“Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective,” a forthcoming seven-disc CD set on the work of Duane Allman from Rounder Records, will cover his best-known recordings and session work, but also his recordings before the Allman Brothers, the company announced Monday.
The set, to be released March 5 with a list price of $139.98, will, of course, include tracks from his best-known work by the Allman Brothers Band and Derek & the Dominos. But it will also extensively cover his session work with such names as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, Clarence Carter, King Curtis, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Ronnie Hawkins, Otis Rush, Laura Nyro, Lulu, the Sweet Inspirations, Laura Lee, Spencer Wiggins, Arthur Conley, Willie Walker, the Lovelles, the Soul Survivors, Johnny Jenkins, John Hammond, Doris Duke, Eric Quincy Tate, Herbie Mann and more.
By 1960, Duane Allman, whose nickname was Skydog, was playing in a series of neighborhood garage bands in Tennessee and Florida. He and brother Gregg launched the Escorts in 1965 and the Allman Joys, who recorded in Nashville in 1966. By 1967, the brothers were signed to Liberty as the Hour Glass and recorded two albums in Nashville and Los Angeles. After being dropped by the label, the brothers returned to Florida, hooked up with drummer Butch Trucks, and recorded two sides as the 31st of February, and later at Ardent Studio in Memphis as the Bleus.
But Allman's work as a session guitarist grew. He was featured on many Atlantic Records sessions, then was signed to a solo deal, resulting in the session that contained “Happily Married Man” and more. It was at this time that Capricorn Records’ Phil Walden showed interest and the Allmans formed the Allman Brothers Band, which led to their biggest success.
The set was produced by Galadrielle Allman (Duane’s daughter) and Grammy® winning producer Bill Levenson. Scott Schinder contributed comprehensive historical liner notes, complemented by additional notes by Galadrielle Allman. Her father died when she was a young child.
“I am very lucky that my father is Duane Allman, an artist who left behind a wealth of incredible music,” she writes. “Working on this retrospective, I have gotten closer than I ever have been to understanding my father’s development as a musician and a man.”
According to Schinder, “The [Allman Brothers Band’s] music was complex and adventurous, yet unfailingly accessible. The subtle and harmonic interplay between Duane and Dickey’s dual lead guitars was matched by the three-man rhythm section’s surging, swinging cross-rhythms, with Gregg’s massively expressive singing and organ playing keeping the music firmly grounded in human emotion.” The band’s profile grew with each release — the self-titled debut, Idlewild South and eventually the band’s breakthrough, 'At Fillmore East.'”
On Oct. 29, 1971, four days after Fillmore had been certified gold, Duane, then age 24, crashed his motorcyle trying to avoid hitting a truck and died.
“More than four decades after his death, Duane Allman remains a towering figure whose stature has only increased in his absence,” writes Schinder. “His influence lives on, not only in the multiple generations of guitarists who have been motivated by his input, but also in the legions of listeners who have continued to find inspiration in his vibrant vision of American music, which remains as fresh and truthful today as when it was created.”
“When a musician of my father’s caliber dies, every note he ever recorded becomes even more precious,” writes Galadrielle Allman. “Each song is pressed into the service of telling his story. The longer Duane is gone, the clearer it becomes that there will never be another like him.”
Disc One
1 THE ESCORTS “Turn On Your Love Light” 2:33
2 THE ESCORTS “No Name Instrumental” 3:13
3 THE ESCORTS “What’d I Say” 4:04
4 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Spoonful” 2:27
5 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Gotta Get Away” 2:38
6 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Shapes Of Things” 2:47
7 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Crossroads” 3:32
8 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Mister, You’re A Better Man Than I” 4:45
9 THE ALLMAN JOYS “Lost Woman” 5:23
10 HOUR GLASS “Cast Off All My Fears” 3:31
11 HOUR GLASS “I’ve Been Trying” 2:39
12 HOUR GLASS “Nothing But Tears” 2:29
13 HOUR GLASS “Power Of Love” 2:51
14 HOUR GLASS “Down In Texas” 3:08
15 HOUR GLASS “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 3:01
16 HOUR GLASS “B.B. King Medley” 7:07
17 HOUR GLASS “Been Gone Too Long” 3:03
18 HOUR GLASS “Ain’t No Good To Cry” 3:08
19 31ST OF FEBRUARY “Morning Dew” 3:46
20 31ST OF FEBRUARY “Melissa” 3:12
21 THE BLEUS “Milk And Honey” 2:34
22 THE BLEUS “Leavin’ Lisa” 2:43
23 THE BLEUS “Julianna’s Gone” 2:59
Disc Two
1 CLARENCE CARTER “The Road Of Love” 2:54
2 CLARENCE CARTER “Light My Fire” 2:49
3 WILSON PICKETT “Hey Jude” 4:06
4 WILSON PICKETT “Toe Hold” 2:49
5 WILSON PICKETT “My Own Style Of Loving” 2:41
6 WILSON PICKETT “Born to Be Wild” 2:45
7 LAURA LEE “It’s How You Make It Good” 2:32
8 LAURA LEE “It Ain’t What You Do (But How You Do It)” 2:05
9 SPENCER WIGGINS “I Never Loved A Woman (The Way I Love You)” 3:01
