Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Jun 23, 2021 · Duane Allman Passed Away After A Motorcycle Crash. Shortly after releasing the band’s first live album, ‘At Fillmore East’ in July 1971, while the band was on a break from touring and recording, Duane Allman was riding his Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle at high speed on Hillcrest Avenue in the western part of Macon. According to ...

Oct 23, 2020 · Born in Nashville and raised in Florida, Duane Allman was a popular session musician for Atlantic Records, playing out of the storied Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama well before he and his brother Gregg started their band.

Nov 25, 1971 · Duane Allman, the leader and driving force behind the Allman Brothers Band, died Friday, October 29th, from massive injuries received in a motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia. He was 24.

Jun 26, 2022 · Duane Allman's most notable gem was the formation of the legendary blues-rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Read about his death and legacy here.

Jan 11, 2024 · Duane Allman was a trailblazing figure who elevated the art of electric guitar soloing to previously unheard-of heights. He is especially renowned for his proficiency with a glass bottle slide, repurposed from a cough remedy.

Jan 12, 2017 · In the case of Duane Allman, who died in 1971 – a year after Jimi Hendrix, yet three years younger – it’s been the opposite. If anything, the passing of time has peeled back the multiple layers of what Allman actually achieved in his brief 24 years.

Duane Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee in November 1946. On Christmas Day in 1960, Duane was given a motorcycle as a gift while his younger brother, Gregg Allman, got a guitar. A few months later, Duane wrecked his motorcycle in an accident, but traded in the spare parts for a guitar of his own.

Jan 27, 2010 · Duane Allman, a slide guitarist and the leader of the Allman Brothers Band, is killed on October 29, 1971 when he loses control of his motorcycle and drives into the side of a flatbed truck...

Duane Allman: A Man Who Touched, and Still Touches, Our Lives. Duane Allman lives on in the hearts and minds of those he touched with his music. Duane was dynamic, charismatic, and very much alive. So much so that many of us feel his presence today when we listen to his music.