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Duane Allman and Eric Clapton jamming together for the first time.This took place the night they met. After a concert by the Brothers, Eric invited the ABB to the studio were they jammed for the next 18 hours. This took place in 1970 in Miami. There were 7 jams recorded, this one is number V, my favorite.There is a lot of stuff written about what took place that memorable night, but here are a couple short quote of some of what the great Tom Dowd said about it. When they first saw each other, this is what Tom said, "Duane was in the middle of a solo; he opens his eyes and looks down, does a dead stare, and stops playing. Dickey Betts is chugging along, see Duane's stopped playing, and figures he'd better cover, that Duane must've broken a string or something. Then Dickey looks down, sees Eric,and turns his back. That was how they first saw each other." And about the jams, "They were trading licks. They were swapping guitars. They were talking shop and information and having a ball no holds barred, just admiration for each other's technique and facility. There was no control. We turned the tapes on and they went on for 15 to 18 hours like that. You just kept the machines rolling. I went through two or three sets of engineers. It was a wonderful experience." Jam V.
This clip is with Tom Dowd and Eric Clapton talking about Duane and the creation and recording of Layla. This one has to be one of the finest clips about music in YouTube.
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