Mindblaster hasn't got his facts straight.

1. The Allmans grew up in a lower middle class single parent family (their father was murdered when they were very young). I have no idea why anyone thinks otherwise--this is well-documented.

2. If Duane Allman had a coke problem, or was a regular user, it didn't seem to affect his playing ability, and he was hardly alone in taking in lots of pills in rock n roll circa 1970--what's your friggin point? If you don't like his playing just say so. Like most musical geniuses, he's not everyone's cup of tea.

3. Bee-Dubya has already corrected the dates of Clapton's racist outburst.

4. "The original Welsh edition of the album"--interesting concept, how Welsh was it? "Occasional tambourine"???? this is bizarre.

This Beck or Allman question seems to interest us grizzled old guitarphiles, but I'm disappointed that no one has cited any accessible documentation. Looks like a job for Snopes.com.