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November 20, 1946
Howard Duane Allman is born in Nashville, TN.

1946

1947

December 8, 1947
Gregory Lenoir Allman is born in Nashville, TN.

Miles Davis's album 'Kind Of Blue' is released. This album is probably Duane's biggest inspiration. (DETAILS)

1959

  
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Y Teens' and 'The Shufflers'.

1961
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Shufflers' and occasionally in 'The House Rockers', backing up the vocal group 'The Untils'.

1963
Duane plays in 'Sweet William & The Stereos' from September until sometime in winter. (NOTE)
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Escorts'.

1964
'The Escorts' bass player Van Harrison is replaced by Bob Keller and after Gregg graduates from high school, the name of the band is changed to 'The Allman Joys'.

1965
September 9: 'The Rising Sons' record 'Statesboro Blues' with Ry Cooder, who doesn't play slide on this song. (NOTE)
 

JANUARY
1965

Davy Graham's album 'Folk, Blues & Beyond...' is released. (DETAILS)

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The compilation album 'What's Shakin' is released. Duane & Gregg are impressed in particular by Paul Butterfield's version of Willie Dixon's 'Spoonful' and a rendition of Robert Johnson's 'Crossraods' performed by Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
Allman Joys recording session at 'Bradley's Barn' near Nashville, TN.

Allman Joys recording session at Dial Records Studio in Nashville, TN. (NOTE)

1966
Gregg writes 'Melissa'. (NOTE)
Pete Carr succeeds Eddie Hinton as guitar player in 'The Five Minutes'.
Willy Mallory's single 'Faithful / I'll Be Your Jim' is released. (DETAILS)
After graduating from high school Bill Connell becomes the drummer for The Allman Joys.
The Allman Joys go to New York City to play at 'Trudy Heller's' and meet the members of the band 'Blues Magoos'.
Pete Carr meets Duane & Gregg Allman at the Martinique Club in Daytona Beach, FL. after The Allman Joys returned from New York City.
'The Bitter Ind' (with Butch Trucks) plays at the Martinique Club in Daytona Beach, FL. where Butch meets Duane & Gregg.
Duane arranges several gigs for 'The Bitter Ind' at the Beachcomber Club in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE)

SUMMER
1966

  
The Allman Joys record 'Spoonful' in Nashville, TN.

AUGUST
1966
The Allman Joys' single 'Spoonful / You Deserve Each Other' is released. (DETAILS)
SEPTEMBER
1966

November 25: 'Allman Joys' concert at Fort Brandon Armory' in Tuscaloosa, AL.
NOVEMBER
1966		  
 

1967

Alnert King's album 'Born Under A Bad Sign' is released. (DETAILS)
Bill Connell leaves 'The Allman Joys' after receiving his draft notice. (NOTE)

FEBRUARY / MARCH
1967

  
'The Allman Joys' and 'The Five Minutes' join forces. For Pete Carr, guitar player for 'The Five Minutes', there is no place in the new band. (NOTE)
Meeting with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in St. Louis.
Relocation to Los Angeles and the name of the band is changed to 'Hour Glass'.

MARCH
1967
First US tour of Cream.
Neil Young from 'Buffalo Springfield' visits an Hour Glass concert at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood.

APRIL
1967
10-day tour of Buffalo Springfield.

MAY
1967
May 7: Eric Clapton buys 'Brownie' in London. (NOTE)
June 22: Hour Glass recording sessions at the 'Liberty Recording Studios' in Hollywood, CA.

JUNE
1967
June 9: Albert King records 'As The Years Go Passing By'.
June 18: 'Buffalo Springfield' (with David Crosby) and Jimi Hendrix play at the Monterey Pop Festival.
 

JULY
1967
July 26: Clarence Carter records 'Road Of Love' at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
August 10, 11, 12 & 15: Recording sessions for the first Hour Glass album: 'Hour Glass' at the 'Liberty Recording Studios' in Hollywood, CA.

AUGUST
1967
Clarence Carter's single 'She Ain't Gonna Do Right / Road Of Love' is released on Rick Hall's 'Fame' label. Duane doesn't play on these tracks. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
August 20: Cream at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood.
August 21: Recording session for Taj Mahal's first album 'Taj Mahal'. Jesse Ed Davis plays electric slide on 'Statesboro Blues'.
October 19: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.
The Hour Glass single 'Nothing But Tears / Heartbeat' is released.

