (which can be said to have been covered at this point), but in the recordings and live musicians they listened to, the experiments they tried.
One door that Poe opened, but didn't go through deeply enough, is the possibility (rather, the strong likelihood), that drugs altered the way that Allman heard what he was playing, and that he may have processed changes in style and technique to amplify tune he was hearing -- and what he wanted to hear.
That said, I would like to know a lot more about all of the sources that Allman brought to the sound and the individual compositions (and I'd like the same for Dickey's tunes, too). I want to know how solos changed over time, and what each musician was "quoting." I don't need to hear once more about the band's late night "sessions" at Rose Hill. I want to know what songs they played for each other at Rose Hill.
The stories about the Allman Brothers Band are interesting, sad, even tragic at times. But they aren't what makes the band worth writing about. What matters is the music.
The real deal on the ABB story March 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For anyone who considers themselves an Allman Brothers fan, this book offers the unknown elements to the story including the scene that developed around them in the South and remainder of the 60's hippie US, friends and industry contact insights into Duane as a person and his love of music and life, and what evolved to create the legacy that so many people love. The Clapton / Allman sessions are also a trip..wish I could have been there.
It makes you realize the real tragedy of his death at such a young age. I will never watch a Beacon show in the same way after reading the book..A must read.
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