Duane Allman quit high school to spend his days at home practicing guitar.
One played a trebly, stinging slide guitar; the other sang in an anguished, world-weary voice.
But Loudermilk had already decided to concentrate on song writing, so he brought the group to Buddy Killen, head of Dial Records.
Killen thought the group was quite good, so he had John Hurley take them into the studio to record more tunes.
Duane and Gregg Allman went on to form Hour Glass and the Allman Brothers Band.Note: Loudermilk's memory is slightly inaccurate, since Duane did not learn to play slide guitar until his birthday in 1968, a couple of years later.