10 ARTHUR CONLEY “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 3:00
11 ARTHUR CONLEY “Stuff You Gotta Watch” 2:15
12 ARTHUR CONLEY “Speak Her Name” 2:39
13 ARTHUR CONLEY “That Can't Be My Baby” 2:22
14 WILLIE WALKER “A Lucky Loser” 2:20
15 THE LOVELLES “I'm Coming Today” 2:59
16 THE LOVELLES “Pretending Dear” 2:38
17 ARETHA FRANKLIN “The Weight” 2:53
18 ARETHA FRANKLIN “It Ain't Fair” 3:22
19 SOUL SURVIVORS “Darkness” 2:56
20 SOUL SURVIVORS “Tell Daddy” 2:30
21 SOUL SURVIVORS “Got Down On Saturday” 3:10
22 KING CURTIS “Hey Joe” 2:56
23 KING CURTIS “Foot Pattin'” 4:49
24 KING CURTIS “Games People Play” 2:46
25 KING CURTIS “The Weight” 2:47
26 THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS “Get A Little Order” 2:06
Disc Three
1 THE BARRY GOLDBERG BLUES BAND “Twice A Man” 4:26
2 DUANE ALLMAN “Goin' Down Slow” 8:44
3 DUANE ALLMAN “No Money Down” 3:25
4 DUANE ALLMAN “Happily Married Man” 2:40
5 OTIS RUSH “Me” 2:55
6 OTIS RUSH “Reap What You Sow” 4:53
7 OTIS RUSH “It Takes Time” 3:25
8 THE DUCK & THE BEAR “Going Up The Country” 2:34
9 THE DUCK & THE BEAR “Hand Jive” 2:41
10 BOZ SCAGGS “Finding Her” 4:10
11 BOZ SCAGGS “Look What I Got” 4:13
12 BOZ SCAGGS “Waiting For A Train” 2:41
13 BOZ SCAGGS “Loan Me A Dime” 13:01
14 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Don't Want You No More” 2:26
15 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “It's Not My Cross To Bear” 5:01
16 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Black Hearted Woman” 5:07
17 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Trouble No More” 3:45
Disc Four
1 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Every Hungry Woman” 4:13
2 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Dreams” 7:16
3 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Whipping Post” 5:16
4 RONNIE HAWKINS “One More Night” 2:22
5 RONNIE HAWKINS “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” 2:50
6 RONNIE HAWKINS “Matchbox” 3:05
7 RONNIE HAWKINS “Down In The Alley” 5:08
8 RONNIE HAWKINS “Who Do You Love” 2:13
9 LULU “Marley Purt Drive” 3:21
10 LULU “Dirty Old Man” 2:20
11 LULU “Mr. Bojangles” 3:08
12 LULU “Sweep Around Your Own Back Door” 2:40
13 JOHNNY JENKINS “I Walk On Gilded Splinters” 5:16
14 JOHNNY JENKINS “Rollin’ Stone” 4:56
15 JOHNNY JENKINS “Down Along The Cove” 3:02
16 JOHNNY JENKINS “Voodoo In You” 4:50
17 JOHN HAMMOND “Shake For Me” 2:42
18 JOHN HAMMOND “Cryin’ For My Baby” 2:39
19 JOHN HAMMOND “I’m Leavin’ You” 3:20
20 JOHN HAMMOND “You’ll Be Mine” 2:42
21 DORIS DUKE “Ghost Of Myself” 3:06
Disc Five
1 ERIC QUINCY TATE “Comin’ Down” (demo) 2:52
2 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Hoochie Coochie Man” (live) 5:00
3 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Midnight Rider” 2:58
4 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Dimples” (live) 4:59
5 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town” (live) 9:21
6 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Soul Shake” 3:06
7 LAURA NYRO “Beads Of Sweat” 4:47
8 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’” 3:28
9 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Living On The Open Road” 3:03
10 ELLA BROWN “A Woman Left Lonely” 3:23
11 ELLA BROWN “Touch Me” 2:59
12 BOBBY LANCE “More Than Enough Rain” 5:51
13 DEREK & THE DOMINOS “I Am Yours” 3:34
14 DEREK & THE DOMINOS “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?” 4:41
15 DEREK & THE DOMINOS “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” 6:52
16 DEREK & THE DOMINOS “Layla” 7:03
17 ERIC CLAPTON & DUANE ALLMAN “Mean Old World” 3:48
Disc Six
1 SAM SAMUDIO “Me And Bobby McGee” 3:31
2 SAM SAMUDIO “Relativity” 3:14
3 SAM SAMUDIO “Goin' Upstairs” 5:06
4 RONNIE HAWKINS “Don't Tell Me Your Troubles” 2:13
5 RONNIE HAWKINS “Sick And Tired” 2:45
6 RONNIE HAWKINS “Odessa” 3:19
7 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Gift Of Love” 2:09
8 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Sing My Way Home” 4:02
9 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Statesboro Blues” (live) 4:17
10 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” (live) 13:04
11 GRATEFUL DEAD “Sugar Magnolia” (live) 7:20
12 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “One Way Out” (live) 4:57
13 HERBIE MANN “Push Push” 10:03
14 HERBIE MANN “Spirit In The Dark” 7:59
15 HERBIE MANN “What’d I Say” 4:57
Disc Seven
1 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Come On In My Kitchen” (live) 3:42
2 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Going Down The Road Feeling” Bad (live) 4:03
3 DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS “Poor Elijah”/“Tribute To Johnson” (live medley) 4:54
4 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “You Don't Love Me”/ “Soul Serenade” (live) 19:25
5 COWBOY “Please Be With Me” 3:41
6 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Stand Back” 3:24
7 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Blue Sky” 5:09
8 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Blue Sky” (live) 11:24
9 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Dreams” (live) 17:56
10 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND “Little Martha” 2:07
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