While we were gone, Duane changed our whole session. When you get to the vamp, it goes...
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David Hood:
When Duane came here, he was on the Wilson Pickett session that we did. Jimmy Johnson:
There was always a slight problem when we would go out, all of us white boys with a black artist, that we'd get looks, okay? But there was nothing as bad as going out with a long-haired hippie with us white boys. They couldn't stand that, right? And so both of them stayed back. Gregg Allman:
So, they went on lunch break and my brother went up to Wilson and he said, uh, "Man, why don't you cut 'Hey Jude', you know, that Beatles song?" Wilson Pickett:
And at that point, I was mostly trying to create an original career Wilson Pickett, right? My songs. Rick Hall:
Pickett and I, in unison, both said "Look, are you crazy? We're gonna cover the Beatles?" And, of course, Duane said "Exactly." Jimmy Johnson:
While we were gone, Duane changed our whole session. When you get to the vamp, it goes into just an unbelievable groove. Duane Allman was playing such great guitar fills that something happened in that vamp. And all of a sudden, there was southern rock. That was the beginnings of the Allman Brother Band
When Duane came here, he was on the Wilson Pickett session that we did. Jimmy Johnson:
There was always a slight problem when we would go out, all of us white boys with a black artist, that we'd get looks, okay? But there was nothing as bad as going out with a long-haired hippie with us white boys. They couldn't stand that, right? And so both of them stayed back. Gregg Allman:
So, they went on lunch break and my brother went up to Wilson and he said, uh, "Man, why don't you cut 'Hey Jude', you know, that Beatles song?" Wilson Pickett:
And at that point, I was mostly trying to create an original career Wilson Pickett, right? My songs. Rick Hall:
Pickett and I, in unison, both said "Look, are you crazy? We're gonna cover the Beatles?" And, of course, Duane said "Exactly." Jimmy Johnson:
While we were gone, Duane changed our whole session. When you get to the vamp, it goes into just an unbelievable groove. Duane Allman was playing such great guitar fills that something happened in that vamp. And all of a sudden, there was southern rock. That was the beginnings of the Allman Brother Band
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Hey Jude
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Ahh
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Duane Allman was playing such great guitar fields
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that somethin' happened in that vamp
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Ahh hey
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And all of a sudden there was southern rock
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Gonna be all right
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That was the beginnings of The Allman Brothers Band
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Jaimoe met my brother first
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Movie Summary
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
