The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach
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Free Music Review: Music from heaven
Hit: 5 Stars
Eat A Peach is the Allman Brothers' fourth album and along with their previous live release At Fillmore East cemented their legend. During the recording of this album, the band was dealt a devastating blow when their founder and guitarist Duane Allman was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. With heavy hearts, the remaining members completed the album, even writing three more tunes for the release that were among their best work. Therefore, while At Fillmore East showed a phenomenal live band at the height of their powers, Eat A Peach shows this as well as the band's improved songwriting skills on the studio cuts, in effect creating one of the best albums ever released in American music.
The album's opening track "Ain't Wasting Time No More" is a eulogy to their fallen leader. Gregg Allman's lyrics and somber vocals along with Dickey Betts' slide guitar are a fitting tribute to Duane. "Les Brers In A Minor" is one of their best instrumentals right alongside the more acclaimed "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" and "Jessica." Gregg Allman's "Melissa" is a great country tune that has become one of the band's most endearing songs. The remaining three studio tracks were cut with Duane Allman and show the band exploring different avenues. "Stand Back", highlighted by Duane's slide guitar, is one of their funkiest tracks. Betts' "Blue Sky" would not only contain his first lead vocal but also provide a prelude to the country-rock that would play a large part on their future albums. "Little Martha" is a tender acoustic ballad with just Duane and Dickey. The live tracks are pure gold. It's rare that a band could take a cover song and perform it so well that they literally make it their own. Amazingly, the band does it here twice with their versions of Elmore James' "One Way Out" and Muddy Waters' "Trouble No More." While both songs stay somewhat true to the original, it's the band's interplay that brings both these tracks to new heights. Then at last there's "Mountain Jam", 33 minutes of musical heaven where the band takes the improvisation of jazz to new heights without ever being overindulgent. The track is similar to watching a classic movie in that you pick up something new everytime you listen to it. This album should be part of every music fan's collection. Highly recommended.
Free Music Review: An Allman Brothers Classic!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Eat A Peach" is The Allman Brothers Band's 1972 album that marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new one for the band. Guitarist Duane Allman died in a tragic motorcycle accident during the making of this album so, "Eat A Peach" not only serves as Duane's swan-song but also marks the start of the band carrying on without their legendary co-leader.
The albums opening three tracks are the ABB's first recordings following Duane's death. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" is a solid Gregg Allman rocker with a light gospel touch to it. "Les Brers in A Minor" is a 9-minute instrumental tour-de-force composed by guitarist Dickey Betts that has a slight Santana and jazz fusion feel to it. Betts does an amazing job tackling the Allman's trademark duo lead guitar style by overdubbing both guitar parts himself. While Duane Allman is ultimately absent on this track, his presence is definitely felt here. "Melissa" is a tender country-tinged Gregg Allman ballad which became one of the ABB's well-known hits. There is some great guitar work by Betts on this track as well.
The next three tracks are leftovers from ABB's excellent "Live At Fillmore East" album and feature the full classic original line-up of the band. "Mountain Jam" originally took up two sides of the album's original double-vinyl and clocks in at an epic 33:38. Here, Duane and Dickey's dual guitars play off each other effortlessly while Gregg displays some flawless Hammond organ solos. While Donavan Leitch's "First There Is A Mountain" is mentioned in the credits as forming the basis for this long piece, there are also references to Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone From The Sun" heard throughout it as well. Definitely a centerpiece for the entire album. The other live tracks are the blues-based "One Way Out" and "Trouble No More", both of which have since become Allman Brothers classics and fan favorites.
"Eat A Peach's" final three studio tracks are the very last ever recorded with Duane Allman. "Stand Back" is a driving blues piece which once again highlights Gregg's soulful vocals that deliver a sound reminiscent of Ray Charles. "Blue Sky" is another country-rock piece in which Dickey Betts grabs the spotlight as lead vocalist with his emotional singing. The closing piece is a poignant acoustic Duane Allman-penned instrumental entitled "Little Martha" played by Duane and Dickey. This short track serves as a fitting epitaph to Duane's musical legacy and seems appropriate since this was his final album with the band.
