The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (Audio CD, Oct 14, 1997)

Eat a Peach is defined by both the absence and presence of guitarist Duane Allman. In 1972 -- just a year after the brilliant Live at the Fillmore introduced the Allman Brothers Band to a nationwide audience -- the death of their founder and leader in a motorcycle accident sent the pioneering southern-rock group into a tailspin. Peach's first three tracks find the remaining members reestablishing a group sound without Duane, with the affecting ballad "Melissa" proving that vocalist Gregg Allman and guitarist Dickey Betts were ready to carry the weight and start anew. But it's the tracks with Duane that find the band at their peak. Such live performances as "One Way Out" highlight the stupendous interplay between Duane and Dickey, while the epic, all-instrumental "Mountain Jam," with its permutating musical vistas, displays a rock ensemble unequalled at group interplay and cohesion. A handful of studio tracks recorded right before Duane's death provide a perfect coda. Betts's "Blue Sky" is a perfect example of the Allmans' special magic, blending country balladering and pop melodicism with stunning guitar improvisations and trademark dual guitar passages, while "Little Martha," an acoustic duet between Duane and Dickie, takes Peach out on a note of sublime tranquility.

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TRACK LISTINGS

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