Duane Allman had a brief career that ended tragically in 1971, when he passed away at the age of 24, yet he became one of the most influential guitarists of all time, leaving his mark not only with the Allman Brothers Band but also through his work with Eric Clapton in Derek & The Dominos. Also known as "Skydog," the musician was one of the most prominent guitar players of his generation and greatly impressed the famous British guitarist at the time. Although Duane did not give many interviews during his short career, he did talk extensively about Eric Clapton, sharing his opinion and saying some very interesting things about the legendary guitarist. What was Duane Allman's opinion on Eric Clapton Duane Allman was a huge fan of Eric Clapton and said he was the best and the one who "wrote the book". “Eric Clapton, man. Let’s talk about him, he’s a gas, he wrote the book, you know. He is contemporary white Blues guitarist volume one. But his style and his technique is what really amazes me. He’s really got a lot to say too but the way he says just knocks me out, man. He does so well, man,” Duane Allman said in a radio interview back in 1970. They had the chance to work together on Derek & The Dominos album "Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs" and Duane talked about that incredible experience, calling Eric a very wonderful and beautiful man. "I went down to Miami when they were cutting that album. Tom Dowd (Producer) called and said: 'I know you want to watch this cat play, because you've always thought that he was the best'. And I have, man, I believe (in that). I love his playing, I love the attitude with which he plays. I love everything he does. He's a very wonderful, very beautiful man, you know. So he (Tom Dowd) says: 'He's here, you wanna come down and watch?' I said: 'Yes!' So I shot down there, man. But just as a little insurance, he said: 'Well, maybe you better take all your guitars down there, you know. Because you might just get a chance (to play)." Duane Allman continued: "'Maybe you don't get to talk to the cat. Maybe if you get to talk to him, maybe he's going to want you to lay a couple little things in, you know'. So I take it down there and come to find that the cat (Eric Clapton) just heard everything I ever did, man. He digs my playing and he says: 'Did you bring your amp? Put your stuff up now and we'll make us an album'." "I said: 'Okay, man. If that's what you want, that's what we'll do'.  Then we did it". The interviewer then asks him how much he played on the album. He says: "Just enough to make it right. For anybody who cares to know about that (what I played and what Eric played), I played the Gibson, Eric played the Fender, all the way through. If you can tell a Gibson from a Fender, you know who plays what. If you don't, then you just go ahead and hallucinate, man. I don't care, you know. (In layla) I do the highline, Jim Gordon plays the piano on that, by the way. Nobody knows who did that." He continued: "(That whole last part is) Jim Gordon (playing). I got two slide tracks on it, Eric's got an acoustic track on it. I'm not sure, but I believe there's an extra percussion track on, I'm not sure, man. There's a lot of goodness on that album, I mean it," Duane Allman said in an interview with WABC Radio in 1970 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Duane's life and career would tragically be cut short the following year when he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24 in Macon, Georgia. He was only one year older than Clapton and had a career spanning just ten years (1961 to 1971). But that period was enough to show his talent, which still places him on lists of the best guitarists. His brother Gregg continued to lead the Allman Brothers Band until 2014 when the band retired from touring. He passed away three years later, in 2017, at the age of 69. Clapton had the chance to play with them a couple of times, bot only performing their songs. They also played together tracks from the Derek & The Dominos album that Duane had been part of, as a tribute to him. Eric Clapton said he was "mesmerized" by Duane Allman's playing “I was mesmerized by him, Duane and I became inseparable. Between the two of us we injected the substance into the Layla sessions that had been missing up to that point. (...) Because of Duane’s input, it became a double album. (Due to his) interest in playing between his style and my style, we could actually have played any Blues or any standard and it would have taken off. (Robert Johnson) was where we connected. We didn’t really talk about the modern players much at all. It was really the roots that we were meeting on,” Eric Clapton said as reported by Bob Beatty in his book “Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East”. Curiously, after the album was completed Clapton tried to convince Allman to join Derek & The Dominos. But the American musician told him he needed to be loyal to "the family. Tom Dowd, the producer of the album said that Clapton and Duane looked like two long-lost brothers when they were together. That was the impression Duane got from Eric when he went into the studio that first day. "I saw him and he acted like he knew me, like I was an old friend. ‘Hey man, how are you” y’know. He said: ‘As long as you’re here we want you to get on this record and make it with us. We need more guitar players anyway’. So I did. I was really flattered and glad to be able to do it,” Duane told New Have Rock Press in 1970. Clapton is a big fan of the Allman Brothers but loved Duane’s guitar solo on another artist’s song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFJQUsblsw Clapton was a big fan of the Allman Brothers Band and when he went to see them play live at the Miami Beach Convention Center on August 26, 1970, he said their music was "unbelievable." He was especially impressed because they were doing "all the harmony playing". Even in the guitar solos, which he said was "fantastically worked out." Clapton also mentioned them as an influence, ssaying they were making "really, really good music that was really thought out." However, the first time he heard Duane’s guitar playing was not on an Allman Brothers album. It was actually on Wilson Pickett’s version of The Beatles’ "Hey Jude," released in 1969. He then called the Atlantic label to find out who that guitar player was. “I remember hearing ‘Hey Jude’ by Wilson Pickett and calling either (Atlantic president) Ahmet Ertegun or Tom Dowd, and saying, ‘Who’s that guitar player?’ To this day, I’ve never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record,” Eric Clapton said as told by Guitar Player.The post Duane Allman’s opinion on Eric Clapton appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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Perhaps anticipating that musical artists might be more sensitive than most, music journalists sometimes gently goad them to provoke reactive quotes. But what happened in a 1977 Australian interview may have proven otherwise.In a resurfaced clip making the rounds on social media, three members of the band Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie) are being interviewed in Australia. As they discuss how they all became part of the band, McVie explains: "When Fleetwood Mac first formed, it was a blues band. A pub band that used to travel around the country and earn relatively little money ... But they became very successful with a single they had out called 'Albatross,' which made them popular on the continent — Europe and England. As far as I know, America didn't really know them." See on Instagram The reporter then directs questions to Buckingham and Nicks: "Stevie and Lindsey, how did you manage to leap into such a successful band? How did it come about?"After joking for a second about his wording, Buckingham answers: "We had a band about two years previous to Fleetwood Mac called Buckingham Nicks. And at the time Mick (Fleetwood) was looking for a studio in which to record an album in, and he ended up at Sound City in Los Angeles just looking at the studio. And the engineer who had done our album played him some of the tapes just to show what the studio sounded like. And he really liked the tapes. He really liked the music. And I guess a week after that, Bob Welch left the group. And just on a hunch, they asked us to join. We didn't audition or anything."But here's where things might have taken a turn. The interviewer then seems to solely focus on Buckingham: "It must have been one of the first bands to incorporate ladies and use them, as such. Any problems as far as credibility of ladies in rock 'n' roll when the band first hit the road with the girls?" See on Instagram Buckingham appears to know better than to answer, and he and Nicks quickly look at McVie, who replies: "Well, I had already been in the band for a good while, as a 'lady.' And as a musician, ya know. I'd been primarily a musician, rather than a 'backup singer' in any case. And then when Stevie joined the band, she was also a frontline singer and writer. I think in that way, I guess we were the innovators of that kind of thing because it was more or less, to my knowledge, prior to us girls would be in rock bands, but would be backup singers and…""Pretty faces," the interviewer interjects. At first glance, Nicks seems jarred by the comment but remains calm, responding: "Well, I think it comes down to the fact that Fleetwood Mac could not go on without Chris and me if we were sick or something. Whereas most bands, with a girl in it, could go ahead and would go on and play. But they'd have trouble without us."Nicks, for her part, has often been a champion of female singer-songwriting. In fact, after she performed with Taylor Swift at the 2010 Grammys, journalists and fans alike were critical of Swift's performance. Nicks believed so strongly in the then 20-year-old singer that she wrote about it in Time magazine. Stevie Nicks gives kind words to Taylor Swift. www.youtube.com, Entertainment Tonight According to Peter Burditt's article in American Songwriter, Nicks wrote:"This girl writes the songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John. She sings, she writes, she performs, she plays great guitar. Taylor can do ballads that could be considered pop or rock and then switch back into country. When I turned 20 years old, I had just made the serious decision to never be a dental assistant. Taylor just turned 20, and she's won four Grammys. Taylor is writing for the universal woman and for the man who wants to know her. The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business."The comments under the Australian interview clip are extremely supportive of Nicks and McVie. "When I think of the band, Fleetwood Mac, I always think of Stevie Nicks and Christine McPhee (McVie) first. Christine and Stevie were equal members of the band. Everyone in that band wrote songs. All of the love affairs coming to an end made a fantastic album called Rumours.""I love that Lindsey did not answer this question. He knew better! Love to them all!""Pretty faces! Has he never seen them perform? But they pave the way! Ladies don't realize what women went through. Women could not even own a credit card or have a bank account in 1974. So crazy!" (They're likely referring to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which passed that year.)Finally, this Instagrammer sums up the discussion with a perfect comment: "The inventor of Rock 'N' Roll was a lady herself, Sister Rosetta Tharpe."

