I'm from there and still live there. We've had some good one scome through here. Greg recorded his last album here a few years back just before his death.
Duane Allman was playing guitar as a session musician. The song is so great because Allman made everyone play above their capabilities. He was that good. Boz Scaggs was the vocalist.
Boz is still out there on road. His voice is still just as great as ever. Puts together some of the best musicians in his bands wth the usual great arrangements. Talk about tight. True pro !
Picked up presale tickets to Boz at the Fox Theater in Atlanta for Oct.17 tonight. Caught Joe Bonamassa there last weekend. Amazing show. I'm not a subscriber here, but being from Macon tends to make me gravitate towards good blues. JAMFamily, you would like this version better: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--RTh5t8yEqI.html though I think they are both fantastic. The live version by Boz's band is smoother and more polished, why I said you might like it better. I love Duane's edgy lead guitar style, he's known as a king of the slide, but he made a good living as a session guitarist also.
I appreciate your honesty. This was Boz Scaggs singing with the Muscle Schoals rhythm section playing. The slide guitarist was Duane Allman. This was recorded in 1969, several years before Steely Dan formed. Muscle Schoals has a long history of playing for many Blues, Motown and Rock bands. They are legendary. I mention the date because music evolves and the merging of deep Delta blues guitar playing with Rock was still developing at this time. I love Steely Dan too! As I love Duane. And truly appreciate muscle Schoals and all they contributed.
The damn thing almost sounds more like BB King's band than BB's band at the time! And the end! Duane lays down the groove, the organ and horns pick it up and you just ride out in glory.
Since most reactors including yourself don't research the artist, or musicians before hand, you don't get the whole story! Duane Allman was just a session guy at Muscle Shoals studio. He was 21/22 years old at the time. Being the year was 1969, Duane was actually telling a story by ways of doing an extension of the lyrics. Back in the day his solo was highly reguarded on this tune. This was Duane, his Amp and his guitar. No pedal, no effects, just him telling his story and how he was feeling the vibe and going with the music. Maybe you didn't notice how he was doing a call and answer with the horn section? Duane Allman was the other half of the Allman Brothers Band......Possibly you know the name...Eric Clapton? Clapton said there were only 2 guitar players in his life, that when he heard them on the radio, he made calls until he found out who that guitar player was....One was Duane Allman, and the other was Stevie Ray Vaughan. In fact when Eric was recording his Derek and the Dominos record in Miami, he said he had to meet Duane. Story goes, The Allman Brothers had a gig in Miami, in which Eric was front and center. After the show Eric invited the entire band back to the studio for an all night into the early morning jam...That is when he asked Duane if he'd play on his new album...Eric and his band said before Duane got there, nothing was happening. there wasn't much life in the studio. Duane came in and the session soared to the sky. Duane pushed every musician in that room, to play better than they ever had. So if you had known the short life of Duane's work, you'd realize this was classic duane always playing for the song, NOT HIMSELF!....Even some of the great jazz guys that played in NYC would go and see the Allman Brothers Band, just to see and hear was going to do that night...Like the greats Duane played different every single night, and would never compromise playing it the same way twice.
Thanks, first of all. But you're wrong. I have videos posted of me learning about Pink Floyd, Megadeth and Metallica. Also you're not being very reasonable thinking I will do extensive background checks of every artist I'm going to listen to, beforehand to know all of what you just said...Lastly and most importantly, my opinion is that the song's heartbreak mood just wasn't captured for me during alot of the last solo regardless of what information I learn about the artist, so you didn't even understand where I was coming from and got wayyy off base but it's cool.
Kellen slater, judgemental much ?? Come on dude, if your from the 60s, or 70s we don't attack people like you just did. You don't know anything about what he's done or not done. How do you except the younger generation to understand or respect the music from MY TIME when you act like an ass. Share the info you know but without the put down. Peace.
@@marjoryarmstrong6953I Call it like it is ASSHOLE! You seemed to contradict what you're accusing me of! Where i come from man to man, it be me telling you STFU, and if that didn't work, then you're on the floor! If you're ever in the Ft. Pierce Fl. area; look me up, i'm not hard to find!
Duane's contribution at the beginning is pure poetry, just exquisite. But toward the end of the song he gets a little bogged down. Tough to maintain one's highest level of creativity over 10 minutes or whatever. To put things in context, I'm not sure if the Allman Bros band even existed at this point. I know it would be a few more months before their first album would come out. Anyway, RIP Duane, Berry, Butch and Greg.
Duane was a session guitarist at this time, he worked with many great artists. If you want to hear one of his best as a session musician, try Hey Jude, by Wilson Pickett. Jude was John Lennon of the Beatles son's name and the song was Written by Paul McCartney. It was Duane's idea and when he pitched it to Wilson, Wilson said I don't want to do any Jew songs, or something like that. It was a Beatles song and Duane had him listen to it and it is absolutely GREAT! It got Eric Clapton's attention, which eventually lead to Duane playing slide on Clapton's HUGE hit Layla. You should check out both of these songs featuring Duane before he actually formed the Allman Brothers Band. RIP Duane, one of the greatest slide guitarists ever! Neither song will disappoint!