The album 'Hour Glass' is released. (DETAILS)

Promotional tour of Hour Glass.
Duane & Gregg meet Dickey Betts in Orlando, FL.
In Daytona Beach, FL Pete Carr decides to join Hour Glass on a trip to California. He shares an apartment with Duane in Los Angeles.

OCTOBER
1967
After having been fired from 'The Byrds' David Crosby goes sailing in Florida and meets Joni Mitchell.
November 30 - December 3: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.

NOVEMBER
1967

Cream album 'Disraeli Gears' released.
November 30 - December 3: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
December 22: 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Hour Glass' play at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
DECEMBER
1967

Buffalo Springfield Again' is released.

December 10: Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.
December 16, 17, 19 & 20: Recording sessions for Aretha Franklin's albums 'Lady Soul' and 'Aretha Now' at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York. Eric Clapton plays guitar (overdub) on 'Good To Me As I Am To You'.

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Willie Walker's single 'A Lucky Loser / Warm To Cool To Cold' is released. (DETAILS)
The Bleus' single 'Milk And Honey / Leavin' Lisa' is released. (DETAILS)
1968

The 31st Of February's album 'The 31st Of February' is released. (DETAILS)

Barry Goldberg's album  'There's No Hole In My Soul' (aka 'Reunion') is released. (DETAILS)
Percy Sledge's single 'My Special Prayer / Bless Your Little Sweet Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
Duane does a lot of jamming with Stephen Stills. (NOTE)

EARLY
1968

Taj Mahal's first album is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
Recording sessions for the second Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' at the Liberty Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

JANUARY
1968

January 22: Aretha Franklin's album 'Lady Soul' is released.
Recording sessions for Buffalo Springfield's final album 'Last Time Around' in Los Angeles.
Recording sessions for Joni Mitchell's debut album 'Song To A Seagull' in Los Angeles.
February 9-11: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA.

FEBRUARY
1968
February 5: Arthur Conley recording session at the American Studios in Memphis.
March 7-9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
The Hour Glass single 'Power Of Love / I Still Want Your Love' is released.

The Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' is released. (DETAILS)

MARCH
1968
Promotional tour of Hour Glass.
April 22: Hour Glass records demos at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL with Jimmy Johnson as recording engineer. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

APRIL
1968
April 8: Clarence Carter recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
April 15-18: Aretha Franklin recording sessions at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
May 2: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.
May 17: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles, CA.
May 24-26: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA.
Hour Glass comes into conflict with record company Liberty who are not interested in the recently recorded Hour Glass demos. (NOTE)
In fact Liberty is only interested in promoting Gregg Allman as a solo singer. (NOTE)

MAY
1968
May 5: the final 'Buffalo Springfield' concert.
May 18-19: Miami Pop Festival.
May 23 & 24: Recording sessions for Taj Mahal's second album 'The Natch'l Blues'.
Aretha Franklin in Europe.

Arthur Conley's album 'Soul Directions' is released. (DETAILS)
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills record 'Super Session'.
June 6-9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA.
The members of Hour Glass, besides Gregg Allman, (NOTE) leave Los Angeles and return to St. Louis, MO.  (NOTE)
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single
'D-I-V-O-R-C-E / Changing Of The Guard' is released.

JUNE
1968

June 12: Gregg Allman recording session at the Liberty Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

June 14: Aretha Franklin's album 'Aretha Now' is released.
June 28: Aretha Franklin in Time Magazine.

JULY
1968

July 18: Buffalo Springfield's album 'Last Time Around' is released.

Jeff Beck's album 'Truth' is released. (NOTE)

AUGUST
1968

The Cream album 'Wheels Of Fire' is released.

'Music From Big Pink' from The Band is released.

