Eric Clapton sat in the grass watching the Allman Brothers and heard something special. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts playing beautiful twin guitars. The band had created something extraordinary. "All of us went off to see the Allman Brothers play. In this open air setting—it was unbelievable. We were shown a place to sit on the grass right in front of the stage and, apparently he spotted me.⁠

It was just really magical, you know. There was like the perfect kind of weather—it was dark, it was balmy and hot and there was a strong breeze. They all had really, really long hair...it was blowing back in the wind, and it was so picturesque.⁠

The music was unbelievable, b/c they were doing all that harmony playing—Duane and Dickey Betts—and everything seemed to be, even if they played solos, they were all in harmony. It was fantastically worked out.⁠⁠

The impression that I got was how much hard work they'd put into their presentation, and the fact that it wasn't really blasted all over the airwaves, you know? They had just quietly gone about doing a fantastic job of making really, really good music that was really well thought out--and not left too much to chance, you know." 📷️Kathy Hurley⁠