Eat a Peach was the third studio album by the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released February 12, 1972, in the U.S. by Capricorn Records. Following their artistic and commercial breakthrough with the release of 1971’s live album At Fillmore East, the Allman Brothers Band got to work on their third studio album. However, many in the band were struggling with heroin addictions and checked into rehab to confront these problems. Shortly after leaving rehab, group leader and founder Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in the band’s home of Macon, Georgia thus making it the final album to feature the guitarist.
Track listing
1. “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More”
2. “Les Brers In A Minor”
3. “Melissa”
4. “Mountain Jam”
5. “One Way Out”
6. “Trouble No More”
7. “Stand Back”
8. “Blue Sky”
9. “Little Martha”
10. “Mountain Jam” (Continued)
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Released as a double album on February 12, 1972, Eat a Peach was a mix of studio recordings, both with and without Duane Allman, and recordings from the band's famed 1971 Fillmore East performances. It was an immediate success and peaked at Number 4 on Billboard's Top 200 Pop Albums chart and was later certified platinum
Butch Trucks suggested they name the album Eat a Peach for Peace, after a quote from Duane Allman. When asked what he was doing to help the revolution, Duane replied: "I'm hitting a lick for peace and every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace. But you can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution
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Much of the music on Eat a Peach that was recorded after Duane's death directly dealt with the tragedy. "Les Brers in A Minor" was an instrumental penned by Dickey Betts, and its title is "bad French" for "less brothers
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Mountain Jam" was originally released on Eat a Peach, as recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall in March 1971. The song's first known recording is May 4, 1969 and is based on Donovan's 1967 hit-single "There Is a Mountain.” Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun" is also quoted musically in the piece, roughly 22 minutes in
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One Way Out" was recorded on June 27, 1971 at the band's final concert at the Fillmore East, which was shut down after that date. The song was first recorded and released in the early-mid-1960s by Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James
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Blue Sky" was written and sung by guitarist Dickey Betts, who penned it about his girlfriend, and later wife, Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. The track is notable as one of guitarist Duane Allman's final recorded performances with the group
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Little Martha" was the only Allman Brothers Band track written solely by group leader Duane Allman. The track was recorded in October 1971, a few weeks before his death in a motorcycle accident in the band's home of Macon, Georgia, thus making Eat a Peach the final album he would appear on