Solo hobbies are great for establishing some quality alone time, but there’s something to be said for enrichment activities that add to our physical wellbeing, provide a creative outlet, or give a recreational boost while also helping us build our own little tribe of like-minded weirdos.Still, it can be a little intimidating to know where to start. That’s why a good old-fashioned crowdsourced list can come in handy. Recently, folks on Reddit answered the question, "What hobbies attract the most friendly people?" and it’s filled with out-of-the-box answers that can provide a little bit of inspiration and encouragement. From unique art meet-ups to sports that are surprisingly welcoming, here are some of our favorite answers:1. Sewing/Crocheting A group of crocheters. Photo credit: Canva"My very introverted and not-too-social mom picked up crocheting some time after turning 50. She found the most wholesome and friendly group of people that she is now super close with." “The crochet community is pretty friendly, supportive, and incredibly talented.”"I’ve had multiple instances where I’m shopping for yarn and another fiber artist will start a cute little 'whatcha makin'' convo. Then we trade advice and opinions, and I always feel like I just made a new friend. :)"2. Archery A person getting ready to shoot a target with an arrow. Photo credit: Canva"Archery is pretty awesome, even just going to the public range. Everyone is friendly for sure.""Something that always turned me off from other sports was when people would get overly emotional and angry when playing. The archery range is so peaceful."3. Arcades A group of friend enjoying games at an arcade. Photo credit: Canva"Playing pinball or gaming in vintage arcades. Everyone there is usually pretty polite, civil, and just having a good time."4. Rock Climbing Two people rock climbing. Photo credit: Canva"Very laid back, active people in reasonably good shape, social, and eager to help with problems or just make small talk.""If you live near a climbing gym, look into beginner classes. Many gyms offer a six- or eight-week program that teaches you how to belay and do everything safely. It's a great way to meet other people who are getting into climbing."5. Improv An improv class. Photo credit: Canva"I took a couple of improv classes a few years ago and had an absolute blast! Everyone should try it at least once in their life. I think it’s really helped me work with people and be a better teacher."6. Birdwatching (birding) Two people enjoying birdwatching. Photo credit: Canva"I'm a bird watcher! In my experience, most birders are just goofy nerds that love going 'oooh is that a [insert bird name here]???' It's great fun!"7. Robot Combat A hand-built robot. Photo credit: Canva "The community is thriving, and people are helping each other all the time and sharing ideas. 15% of the spare parts I pack when going to meet-ups are meant for other people, and we gift away the broken bits of our robots to our opponents as trophies. Sometimes we even travel and Airbnb together."8. Beekeeping A friendly beekeeper. Photo credit: Canva"It's a lot of older people who are interested in sharing knowledge."9. Woodworking Two woodworkers. Photo credit: Canva"The woodworking community is really supportive. All it takes is one tablesaw mishap to humble you a bit and decide you'd rather not see that happen to anyone else, lol."10. Boxing/Capoeira/Martial Arts People participating in Capoeira.Photo credit: Canva "Yeah, I know it’s not the stereotype, but try it, you’ll be surprised.""Capoeira. The people are almost too friendly."“I've wanted to do some kind of martial arts since high school and only managed to work up the courage to finally try it in my 30s. As a woman, it's such a masculine, intimidating environment. Once I got over the initial nerves (which took a while) and got to know some people, it was the warmest, most supportive, and authentic community I've been in."11. Book clubs A book club meeting. Photo credit: Canva"I joined a book club, and everyone is really cool!"12. Gardening A gardening club. Photo credit: Canva"Gardeners are the most generous, friendliest people I've ever met. Optimistic too."13. Hiking A group of hikers. Photo credit: Canva"I’ve never joined a group that wasn’t full of the kindest people. The one I’m in now is lovely."14. Miniature Painting A guy painting a miniature. Photo credit: Canva"The miniature painting community is one of the most supportive/friendly communities on Earth. You could probably shit on a mini and throw some glitter on it, and someone who's been painting for 25 years and is essentially a genius artist will be like, 'I love the color scheme, welcome to the hobby!'"15. Horror Conventions Two characters you might see at a horror convention. Photo credit: Canva"I've met so many nice people at horror conventions. Polite, friendly, enthusiastic, and curious."16. Scuba Diving A scuba diver throwing up hand signs. Photo credit: Canva"The scuba community is super supportive. I think it’s inherent to how the sport works. Good communication, mutual respect, and caution