| BLUE__SKY | Skydog doin' his thang. Awesome. Thanks for posting! |
| finsky | Yeah! Never, ever seen this one before. Awesome. |
| RANDYGALVAN | Notice the gauze on the slide: just another technique from the ARTIST to find another sound. He always tried to get it a little bit better & different!! |
| RedSkyDog | This is an awesome photo I have never seen of Duane and his SG. It wasn't at the Fillmore East though. Duane didn't start playing slide on the SG until around Aug. '71, no too long after he acquired "Hot 'Lanta", his darkburst Les Paul, just before the |
| horacegammet | Very cool shot. I like seeeing Jaimoe in the b/g, too. Very, very cool. |
| PeterNelson | Lee, in March 1971, when =At Fillmore East= was recorded, the ABB was sandwiched between the Elvin Bishop Group and Johnny Winter And. |
| PeterNelson | Randy, the gauze isn't =on= the slide for sound; it's inside to keep Duane's finger from getting all sweaty, which would soften up a callused fingertip. |
| RANDYGALVAN | That never even crossed my mind; thanks for the insight! |
| sincecarnegiehall | Think he's into it? can't help it...you gotta luv this shit!!! |
| bigtrout | This really captures how passionate Duane was. He pushed everyone in the band, including himself, to be their best. HE IS MISSED. |
| PeachNutt | A great photo- I was the March & June 1971 Fillmore East shows....it is very unlikey that this photo is from March '71- altho it could be from June of 1971 (that is when they played with Albert King & J.Geils)......the closing of the Fillmore East is when |
| PeachNutt | Duane purchased "Hot 'Lanta" the tobacco sunburst LP
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| Slider1425 | It's not gauze. I had the opportunity to hang w/ Bobby Whitlock (Derek & The Dominos - keys)and he told me the story. Duane started using parafin wax, often from the coverings of Edam cheese. He would melt it down and pour it into his Coricidin bottle. |
| Mt_Magnolia_Man | i use this photo as my avatar on a few different message boards; i love it |
| skyponydogboy | that dont look like any wax I've seen...really??wax? I always thought it was a piece of cloth. |
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