@@jamfamily4287That is also an excellent tune, though I am not the one who requested it, props to whoever did! Very laid back tune, well written and performed! ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) were a top notch band Kinda, like Pink Floyd, yet very different.
@@marymargaretmoore9034Thank you, my head is full of (useless) information like this! lol My wife complains to me all the time, when will I ever need this information?! lol
Steely Dan was almost a decade after this was made. Bear that in mind. Box was the singer and Duane was the soloist. A hired gun on the date so he was not at liberty to go out. But taken in context, in it's time this was fire. You are right Duane has flat busted loose in other tunes.
I get your desire to hear Duane let loose, but, I think his restraint here is appropriate for the song. His soul and feel are unmatched. And his slide playing is amazing. If you want killer blues playing from someone who does let it rip, pretty much anything from SRV will do.
hey, thanks for your sharing your musicality sense about this song. Ha! anology to steely dan. give me an update after you've listened to this a time or two more. take care dude
Hey Joe, I appreciate you my man! After listening again, I enjoyed the solo more than I did on the first listen. I really liked the techniques and feel in the beginning, leading up to the middle and at the end as the song fades out. Other parts I felt were a little generic and too square, rhytmically. I wanted the guitar to express the same pain as the vocalist did in those moments.
The great jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter said it best about Duane Allman.......Duane could do more in a one chord vamp, than any musician he knew! Kellen is correct about the jazz guys in NYC going to see Duane and the Brothers when they played the Fillmore East. They'd be saying what's Duane going to play tonight.
The liner notes by musicologist Robert Palmer to the Miles Davis Kind of Blue reissue cd from the 90s begin by talking about Duane Allman and his rare ability to play over one chord for a half hour without ever getting boring, but actually transfixing people. I buy every single archival release of the Duane era Allmans for this very reason. The songs may be the same, but Duane and Dickey (and Berry) play them very differently, especially the longer songs. The recent Fillmore West '71 release is a perfect example. Three wonderfully different Liz Reeds and Whipping Posts. My only issue with Loan Me a Dime is that they've always mixed the horns too high during the solo, was hoping the Skydog box set would correct that. It didn't. Also, fun fact, Duane played this solo in the bathroom at Muscle Shoals.
By the way, here is a small piece of some work Duane did. This is the title of the video ..." Awesome Duane Allman Solo Compilation".....If your ears are in tune, you'll hear the difference in a few solos of the same song, studio vs live!! The Derek and the Domino's is Eric Claptons band, in which they brought Duane in...The rest is history...Remember all you'll hear is Duane between 22 and 24 years old! He died at 24 Oct. 29, 1971
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama. Rick and the Swampers had alreay split by this time.The Swampers made the difference in this one. Boz credited drummer Roger Hawkins as the mastermind of the last ten minutes of the song.
As for, the lLoan me a Dime critique, this was 9teen 69. There was very little Spit and polish music in the South polish music in the SOUTH.MATTER OF FACT, THEY WANTED THAT DIRTY, SAD SOUND for this song.Wasnt much up beat FOR US POORFOLKS TO BE UPBEAT ABOUT AND YES, I GREW UP PICKING Cotton just like my mama and every one else in the SOUTH.
Duane was playing the guitar, like others have said, Duane was really young on “Loan me a dime”. Check out “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers and you will get that playing in different modes. Also, Duane had matured some and the Brothers were tight and really had it going on right before Duane’s death.
Damn man you are so correct!! Been listening to them since 1976 so that mistake is not acceptable. I was thinking of Fillmore East when I made the comment so what I should have said was to check out “ In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”
Your surprise and sarcasm about the quote are noted, Dag! The Blues were FULLY MATURED even before they left ... Let me digress with a tad of music history: the old Black Blues masters in the US were largely ignored by the greater American audience (1910s-1940s), very little air-play on radio; the poorer folks of all ethnicities didn't have that much expendable income so record sales weren't way up there. So anyway, the Blues got exported gradually to England (probably other European areas, but Great Britain seemed to be the center) and by the mid- to late-1960s Brit bands picked up on the greatness of Black Blues and you get John Mayall, Eric Clapton, and those blokes electrifying the usually "laid back" blues sound. Pretty quick, the Blues had come back home to America. Yes, Rock'n'Roll cropped up in the 1950s US with Elvis's Memphis background plus you got all the DoWop groups then, too. But the Blues had to go through that strange round-trip from-and-to America.
Isn't that a beautiful song? It tugs at your soul! I think it's a work of art exactly as it is and I don't think it needs anything different. We are all allowed our own opinion. I remember the first time I heard this song and it takes me right back there. Songs can take you to some sweet places. Remember though, these are older artists. Nothing like what you're used to. I was really thinking you were gonna dig it. Can't change a classic man. Peace!
