Eat a Peach

Eat a Peach
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released	February 12, 1972
Recorded	March - December 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and live at The Fillmore East, New York City, NY
Genre	Southern rock, blues-rock
Length	69:24
Label	Capricorn
Producer	Tom Dowd
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The Allman Brothers Band chronology
At Fillmore East (1971) Eat a Peach (1972) Brothers and Sisters (1973)

Eat a Peach is a 1972 double album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band; it was the last to include founding member and lead slide-guitar player Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident while the album was being recorded.

History

This album came close on the heels of their breakthrough At Fillmore East (1971) set and featured live tracks that did not make it onto that album, including boogie classic "One Way Out" and two entire album sides devoted to "Mountain Jam", a 33-minute improvisation based around Donovan's song "There Is a Mountain."

The remainder of the album was recorded in-studio and served to cement the band's reputation as innovative Southern rockers. Several tracks featured a new emphasis on more-lyrical acoustic work, notably on "Melissa" and the guitar classic "Little Martha." The lilting "Blue Sky" became an album-oriented rock radio staple, while "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" served as both a quiet generational anthem and a personal statement of purpose by the band in the face of Duane's death.

The widespread story regarding the origin of the album's title, that the truck involved in Duane's fatal motorcycle accident was a peach truck, is not correct; the truck involved was a flatbed lumber truck. Rather the album name came from something Duane said in an interview shortly before he was killed. When asked what he was doing to help the revolution, Duane replied, "There ain't no revolution, it's evolution, but every time I'm in Georgia I eat a peach for peace." The album's name was originally slated to be The Kind We Grow in Dixie, and the artwork for the album showed a peach. Band members were dissatisfied with the name, and the image suggested Duane's quote instead.

The album art was selected by Rolling Stone magazine in 1991 as one of the 100 greatest album covers of all time. The album cover was done by Flor Noi (James Flournoy Holmes), who lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Track listing

1. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Gregg Allman) – 3:40 ^(c)
2. "Les Brers in A Minor" (Dickey Betts) – 9:03 ^(c)
3. "Melissa" (Gregg Allman/Steve Alaimo) – 3:54 ^(c)
4. "Mountain Jam" (Donovan Leitch/Duane Allman/Gregg Allman/Dickey Betts/Jai Johanny Johansen/Berry Oakley/Butch Trucks) – 33:38 ^(a)
5. "One Way Out" (Marshall Sehorn/Elmore James) – 4:58 ^(b)
6. "Trouble No More" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:43 ^(a)
7. "Stand Back" (Gregg Allman/Berry Oakley) – 3:24 ^(c)
8. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 5:09 ^(c)
9. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:07 ^(c)

^(a)Recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, March 12 & 13, 1971.

^(b)Recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, June 27, 1971.

^(c)Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, September through December 1971.

On the original LP, side one consisted of the first three tracks — studio numbers recorded after Duane's death. Side two consisted of the first 19:37 of "Mountain Jam". Side three consisted of the remaining five tracks which include three studio numbers recorded with Duane. Side four consisted of the final 15:06 of "Mountain Jam" including some initial overlap with the end of side two.

2006 deluxe edition

Released on May 23, 2006, Eat a Peach Deluxe Edition features a remastered version of the original album on disc one, while disc two showcases the complete performance of the band at the final June 27, 1971, Fillmore East concert:

1. "Statesboro Blues" – 4:28
2. "Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’" – 3:46
3. "Done Somebody Wrong" – 3:38
4. "One Way Out" – 5:08
5. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" – 12:51
6. "Midnight Rider" – 3:11
7. "Hot 'Lanta" – 5:51
8. "Whipping Post" – 20:06
9. "You Don’t Love Me" – 17:24

Personnel

• Gregg Allman - organ, vocals, piano, electric piano
• Duane Allman: slide and lead guitars (Tracks 4-9)
• Dicky Betts - slide and lead guitars, vocals,
• Jai Johanny Johanson - drums, congas
• Berry Oakley - bass
• Butch Trucks - drums, percussion, tympani, gong, vibes, tambourine