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1961 Gibson SG
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1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
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Track Facts
Photography by - Jim Marshall
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Recorded to 16-Track analog tape via mobile recording truck
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For this legendary 2-night run at the Fillmore East the band was paid $1,250 per night!
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As described by Tom Dowd, producer of the live album "At Fillmore East",
"I got off a plane from Africa, where I had been working on the Soul To Soul movie [capturing a huge r&b, jazz and rock concert held in Ghana], and called Atlantic to let them know I was back and Jerry Wexler said, 'Thank God; we're recording the Allman Brothers live and the truck is already booked,' so I stayed up in New York for a few days longer than I had planned."
"It was a good truck, with a 16-track machine and a great, tough-as-nails staff who took care of business. They were all set to go. When I got there, I gave them a couple of suggestions and clued them in as to what expect and how to employ the 16 tracks, because we had two drummers and two lead guitar players, which was unusual, and it took some foresight to properly capture the dynamics." (Paul, Alan. One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. St. Martin's Press. 2014.)
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The Allman Brothers Band recorded the song at the Fillmore East in March 1971 and first released it on the 1971 album At Fillmore East. Duane Allman contributes the slide guitar, which Rolling Stone later described as featuring "the moaning and squealing opening licks [that] have given fans chills at live shows."
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Allman's slide riffs on "Statesboro Blues" have been analyzed and transcribed in guitar magazines and the tones of Allman's and Dickey Betts's guitars on the song were described by Guitar Player as among the "50 Greatest Tones of All Time."
