Eat a Peach

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Editorial reviews

Album Details
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Having firmly established themselves as "The Grateful Dead of the South" via their enormously successful 1971 Live at the Fillmore East double album, the Allman Brothers had just begun work on a new studio collection when slide guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident. Undaunted, the group rallied together and completed Eat a Peach, which, via inclusion of the 34-minute-plus "Mountain Jam," blossomed into a double LP. While keyboardist-singer Gregg Allman shone on tracks like Sonny Boy Williamson's "One Way Out" and his own "Melissa," it was second guitarist Dickey Betts who came out from under the departed Allman's shadow with his lead vocal on "Blue Sky" and his incendiary playing throughout. --Billy Altman

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-01-08 rating:
mountain jam
this is really good example of how the allmans sounded, when they were younger. this has some very good songs on it. also they are a very soulful and melodic band. the mountain jam goes on forever, which is good to relax to. another classic cd, by the allman brothers.

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review by: Yo, I got opinions date: 2008-11-04 rating:
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
OMFG do I love this album.
It is one of the best escapes from this nasty world of Sarah Palins and mean people (lol).
I put this on, lean back, and the world is good and I am a happy boy!

This is music for people that know how to zone out.

Yeah that's it: This is space age zone out music for moderns with a nostalgic side.

Peace.

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review by: Ted date: 2008-09-21 rating:
This one is a keeper
This album is a gem--prior to the advent of CDs, I think I wore out 5 or 6 copies of this album on vinyl, and I've kept them all--even the old, worn-out ones. The Allman Brothers Band are often compared with the Dead, but at their best, IMO, they were far better--tighter, more disciplined, even while they were playing "out there." Unlike the Dead's jams, which often seemed chaotic and pointless, under Duane's leadership, the Allman Brothers' jams were more like controlled fire. As good as the rest of the tracks on Eat A Peach are, the second half of the Mountain Jam is for me, the perfect display of Duane Allman's compositional and melodic genius on guitar. After Berry Oakley's bass solo leads into the entire group coming together, Duane lays down several minutes of a thorough schooling in modal improvisation that, even after almost 40 years, still never fails to be awe-inspiring in its tension-and-release: every second counts, not a note is wasted. His three-part solo begins with his slide guitar floating over the swinging rhythm section, building a simple two-note phrase into an intense ride up into the stratosphere, rising toward an intense climax. He gently brings it back down and it almost feels like he's taking a breath before launching himself once again, this time without his slide. The rest of the band is happily along for the ride, so in tune with him, you can tell they're feeling it the same way he is, building their support, riding underneath him as he goes tearing off. He brings it back down again, but he's still not finished, he then does his rendering of the old gospel tune, "Will the Circle be Unbroken," with his inimitable tone, so smooth and sweet it can bring tears to your eyes. Finally he's finished and then leads the band back into the "Mountain" theme, finishing up almost an hour of continuous music. In his announcing the members of the band at the end, you can tell he's exhausted but exhuberant, as is the whole band, jazzed with what they've just done. Give this track another listen, or two or three, preferably more, those who "get it" will never listen to music the same way again. There's just a few musicans who have that spiritual feel to their playing so intense that it's hard for me to listen to anything else after hearing them--John Coltrane is one, Duane Allman is another.

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review by: Doctor of Rock date: 2008-09-19 rating:
It's the early 1970's and I'm riding in the back of a van.
Living in the south, The Allmans Brothers Band acquired somewhat of a saintly status during the early 1970's. It reminds me of the carefree days of riding in the back of a VW Van and going up to the Atlanta Rock Festival or anywhere in Florida. It seems as if every van and car was listening to either The Allmans or Grand Funk. Time has proven that the Allmans' Eat A Peach is a genuine masterpiece. Songs like One Way Out, Little Martha, Blue Sky and Ain't Wasting Time No More have proven the test of time. This was Duane Allman's swan song before his tragic accident in 1971 and remains my favorite Allman Brothers album of all time. They were the greatest live band I ever saw too.


review by: date: 2008-07-21 rating:
Allman Brothers, Eat a Peach
I had bought this as a vinyl album many many years ago. I had completely forgotten how good it was. Truly timeless material.

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