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Released on February 12, 1972 and certified gold two months later, Eat a Peach paid tribute in many ways to guitarist Duane Allman, who passed away in a motorcycle accident the previous October.
Eat a Peach is the third studio album and the first double album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on February 12, 1972, in the United States by Capricorn Records.
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Prufrock asks, "Do I dare to eat a peach?" Eating a peach is a symbol of taking a carefree, spontaneous approach to life.
As it turned out, Eat A Peach was a brief respite from more tragedy and trouble. Nearly a year to the day after Duane’s death, bassist Berry Oakley died in a motorcycle accident in Macon. “I don’t think Berry really knew how to exist in a world without Duane,” Trucks said of Oakley’s decline.
The line reads, “ Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?” In this context, the peach becomes a metaphor for life. It is something one must experience before growing old. It is a...
None of the songs on Eat a Peach included any titular or lyrical references to "peaches," so what did the name of the LP mean? The story the public decided upon was that it referred to...
From the opening bars of “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More,” the Allman Brothers set out their stall on with their third studio album, Eat A Peach. But as fans of the band know, the album is ...
Perhaps more literate, even as it was also more biker and dirt bag, Eat a Peach is a record that delivered then, and delivers now, without shifting one’s filter.
How the Allman Brothers Band Tried to Carry On With 'Eat a Peach' How the Allman Brothers Band Tried to Carry On With ‘Eat a Peach’. Jeff Giles Published: February 13, 2017. Capricorn.
It was dubbed Eat a Peach, taking off from what Duane had told a journalist who questioned him about what the band was doing “for the revolution.” He replied, “There ain’t no revolution, only evolution, but every time I’m in Georgia I eat a peach for peace.”