King Curtis' album 'Sweet Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
'Hour Glass' breaks up. (NOTE)
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'She Is My Woman / Going Nowhere' is released.
Gregg Allman moves from Los Angeles, CA to Daytona Beach, FL and joins his brother Duane.
Duane and Gregg Allman drive to Jacksonville, FL with the van to make demo recordings with the '31st Of February'. (NOTE)
The '31st Of February' are recording demos at the TK Studios in Hialeah, FL. (NOTE)
Gregg Allman is called back to Los Angeles by record company Liberty because of an outstanding debt. (NOTE)
The '31st Of February' breaks up as a result of Gregg Allman's departure to Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE)
Duane Allman goes to Muscle Shoals, AL and asks Rick Hall of Fame Recording Studios for a job as studio musician. Rick Hall can't offer Duane any work at that time, because he already has enough session guitarists, but Duane decides to hang out and wait for an opportunity to arrive. (NOTE)
SEPTEMBER
1968
September 19: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
September 23-27: Recording sessions for Aretha Franklin's 'Soul 69' album at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'Now Is The Time / She Is My Woman' is released.
Duane Allman plays on a number of Clarence Carter recordings at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
The New Rock Band's single 'Rock Steady / Little David' is released. (DETAILS)

OCTOBER
1968
October 3: Clarence Carter recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
October 23: King Curtis recording session at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City. (NOTE)

Aretha Franklin's album 'Aretha In Paris' is released.

Jimi Hendrix' album 'Electric Ladyland' is released.
Clarence Carters single 'Too Weak To Fight / Let Me Comfort You' is released. Duane doesn't play on these tracks.
November 12: Clarence Carter's recording session for 'The Road Of Love' at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. This would become the first commercially released recording to feature Duane playing a slide guitar solo. (NOTE)
November 27: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE)
Rick Hall gives Jerry Wexler a call and plays Wilson Pickett's recording of 'Hey Jude' over the telephone. Jerry Wexler is pretty impressed and decides to release it as a single. (NOTE)
Jerry Wexler informs Tom Dowd about Duane Allman. (NOTE)
NOVEMBER
1968
November 2: Clarence Carter's 'Too Weak To Fight' enters the Cash Box Top 100. 

November 8: the various artists album 'The Original Soul Christmas' is released. Duane doesn't play on this album. (DETAILS)
November 16: Wilson Pickett's 'A Man And A Half' enters the Cash Box Top 100. Duane doesn't play on this song.
November 25: King Curtis' single 'The Christmas Song / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve' is released. Duane doesn't play on these songs. (DETAILS)
November 25: Clarence Carter's single 'Back Door Santa / That Old Time Feeling' is released. Duane doesn't play on these songs. (DETAILS)

November 25: The Beatles' album 'The Beatles' is released.
November 26: 'Cream' plays two farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (NOTE)
December 2: Clarence Carter recording session at Fame Recording Studios.
December 3: Wilson Pickett recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
December 6: Arthur Conley recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
The Wilson Pickett single 'Hey Jude / Search Your Heart' is released.
The Arthur Conley single 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Otis Sleep On' is released.
Wee Willie Walker's single 'A Lucky Loser / From Warm To Cool To Cold' is released.
December 21: Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' enters the Cash Box Top 100.
December 21: Cash Box review of Arthur Conley's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'.
December 28: Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' enters the Billboard Top 100.
DECEMBER
1968

December 2: George Harrison's album 'Wonderwall Music' is released.
December 10-11: Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus with a.o. the Taj Mahal band. Mick Jagger saw that band perform at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood earlier in 1968.
December 13 & 14: In New York a 'Super Session' concert is recorded and Johnny Winter makes his New York début at the Fillmore East.

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Barry Goldberg recording sessions at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
Laura Nyro recording sessions at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

Barry Goldberg's album 'Two Jews Blues' is released. (DETAILS)
Spencer Wiggins' single 'I Never Loved A Woman (The Way I Love You) / Soul City USA' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
The 31st Of February single 'In The Morning When I'm Real / Porcelain Mirrors' is released. (DETAILS)

Laura Lee's single 'Hang It Up / It's How You Make It Good' is released. (DETAILS)

The Lovelles' single 'I'm Comin' Today / Pretending Dear' is released. (DETAILS)
Wilson Pickett's single 'In' Avventura / Amo Te (I'm In Love)' is released. (DETAILS)

Lou Johnson's album 'Sweet Southern Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
1969

Early 1969: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' album 'Accept No Substitute' is released. (NOTE)

R.B. Greaves' album 'R.B. Greaves' is released. (DETAILS)

Brook Benton's album 'Do Your Own Thing' is released. (DETAILS)

Clarence Carter's album 'Testifyin'' is released. (DETAILS)

