re: Is it hyperbole to call D. Allman a genius?

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I'm not calling Dickey a slouch by any stretch of the imagination. They both had very distinctive tones and licks when playing lead, I just prefer Duane's style a good bit more.

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I will say, in Dickey's defense, when Duane died, he TAUGHT HIMSELF how to play slide guitar like Duane, so he could cover that part of the upcoming recording sessions and, if necessary, some live bits.

If that isn't genius (on Dickey's part), it will do until genius comes along.

But, Duane impressed novice guitar players like Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, so that may have just been hype.

I remember seeing something on Derek and the Dominoes, and there was an engineer who had also worked for the ABB. He said something to the effect of:

"Eric came in with these ideas that Layla, and these other songs, was going to be raw, like a live vibe that the old blues masters captured on their recordings. So, he and Duane plugged in, we started recording and they just jammed a lot. Duane must have bought into it because there is a great vibe on the record. It was an alien experience to me, though, because I was unaccustomed to hearing Duane play even a single note wrong, before that."