ON this date in 1971 - Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA.

Bun Man, Mr. Purple and I remember this day like it was yesterday as the Boyz and I had seen Duane the year before in a concert at Shippensburg State College.

Gratefully, the Allman Bros. Band would continue, but sadly, this musical genius and slide master is still missed, but remembered fondly every time we hear that slide solo in Layla or his searing work on Boz Scagg's 'Somebody Loan Me a Dime'...