In Deep w/Andy Aledort - June 2013 - Slidedog - the Slide Guitar Mastery of Duane Allman

Last month, we examined the guitar genius of the great Duane Allman, who, as founder of the Allman Brothers Band, rose to prominence as one of the greatest and universally heralded blues-rock guitarists of all time.

In honor of the expansive new box set from Rounder Records, Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, we focused on his single-note soloing on classic Allman Brothers' cuts like "Stormy Monday" and "Whipping Post." This month's column is dedicated to Duane's mastery of the art of slide guitar.

Duane possessed an instantly recognizable sound on electric slide, earmarked by masterful phrasing and smooth, "singing" vibrato.

Great examples of his slide guitar prowess include "Trouble No More" and "Dreams" from the band's debut release, The Allman Brothers Band; "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'," from Idlewild South; "Statesboro Blues" and "Done Somebody Wrong" from At Fillmore East; and "One Way Out" from Eat a Peach. He also lent inspired slide work to the title track and many others on the Derek and the Dominoes album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

[mbellizia]

Saw you play with Dickey in PA years back. You guys played great together. When he introduced you, I remembered you from articles in guitar mags from even more years back. Great videos, man!

[MichelCernev]

Listening to Mr. Andy Aledort - June 2013 - Slidedog, kindly giving this free lesson with Inspirational playing and the Good Old Know How it's just awesome, Andy you are great guitarist. I love your video and sure I had a wonderful time

[AGuysBlues]

I don't see many other comments about the Skydog box set that just came out, but I picked one up and it is just amazing full of great songs, inspirational playing and some real surprises; I had no idea just how prolific Duane was in his very early days. If you're a slide player, Allman fan, Southern-blues fan or just a fan of that period in music it is a must-have.

[JC-]

Thank you for sharing this! This is exactly what I was missing.

[TaxPayingContributor]

Yeah! Mojo glass slide. Thx Duane and Andy!

[andywinford]

Muting the non played strings has always been difficult. Thanks for the great lessons. Still struggling tho' with the palm mutes.

[Darkwell]

Statesboro blues is such a great song. Your doing it credit.

[stringsGT]

who cares about his look dude when he is kindly giving you this free lesson!

[ronnie]

Thanks for the video, Duane is my Hero, Please give credit to Mr. Jessie Ed Davis, When Gregg, , Dropped off the first Taj Mahall album on Duane;s doorstep, along with the Medicine Bottle, Duane learned slide from this album, Cousin Figel

[sakutasu]

Andy,
you are just awesome, man ! you are great guitarist !! i love your videos.

peace :o)

[elecktricks]

 I often wondered if he used Open E, did he compensate the string guage on the half and whole step strings?

[mayito]

Must be an original Coricidin bottle. Heard Duane wrote them and they send him a whole case of bottles.

[metalvocalistwanted]

i always preferred the feel/weight of the metal ones too
good lookin out \m/><\m/

[lars]

Whats the best copy of a real coricidin bottle

[benodge]

That's just how the bridge pickup of a Les Paul sounds with the tone rolled off :)

[prsplayer]

got tell that to eric johnson there is nothing wrong with the way a violin sounds if you think violins have zero attack you're sorely mistaken.

[SeeMick]

GW needs to adjust the noise gate on Andy's guitar. It sounds like a violin. 0 attack.

[Dinglebarriez]

He's just making an observation lol

[anamethat]

Oh look, "First comment" "Insert generic comment here".

[Malice]

He's old. Let's see how well your eyes stay open as time and gravity begin to affect your muscles and flesh lol