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Odd rock trivia-Who knew?

Wandering thru the garage band thread inspired a little Wikipedia session that revealed these two quirky bits of trivia:

The original "second guitar" to Eric Clapton in Derek and the Dominos was not Duane Allman. It was Dave Mason. Mason is a very capable player, but... Somehow, it's hard for me to imagine what that band would have sounded like without the switch to DA.

And

Ed King, of Lynyrd Skynyrd, was a founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock (Incense and Peppermints). Talk about a strange stylistic shift.

Who knew?
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I only found out about the Ed King story in the last few years. I knew about him from SAC but had not known he was in Skynyrd. I had the first two SAC LPs and saw them live once. They were good.

It does seem as if Derek and the Dominos would have been a lesser band overall with Mason rather than Duane. He was a good singer/songwriter, though. Who wouldn't want "Feeling Alright" on their resume?
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