The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars ...
Duane Allman’s Gibson SG, one of the world's most valuable guitars, is included in a music collection on display in Athens, Georgia, at Akins Ford Arena.
Dickey Betts, best known as a cofounder and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band, died on April 18. He was 80. Betts, who ...
Surviving members of the Allman Brothers Band plus musical friends and family members will assemble next month for In Memory of Dickey Betts, a tribute concert devoted to the group’s late guitarist.
During the ceremony, Betts' explosive guitar work was the highlight of the band's performance of the blues standard "One Way Out," which they first popularized when Duane Allman was in the band.
"His extraordinary guitar playing alongside guitarist Duane Allman created a unique dual guitar signature sound that became the signature sound of the genre known as Southern Rock," a statement said.
When Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, not only did the world lose a musician who (after Elmore James) did for slide guitar what electricity did for blues, the Allman ...