are instilled in you during the education process. You need to be able to meet someone for the first time and potentially trust them with your life as a dive buddy. That requires a certain level of built-in trust. On top of that, there’s an extra layer of camaraderie that you get from diving in odd spots or at unusual times of the year. I once dove in a quarry on the absolute last day of the season, when it was cold enough that my wet gear froze to the table, but I had a blast chatting up the handful of other people unhinged enough to be out on the water that day."17. Skateboarding A group of skateboarders. Photo credit: Canva"It’s literally like a family everywhere you go."18. Beer Brewing Two people enjoying beer. Photo credit: Canva"I'm sure most people would assume it's just a bunch of pretentious craft beer bros. However, people are incredibly cool and very positively constructive with their feedback. As a result, everyone who has gained some confidence is thrilled to share their beer and have people genuinely appreciate them."19. Competition shooting People at a gun range Photo credit: Canva"Believe it or not…people are very kind to each other and we love to nerd out over our builds. Safety is almost always our #1 priority and I honestly feel more safe at the range than I do at a car meet!"20. Mountain Biking Three people mountain biking Photo credit: Canva"If you're sitting on the side of the trail, everyone who passes will stop to ask if you're OK. People will share food, parts, tools, directions, advice, etc.""You can literally pull up to a brewery, grab a beer, and sit down with other mountain bikers you've never met and instantly become friends by sharing stories or talking about how your ride went."21. Disc Golf A hand throwing a frisbee into a disc golf basket Photo credit: Canva"Disc golfers are generally friendly and chill."Last but not least…22. Fishing A person fishing Photo credit: Canva"Every time I've joined a fishing club or just met someone while out fishing, we share stories and tips and enjoy the experience. Good people."

Back in the 1920s, a man named Leo Gerstenzang observed his wife as she gave their baby a bath. To clean the child's ears, she would stick cotton balls on each end of a toothpick. It worked great, but Gerstenzang was concerned about the sharp ends—one slip could be extremely dangerous. So, he worked up a safer version, spending the next several years designing a machine that could make and package cotton swabs "never touched by human hands."He called them "Baby Betty Gays," after his daughter, and then just "Baby Gays." Later, he developed the idea for the brand name "Q-Tips". The product caught on quickly, and for many years it was a popular choice for both adults and kids to remove earwax, among other uses. However, in the 1970s, the company added a warning to the package that the cotton swabs were not meant to be inserted into the ear. Today, ENT professionals advise against using cotton swabs in your ear. Yet, many people continue to do it. One reason? It feels absolutely amazing. - YouTube www.youtube.com Sure, none of us want wax buildup in our ears, but it's become extremely clear that cotton swabs aren't actually all that great at removing wax. Outside the risk of perforating your ear drum by pushing the swab in too far, experts say cotton swabs are more likely to push wax deeper into the ear rather than pull it out. That's pretty counter-productive.But by and large, people report that the feeling of twisting a cotton swab around inside your ear feels incredible. There is, believe it or not, a quasi-medical term for this sensation: an eargasm.Dr. Karan Rajan recently created a now-viral video on TikTok covering the topic in-depth. He says that, for some people, the Vagus nerve-endings inside the ear are extremely sensitive. The Vagus nerve is a "branchlike structure that runs from your brain to your butt," according to Men's Health, and carries information about touch and sensation. When stimulated, you may experience a pleasurable feeling anywhere the nerve impacts, "including your heart, belly, and even reproductive areas.""This leads to a parasympathetic response and a calming effect, similar to the other type of 'gasm. This is why, for many, ears are an erogenous zone."He adds that the erectile tissue in your ears can get engorged when stimulated, giving you...you guessed it...an "ear boner." Add to this that the inside of your ear is not touched very often and can sometimes get itchy or irritated, it's no wonder rubbing it with a cotton swab feels so dang amazing.One fun fact, or a not-so fun fact depending on your perspective, is that some people have what Rajan calls the "cough glitch," where stimulation of the inner ear makes them feel like there's something in their throat and may trigger a cough. Vice versa, a tingling in the throat may be felt in the ear. It's just another funny response by the Vagus nerve, but a much less pleasurable one. @dr.karanr Eargasm @wtfaleisa It's not just cotton swabs that can make your whole body feel amazing via the nerves in your ears.If the vibrations