Vault Sessions: Devon Allman & Duane Betts play Duane Allman's '63 Firebird
Devon Allman & Duane Betts play Duane Allman’s Gibson Firebird!!! In this episode, Devon & Duane talk about Floyd Miles, finding their way to the blues, learning in boxes, first guitars, and more. The guitar in this episode is famous in its own right, the 1963 Polaris White Gibson Firebird was once owned by Duane Allman. The story goes that Duane acquired this guitar while recording Wilson Pickett’s “Hey Jude” album at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. This guitar and the Fender Stratocaster are both part of the collection at the Songbirds Guitar Museum in Chattanooga, TN. Thanks to our sponsors— The Riverview Foundation, Schillhahn-Huskey Foundation, GHS Strings, GoGo Tuners, and Todd Sharp Amplifiers. Video Credit: John Dooley WE HAVE SOME BIG SESSIONS COMING SOON: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, Michelle Malone, Ana Popovic, Eric Johnson, Sister Hazel, Drew Holcomb and the Moon River Music Festival Sessions, and more. Subscribe for more!
About Duane Allman
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. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Allman began playing the guitar at age 14. He formed the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Gregg in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The group achieved its greatest success in the early 1970s. Allman is best remembered...
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