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Playing Slide Guitar Like Duane Allman

February 5, 2010

Pretty much if you mention playing slide guitar, you will no doubt hear the name Duane Allman come up.  He is considered the innovator of the electric slide guitar.  Drawing from Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters, Duane developed his own unique slide guitar style that no one has been able to duplicate.  There [...]

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Duane Allman: A Legend speaks on life, Dickey Betts, and playing blues guitar.

August 25, 2008

I recently discovered an audio interview with the legendary guitarist of the Allman Brothers, Duane Allman. In this interview, you can hear Duane speak candidly in an informal setting on Dickey Betts, creating the Allman Brothers Band, and about life in general. The young guitarist seemed to have a very determined attitude, and to me [...]

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Dreams: Guitar lesson 1?

March 14, 2008

Everyone has dreams right?  Of course they do.  As a kid, we stare up into the sky imagining the most amazing things possible for our lives.  As adults I think our dreams change, but we all want basically the same thing.  So what does this have to do with guitar playing?  Everything! You must dream [...]

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Slide Guitar Lesson: Play like Duane Allman

March 4, 2008

So you’ve always dreamed of playing like the late slide guitar master, Duane Allman? Well I’m here to tell you it can be done, with a little practice and knowledge. In this slide guitar lesson, I’ll show you 3 key things in Duane’s playing that stand out in my mind as “must know” techniques. Here [...]

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Slide Guitar Lesson: Statesboro Blues Slide Guitar Licks

February 7, 2008

Do you want to learn one of the most popular slide guitar songs of all time? If you said yes, then you definitely have to learn Statesboro Blues by the Allman Brothers Band. Originally written by Willie McTell in 1928 and was remade by the Allman Brothers Band on their excellent live album “Live at [...]

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Slide Guitar Lesson: Learning Slide Guitar Licks from Duane Allman

January 28, 2008

Is slide guitar something you would like to learn how to play? If so, then you’re probably trying to figure out how to play like Duane Allman. Duane Allman was one of the key innovators of electric slide guitar in Open E tuning. He took some very basic licks and gave them soul. You see [...]

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