Tragedy could not stop the Allman Brothers band as clearly proven with this album. The following year, they would suffer another devistating loss with the death of bassist Berry Oakley (also killed in a motorcycle accident). Even this could not halt the band as they continue to record and perform to this day. "Eat A Peach" not only contains some great music, it also serves as a fitting tribute to Duane Allman and points the Allman Brothers Band to their next musical chapter. The album also serves as a great companion to their "Live At Fillmore East" album as it includes some excellent performances from those classic concerts.
Truly An Allman Brothers Classic!!!
Free Music Review: Peaches peaches. Love them Georgia Peaches
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is the last Duane Allman album. This album shines with One Way Out and it is a cover. Ain't Wastin' Time No More, the opener, is a good song. Les Brers in A Minor is a great instrumental, opening slow and going fast. Mountain Jam is a boring, very long jam. Melissa by Gregg Allman is a nice ballad. Blue Sky is also a good number from the Bros. All others are mediocre tracks to me but it is arguable.
Free Music Review: it has bite
Hit: 4 Stars
The CD 'Eat a Peach' is "dedicated to a brother". That brother, of course, was lead guitarist Duane Allman who died shortly after recording several of the studio tracks included on this disc. He was run down by a peach truck while riding a motorcycle. That fact alone adds great significance to the album, because Duane Allman's brief stint as "a brother" helped establish much of the band's appeal. The studio tracks featuring Duane, 'Stand Back', 'Blue Sky', and Duane's own composition, 'Little Martha', are some of the finest the band ever laid down. In addition, the disc contains three live tracks that feature Duane, and again, the quality is remarkable. 'One Way Out' and 'Trouble No More' are blues-rock classics, and the band's thirty-three plus minute take on Donovan Leitch's 'First There Is a Mountain' (which abandons any semblance to that song about four minutes into the track), retitled 'Mountain Jam', adds further evidence of Duane's slide guitar virtuosity. The band was far from folding after losing Duane, but they lost one of their signature dimensions.
While admittedly one doesn't often take in 'Mountain Jam' (it might be an interesting diversion on a cross-country road trip), the essential offerings don't end there. Fortunately the Allman Brothers Band featured not only two full drum kits, but also two premier lead guitarists. Despite losing Duane's talents, the presence of Dicky Betts on second lead guitar allowed the band to continue to produce the best southern blues-rock ever put on vinyl. The album opens with three timeless, post-Duane tunes, 'Ain't Wastin' Time No More', the instrumental 'Les Bres In A Minor', and 'Melissa', something of a dirge to lost brother Duane from keyboardist, lead singer, and blood brother Gregg Allman. The answer to 'Melissa's lyrical question, "Will you hide the dead man's ghost?" is answered in the title and content of the album. Duane's presence and influence would not be shuffled aside, but celebrated. Betts also penned and sang lead vocal on 'Blue Sky', which has become an Allman Brother's classic.
'Eat a Peach', to me, has always been THE Allman Brother's Band album to own. During my college days in the early 1970's I owned this and the 'Brothers and Sisters' LP on vinyl, and a friend of mine was seriously addicted to their 'Live At the Fillmore East' album, featuring the classic live recording of 'Whipping Post'. While all three are excellent recordings well worth owning, there is something special about the transitional nature of this album, and the heartache it is steeped in. The album diligently rocks, and when respites arrive such as 'Melissa' and 'Blue Sky', it loses no emotion, drive, or direction... it just plugs away at fewer decibels. Duane and the band were at their peak on 'Eat a Peach', and to hear them carry on so effortlessly after their loss is mesmerizing.
There is an overabundance of elite musicianship and composing genius on 'Eat a Peach'. If you have even an inkling of appreciation for southern blues-rock, be sure to bite into this. Eat a peach, indeed.
Free Music Review: It takes you to a time and a place......let's go there
Hit: 5 Stars
The ABB put out 5 albums between '68 and '73. Every note on this release stands as a classic. As some of the reviewers have said, some of this is live material and the rest from a series of sessions before and after Duane's passing. It captures this band at their peak. It also features some of the sweet sounds of Dickey Betts. The ABB were to put out one more outstanding release after this (Brothers and Sisters), then it was all down hill.This is a must-have record and I would rate it as their second-best release behind Live at the Filmore East.