Yet Duane Allman, after his 1971 death in a motorcycle accident at age 24, ascended to mythic status. Betts was rarely afforded the same reverence. Paul said he thought the guitarist’s drinking ...

Duane Allman was known for his slide guitar and improv skills as well as a session man for big acts like King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Mann, Wilson Pickett, and Boz Scaggs. But, Duane’s ...

Although Duane Allman was still alive immediately after ... that the back cover art for Eat a Peach was a reference to the death of bassist Berry Oakley (who supposedly crashed his motorcycle ...

Duane died in a motorcycle wreck in 1971 ... in a PBS Newshour interview after Allman’s death in 2017. “I think that this recurrence of tragedy in his life, from his dad being murdered ...

Duane Allman’s tragic death at 24 in an October 1971 motorcycle accident in Macon thrust Betts into a more prominent role in the group as songwriter, instrumentalist and sometime lead vocalist.