Jake Baynes Quarter Two Blog

0-112 Glass Slide (1) - What Duane was known for using. Glissando (2) - The term used to describe the technique/sound of the glass slide. Session Musician (25) - Before starting The Allman Brothers, Duane was a session musician. This meant that Duane was called to play on certain songs from other bands as a stand in guitarist. The Allman Brothers (27) - The band Duane Started with his brother Greg Allman. Greg Allman (27) - Duane's brother, southern rock legend. Coricidin (41) - The medicine that came in the bottle that Duane ended up using to make his glass slides. Eric Clapton (47) - A large influencer of the Allman Brothers. Fillmore East (57) - A venue that the Allman Brothers were famously known for playing at. Cream (48) - A band that largely influenced The Allman Brothers. Eat A Peach (77) - One of the most famous albums ever produced, made by the aleman brothers. titled after a quote that Duane had said before he died about eating peaches in georgia for peace. I...

23-74 Limits are something that I have seen with a lot of the musicians that I have read about. However, none have directly spoken about them. So far in Duane's biography, there has been some mention of limitation. Growing up as a musician, Duane became a popular session musician. This was due to the large demand of session musicians at the time in his area. People like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and more were in need of guitarists to play over their recorded albums. According to Duane, the money was good, but the freedom of what he could play was extremely limiting. Being a session guitarist means that you are hired to play exactly what the boss wants you to play. Since Duane was sick of playing with limitation, he called a group of his favorite musicians and started his own band, The Allman Brothers. This, I believe is a huge statement, especially with how popular The Allman Brothers still are. Looking at all of the musicians that I have studied over the past twoish seme...

Here is one of my favorite videos of Duane Allman. This is from quite a few years ago. The video features Duane Allman and Derek Trucks having a guitar battle. Derek is 13 in this video!! It goes to show that anything is possible! Fun Fact! Mr Soule, the Marine Bio teacher actually saw Derek play when he was 13!

As I have finished all three of my books, I have been asked to read another 100+ pages of reading this week. I have chosen to read "Skydog - The Duane Allman Story" By Randy Poe So far I have read 23 pages of this biography. I chose to look into the life of Duane Allman since he was the largest inspiration to my favorite player Derek Trucks. When Derek was 13, he would get on stage with Duane often to sit in with the Allman Brothers. This was all thanks to his uncle, Butch Trucks, who was the drummer for the Allman Brothers.  The early musical influences of Duane Allman were very interesting as they were heavily mixed between the slide blues musicians of the time such as Muddy Waters and the finger style musicians such as BB King. Both of these musicians had extremely different tonalities and stylistic approaches to playing the guitar. The thing with Duane was that he had developed a sound that he wanted to develop in his head. Duane had started playing the guitar a...

Stevie Wonder Cornea (311) - transparent layer that forms the front of the eye instrumentalist (314) - one who plays numerous instruments prematurity (314) before puberty Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (314)  - Awarded to Wonder in 1996 after winning 24 Grammy awards (321) - awards given to musicians synthesizer (323) type of instrument that is puerly electronic and allows for interesting sounds. elegance (331) - the way one presents themselves. commision (331) - getting pay from doing a certain chore. humanitarian (325) - to promote human wellfare Pivitol (326) - crucial importance in relation to development or success of something else Bestowed (341) give something to someone

Finished All Books Now that I have read three more books about the different musicians that inspire me from a day to day basis, I feel as though I have really learned a lot about what makes a great musician. Each of these musicians talked about a lot of different aspects to their lives and the music scene that they pulled from and used in order to achieve success. The most common threads between all three musicians was location, persistence and determination. Stevie Ray showed location and persistence the most out of the three traits. He showed these through constant gigging. When comparing Stevie to Coltrane and Wonder, he definitely out gigged all of them in his early career. When Coltrane gigged in his early career, there was a definite gain in popularity and the ability for him to gain more success in the music industry. As for Stevie Ray, a lot of his early gigs were just at restaurants and bars near his house. Thought these gigs he expanded his love for music and gave him a lot...