I dug the first part alot, more of the solo just could've brought more feeling. Don't assume what I'm used to though, especially when I'm used to SRV, Floyd, Isleys and more recently, Steely Dan. Peace
@@jamfamily4287 I wasn't making assumptions. I was merely thinking of our age difference. I'm really glad you are getting into Steely Dan. They take me back to some of the best times of my life. Hope you're having a good evening. It's pouring down rain here in St. Louis, Mo. My favorite kind of night to listen to some awesome music! Enjoying your channel.
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 I'm a little late to the comments, but you got me thinking about the old days. I lived West County (Parkway West HS) in the early 70's. Used to listen to KADI The Rock of St. Louis! Listened to a LOT of this stuff back when it was still new...Well, newish!
Great little gem to review that seems to have not been done by other reviewers so far. This was one of my first CDs that I bought to replace records when they came out. Good on you..
I graduated High School in Utah 1973, Air Force brat, I had Duane Allman Anthology, on 8-track---google it--- is where I fist came to know and love Boz, never left me, so glad You got here...
Keep in mind Duane was in "session guitarist" mode here. Everything was done to serve the song and Boz Scaggs. So that's one reason he didn't wander out in left field getting crazy and experimental.
Duane could run up and down scales but he was engine behind the those driving horn sections/he had listen to kind a blue by miles Davis for 6 months/ youth wants u to play all over/ but the greats get whatever they can at that spot on the fret board/ and duane could always get there
P.S. Ilike the way you let the song play all the way through before to comment on it. That way you don't break up the groove. Good job man. I enjoy watching your reactions to songs!
dude, You did Good! Imagine hearing this in 1973...wait...you were not born yet! See my point! Enjoy but please try to remember the timeframe, is truly amazing the music that came out then, was all over the place, I think folks were celebrating the end to viet nam, hell I dunno! But music was amazing as you are and will discover, You just keep on brother!
Funny you mention Steely Dan, if Duane had lived longer, he would have been one of the guys they called. He couldn't read a note of music, but as you found out from Layla and Hey Jude, the guy could play. Also, Duane did a lot of modal playing, he would switch it up quite often. I hope you've dug into some live Allman Brothers, like In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Whipping, Mountain Jam, You Don't Love Me, Dreams. Duane may have been the greatest session guitarist in American classic rock. Also check out Duane and Gregg's BB King Medley recorded in 1967 while they were 21 and 20. Somehow Liberty Records rejected it.
I think Luther Allison wrote this song back in the early 60s. I could be wrong. I have been many times. Supposedly Dwayne was sitting in a janitors closet while playing the guitar on this song. That's the eay they tell it.
Actually' Duane was in the same toilet that Keith Richards was in when he finished writing WILD HORSES'S , A FEW MONTHS EARLIER IN THE BURLAP PALACE.THE Tiny Studio was packed with great talent and they quickly meshed. You have to remember, this was nineteen sixty nine not nineteen 93. There was NO HI TEC CHEATING GOING ON.
Duane knew that you don't have to play a million notes and cords to tell a story. No one played with more feel than Duane, sorry JAM family guy, perhaps you lack the feeling. Furthermore, that is considered by most guitarist as one of the quintessential slide guitar solos in the history of modern music. Numerous guitarist played with Steely Dan over the years, but no one every approached the level of Duane, as perhaps only a handful ever have.
Youngblood, you have the most genuine reactions to one of the bluesiest songs coming out of the rock period of the late 60s. FYI the term "loan me a dime" comes from the cost (ten cents - a dime) of a call from a public telephone that would be at each street corner back in the day.
Muscle Shoals Magic there! Duane was a studio musician there at the time. This is Boz's album. Welllll, we all have our opinions. That's a straight blues tune, and they are known for playing/staying in the pocket. It's not on the same planet as Steely Dan (who I love also!). Apples and oranges. I can't name a single straight blues tune by Steely Dan, cause there ain't one. We'll just have to disagree on this one, which is cool. Boz played in the early Steve Miller Band and has had a long and successful solo career. Try Boz's "Lido Shuffle" or "Lowdown" from the Silk Degrees album. Very different. Love your channel keep em coming!
*SCHOOL'S IN SESSION* *NOT Duane & Boz* *It's BOZ's ALBUM* it's his 2nd release self titled *Boz Scaggs* (released 1969) *Boz is the VOCALS* *Duane Allman* play'd GUITAR on this song ( *this is before Duane got famous with the Allman Brothers* ) ... *You said you NEVER heard of Boz* - go listen to *LOWDOWN* everyone's has heard it , even people living under a rock ... ~ 😈🔺🦋 ... 🎵💖
PS . Thanks for he take on the song. Boz is great R&B singer and writer. He has a lot better stff out there. Check out Brake Down. There is a video on U tube of a live performance with Drew Zing on guitar. I guarantee you will like it!! Again thanks for your honest reaction.
There was no one to replace Duane Allman. Please consider reacting to Althea by The Grateful Dead ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J7HnyEY6ifg.html
Well to be accurate, you would have to imagine how SRV would have played this 5 years before he became famous. SRV and Duane were both masters at a young age and both left us way to soon.
Yo bro! Been a minute. Hey when you get the time check "Axe Me" by Copywrite. I think you would like that one and don't worry about copyright from Copywrite. Underground cats love the exposure 😄