Mavis Staples' album 'Mavis Staples' is released. (DETAILS)

The various artists album 'Boy Meets Girl' is released. (DETAILS)

Miles Davis's album 'In A Silent Way' is released. (DETAILS)
Percy Sledge's single 'True Love Travels On A Gravel Road / Faithful And True' is released. (DETAILS)
The Sweet Inspirations' single 'Baci, Baci, Baci / Ehi Ragazzo (I Could Leave You Alone)' is released in Italy. (DETAILS)
Clarence Carter's single 'Take It Off Him (And Put It On Me) / The Few Troubles I've Had' is released. (DETAILS)
Billy Vera & Judy Clay's single 'Reaching For The Moon / Tell It Like It Is' is released. (DETAILS)
January 8-10: Aretha Franklin recording sessions at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City. (NOTE)
January 10-11: Duane and Jimmy Johnson attend a Johnny Winter concert at the Fillmore East in New York.
January 11: Arthur Conley's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' enters the Cash Box Top 100.

Wilson Pickett's album 'Hey Jude' is released. (DETAILS)

The Soul Survivors' album 'Take Another Look' is released. (DETAILS)

Arthur Conley's album 'More Sweet Soul' is released. (DETAILS)
Duane makes recordings for a solo album at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
The 'Greg Allman And The Hour Glass' single 'I've Been Trying / Silently' is released. (NOTE)

JANUARY
1969
January 6: Clarence Carter recording session at Fame Recording Studios.
January 23, 27, 28 & 30: Gregg Allman recording sessions in Hollywood, CA.

January 17: Aretha Franklin's album 'Soul 69' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

Albert King's album 'King Of The Blues Guitar' is released. (DETAILS)
Albert King's single 'The Hunter / As The Years Go Passing By' is released. (DETAILS)
The Bleus' single 'Julianna's Gone / Mystery Smoke' is released. (DETAILS)
February 4: Aretha Franklin's single 'The Weight / Tracks Of My Tears' is released.
February 15: Cash Box review of Arthur Conley's 'More Sweet Soul'.
Duane makes recordings for a solo album at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (DETAILS)
February 19: King Curtis recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE)
February 22: Aretha Franklin's 'The Weight' enters the Cash Box Top 100.
February 24-28: The Sweet Inspirations recording sessions for the album 'Sweets For My Sweet' at Fame Recording Studios.

FEBRUARY
1969
February 7: Gregg Allman recording session.
Crosby, Stills & Nash recording sessions for the album 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' at Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
Otis Rush recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios.
King Curtis' single 'Games People Play / Foot Pattin' - Part 2' is released.
Arthur Conley's single 'Run On / Speak Her Name' is released.
Duane and Jaimoe go to Jacksonville, FL to start a band. Jaimoe stays at Butch Trucks'. (NOTE)
March 23: The Jacksonville jam. After the jam Duane calls brother Gregg in Los Angeles and asks him to join his new band. (NOTE)
March 26: Gregg arrives in Jacksonville, FL and the initial lineup of The Allman Brothers Band is together for the first time. (NOTE)
March 30: Concert of 'The Second Coming' (with Duane but without Gregg) at the Jacksonville Armory in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE)

MARCH
1969

Cream's album 'Goodbye' is released.
Wilson Pickett's single 'Mini-Skirt Minnie / Back In Your Arms' is released. (DETAILS)

Jackie Lomax' album 'Is This What You Want' is released.
Stephen Stills and Dallas Taylor go to England and ask Steve Winwood to join 'Crosby, Stills & Nash'. Without success.....
March 18: 'Supershow' is recorded at the TV studios in Staines, Surrey, UK.
March 20: Rick Hall has to find a new studio rhythm section: 'The Swampers' Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins and David Hood start on their own. (NOTE)
Percy Sledge's single 'Any Day Now / The Angels Listened In' is released. (DETAILS)

Clarence Carter's album 'The Dynamic Clarence Carter' is released. (DETAILS)
Cher recording sessions at the new Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
The Allman Brothers Band make demo recordings at Capricorn Recording Studios in Macon, GA. (DETAILS)
Wilson Pickett's single 'Born To Be Wild / Toe Hold' is released.

