Duane Allman solo – Loan Me A Dime

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Duane Allman played this guitar solo on a Boz Scaggs song during his up and coming years as a session guitarist. He was twenty two years old at the time. The solo is essential listening for all aspiring blues rock guitarists. Enjoy!

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    1. Comment by gabrixeltuc on 3 December 2010:

      buen blues rock para recorrer la noche en tus sueños…

    2. Comment by GranCaida on 3 December 2010:

      Im not even a huge fan on classic rock, but I can certainly appreciate greatness when I hear it!

    3. Comment by hkj73 on 3 December 2010:

      6 deaf persons played this video!

    4. Comment by LICherrygirl on 3 December 2010:

      @axxxtw i hear what you’re saying but i am not understanding what this has to do with Duane plying on this track?

    5. Comment by f4eazrael on 3 December 2010:

      @axxxtw
      BB King never quit guitar his phrasing is amazing he only plays the notes that need to be played its not all about flash its about the song

    6. Comment by EasyAce on 3 December 2010:

      @sukritidagreat @woodjoewood Have you pondered the possibility that those who turned it down might have wanted to hear the entire track? I didn’t give a thumbs down but I’d rather hear the whole track myself. The solo makes better sense that way. It’s like picking off, say, Paul Gonsalves’ saxophone marathon in “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue” without hearing the Ellington band’s bookends that make it make sense and put it into proper musical context.

    7. Comment by EasyAce on 3 December 2010:

      @axxxtw B.B. King didn’t exactly quit being a guitar player after Completely Well. He isn’t what he once was, and probably hasn’t been for a long time, but what he did from 1950 through 1969 is what animates those (including me) who admire him. Though his playing on “One Kind Favour,” his most recent album, is probably his best playing in many years. I’m heartened to see Fenton Robinson getting some love here—the man epitomised taste as a guitarist.

    8. Comment by EasyAce on 3 December 2010:

      @anthonythirteen You have to bear in mind EC isn’t exactly the boastful type. It wasn’t just the freewheeling jazz-rock style James disliked—Cream re-arranged the verse structure a bit and that’s what James felt a bit ticklish about. Compare his “I’m So Glad” (he cut it twice in his lifetime, once in the 1930s and once during his 1960s rediscovery, and used the same basic structure both times) to theirs.

    9. Comment by axxxtw on 3 December 2010:

      @EasyAce Actually, EasyAce I am most familiar with the guys ripping each other off: Just like crabs in a bucket, many, many, many of the guys were so desperate to make that dime that they were compelled to step on each other. It remains disgusting that BB King is THE white man’s choice for blues guitar player. King quit playing that guitar around 1969 after Completely Well and has been a singer ever since. Albert King and Freddie King? Now there are two players…

    10. Comment by axxxtw on 3 December 2010:

      @MisterCrash241 Most untrue. Scaggs ripped it off from Fenton Robinson compelling Robinson to take Scaggs to court what was due him. Allman was just a kid player….he had nothing to do with the ripoff…..it was all on Scaggs. DISGUSTING.

    11. Comment by deaconblue10 on 3 December 2010:

      when you eat a peach, think of him

    12. Comment by RS358 on 3 December 2010:

      Is this the short version of the song?

    13. Comment by QuistTV on 3 December 2010:

      awesomeness in highest form

    14. Comment by paygi110709 on 3 December 2010:

      Best blues solo of all time… and probably the best solo ever…hands down

    15. Comment by woodjoewood on 3 December 2010:

      5 people who dont a single fucking thing about music

    16. Comment by sukritidagreat on 3 December 2010:

      those who voted this down are such dickheads …. this is awesome !!

    17. Comment by 88maverick1 on 3 December 2010:

      @muskratrowdy He was with the group then. Skydog, Duane’s nickname and the name of a biography of his life, discusses Hourglass in detail.

    18. Comment by sheddski on 3 December 2010:

      when i heard this song i went for years hoping it would show up again on some late night blues show and shure enough it did and i was shocked it was a miricle then they released duanes anthology and i bought them all three of them and i played the hell out of all of them to make up for all those years i waited for THIS DAMN SONG !!!

    19. Comment by anthonythirteen on 3 December 2010:

      @RonaldDumsfeld020 It’s up again in full. BUt keeps being taken off! I love Americans, so open and warm: Red Necks hate hippies & blacks; blacks hate the white hippies; the Irish hated the Jews & no-one liked the Chinese…

    20. Comment by MisterCrash241 on 3 December 2010:

      @Eldooodarino Smile and Wave!! Duane Allman and Boz Skaggs did this, origional-version, and Mr Fenton Robinson picked it up later on after the death of Duane Allman, may he ‘rest-in-peace’!! Peace and Love!!!

    21. Comment by Skaalum111 on 3 December 2010:

      Btw I’m 15 and listening to Duane.

    22. Comment by Skaalum111 on 3 December 2010:

      Duane Allman – The Henchman of sleight guitar. Hired by the likes of Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, Duane’s skills where widely renowned and appreciated by some of the greatest musicians of all time.

    23. Comment by Whoooohaaa on 3 December 2010:

      Simply a genius…
      Nothing more and nothing less.

    24. Comment by paygi110709 on 3 December 2010:

      I need 4 bullets—MAGNUN 44

    25. Comment by muskratrowdy on 3 December 2010:

      @originaltbyrd The Hourglass did a song called Southbound. It is totally different from the Brothers and Sisters version. Gregg’s vocals are good but I’m not sure if Duane was still with the group at the time it was recorded.

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