are just right from music or any other sound or physical sensation that makes the ears tingle, a similar eargasm effect can occur.This could be one reason people love ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, videos. The whispering and other soft sounds can create a pleasurable, euphoric, tingling sensation throughout the body and trigger feelings of relaxation and reduced stress.Medical News Today adds, "The sensitivity and power of the ears may explain why they can feel erogenous for many people. Whispering into the ear during intercourse can stimulate nerve endings and enhance feelings of intimacy. Physically stimulating the ears by massaging, licking, or gently biting them may also enhance feelings of arousal and closeness."When you add in the emotional element that music, in particular, can create in us, the eargasm feeling can become extraordinarily powerful.Music reporter Allison Hagendorf says that when a song swells in an emotional, triumphant crescendo, it can be a euphoric experience."Scientists call it frisson, French for 'shivers', and it's this full body reaction when music, emotion, and surprise collide all at once. It's that surge you feel when something in a song takes you somewhere unexpected."Though not strictly related to a stimulation of the Vagus nerve, music that hits just right can flood your brain with dopamine, the neurochemical responsible for feeling love, joy, and awe.Fascinatingly, only about half of all people have the capability to experience these "musical chills." See on Instagram The reason a little stimulation in and around our ears can feel so amazing goes far beyond just that "scratching an itch" sensation. There's legitimate neuroscience behind why the ears may be the key to full-body pleasure and euphoria in many people.Again, doctors advise against sticking cotton swabs in your ears for a variety of health and safety reasons. But if you find yourself tempted to do it because it feels so good, consider yourself lucky that you're among those capable of powerful eargasms. Luckily, there are other, safer ways to explore your auditory superpowers.

Few TV moments are as satisfying as a Wheel of Fortune blunder. They usually go viral because of a wildly goofy answer, like the 2024 classic "Treat Yourself A Round of Sausage." But every once in a while, it's hard to figure out who made the mistake: the contestant or the show's producers, who green-lit a puzzle that may have been…well, too puzzling. Which brings us back to 1993, with one of the most bizarre moments in Wheel of Fortune history. The category was "Slang," and three contestants were presented with one nine-letter word. It took them more than three minutes to solve as the studio filled with awkward laughter, and it's fair to debate whether they really got it. - YouTube www.youtube.com "There, you said it! You said it the second time!"It's a slow reveal: a pair of "T"s, an "S," a "B," an "N"—all with no guesses. Finally, upon the reveal of a "K," someone takes the first stab: "Buttinsky" (pronounced like "butt in sky"). Nope. Then comes a "Y." Another "Butt in sky." Even when we get the full word, "BUTTINSKY," no one can pronounce it to the producers' liking. Finally, one contestant runs through a handful of variations, and host Pat Sajak, seemingly eager to move on, jumps in: "There, you said it! You said it the second time!" It's a close call. You be the judge. It appears none of the contestants had ever heard the word "buttinsky," which, according to Merriam-Webster, is a noun meaning "a person given to butting in" or "a troublesome meddler." "We cannot say who was the first wit to add the common last element of some Slavic surnames to the term butt in," the dictionary company wrote, "but we can tell you that the word has been in common use since the beginning of the 20th century." - YouTube www.youtube.com "I actually saw this when it aired. I've never forgotten it."So what does the general public think about this puzzle? Here are some notable YouTube comments: "Pat: 'Yeah, what do we have there?' Contestant: 'Buttinsky, jack—'""Producer was like, I don't even know how to pronounce that.""Weirdest puzzle in WoF history""Nope...that is clearly "Butt in sky'""This was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for the Slang category--it offered one of the most difficult puzzles on the show, much like how Megaword had ones that had mostly uncommon letters and were very hard to pronounce.""I actually saw this when it aired. I've never forgotten it. I'd hate to have my butt in sky :P""The producers were needling WAY too much on the pronunciation here. Wow, that was excruciating to watch lol""After something like that, they should have invited all three of those guys back or did a do-over puzzle and thrown it out.""Buttonsky, Battensky, Buttansky, Bittensky, Bettinsky, Bottinsky, until we get to Buttinsky. Very funny." "No wonder that category was retired."On the latter note: According to the Wheel of Fortune Fandom site, "Slang" was introduced on September 7, 1992, and retired on June 19, 1995. - YouTube www.youtube.com