APRIL
1969
Eddie Hinton becomes the session guitarist at the new 'Muscle Shoals Sound Studios', owned by Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins and David Hood. (NOTE)
May 2-4: The first Allman Brothers Band concerts in Macon, GA.
May 5-10: Boz Scaggs recording sessions at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
May 10: Wilson Pickett's 'Born To Be Wild' enters the Cash Box Top 100.
May 27: Aretha Franklin recording session at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
May 27: Percy Sledge recording session at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.

Solomon Burke's album 'Proud Mary' is released. (DETAILS)

MAY
1969
May 2 & 13: Clarence Carter recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios.
May 5-6: Billy Preston recording sessions at the Trident Studios in London.
May 12: Billy Vera & Judy Clay recording session at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
May 14: Cher recording session at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

May 29: The album 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' is released.
Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills (bass) & Dallas Taylor (drums) jam at the 'Scene' in New York City. (NOTE)
Buddy Miles, John Sebastian, Duane Hitchings, Stephen Stills & Jimi Hendrix (bass!) jam at the Record Plant. The recorded 'Woodstock'-jam is used for Timothy Leary's album 'You Can Be Anything This Time Around'. (NOTE)
Wilson Pickett recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios.

June 20: Cher's album '3614 Jackson Highway' is released.  (DETAILS)

June 20: The Sweet Inspirations' album 'Sweets For My Sweet' is released. (DETAILS)

Aretha Franklin's compilation album 'Aretha's Gold' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

King Curtis' album 'Instant Groove' is released. (DETAILS)
Percy Sledge's single 'Kind Woman / Woman Of The Night' is released. (DETAILS)
The Sweet Inspirations' single 'Sweets For My Sweet / Get A Little Order' is released. (NOTE)

JUNE
1969
June 7: The début concert of 'Blind Faith' in Hyde Park in London. It's a free concert. (NOTE)

June 20: Arif Mardin's album 'Glass Onion' is released. (DETAILS)

June 20: Sonny & Cher's album 'Chastity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' is released. (DETAILS)
Wilson Pickett's single 'Hey Joe / Night Owl' is released. (DETAILS)
The Duck And The Bear's single 'Goin' Up The Country / Hand Jive' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
The Allman Brothers Band recording sessions (according to the liner notes by Mike Hyland and Mark Pucci on the 1975 Allman Brothers Band compilation album 'The Road Goes On Forever').

JULY
1969

July 2: 'Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones dies.
July 5: 'The Rolling Stones' play a free concert at Hyde Park in London.
July 8: 'Sam & Dave' recording session at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.
July 10: Aretha Franklin's single 'Share Your Love With Me / Pledging My Love - The Clock' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)
July 11: 'Blind Faith' start their US tour. Support acts are a.o. 'Taste' (with Rory Gallagher) and 'Delaney & Bonnie & Friends'.
July 24: Arthur Conley recording session at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
 

JULY / AUGUST
1969
Sam & Dave's single 'Holdin' On / Ooh Ooh Ooh' is released. (DETAILS)
Cher's single 'For What It's Worth / (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On' is released. (NOTE)

Otis Rush' album 'Mourning In The Morning' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS)

Boz Scaggs' album 'Boz Scaggs' is released. (DETAILS)
August 16: Billboard review of Cher's single 'For What It's Worth / (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On'.

AUGUST
1969
Arthur Conley's single 'Star Review / Love Sure Is A Powerful Thing' is released. (DETAILS)
'The Rolling Stones' make demo recordings at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
August 14: R.B. Greaves recording session at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
August 15-18: Woodstock festival.

August 19: The Blind Faith album 'Blind Faith' is released.

August 24: Billy Preston's album 'That's The Way God Planned It' is released.
August 24: Blind Faith play their final concert in Honolulu, Hawaii.
August 29: Wilson Pickett recording session at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL.
R.B. Greaves' single 'Take A Letter Maria / Big Bad City' is released. (DETAILS)
September 10: Variety review of Boz Scaggs' album 'Boz Scaggs'.
Ronnie Hawkins recording sessions at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
Allman Brothers Band recording sessions at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City.
SEPTEMBER
1969
September 10: Lulu recording session without Duane at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
September 13: A concert of 'The Plastic Ono Band' at the Varsity Stadium in Toronto is recorded.
Percy Sledge recording sessions.
September 24: Clarence Carter recording session at Fame Recording Studios.
September 25: Plastic Ono Band