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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 .
The Waybacks continue performing sporadically, and in July 2011 the band released a live album covering The Allman Brothers' "Eat A Peach" in its entirety with Joan Osborne on lead vocals. [25] In April 2012, the band hosted the 5th Annual Merlefest Album Hour, performing Jimi Hendrix 's "Are You Experienced" with guest vocalists Sarah Dugas ...
[67] Released in February 1972, Eat a Peach was the band's second hit album, shipping gold and peaking at number four on Billboard 's Top 200 Pop Albums chart. [8] "We'd been through hell, but somehow we were rolling bigger than ever," said Gregg Allman. [68] The band performed nearly 90 shows in the following year, touring as a five-piece. [69]
"Melissa" (sometimes called "Sweet Melissa") is a song by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, released in August 1972 as the second single from the group's fourth album, Eat a Peach. The song was written by vocalist Gregg Allman in 1967, well before the founding of the group.
Two years later The Allman Brothers Band re-recorded "Melissa" for the 1972 album Eat a Peach. According to Gregg Allman's 2013 autobiography My Cross to Bear, Allman wrote "God Rest His Soul" as a tribute to Martin Luther King. He sold producer Steve Alaimo the rights to "God Rest His Soul" and "Melissa" for $600.
Following the Peach Music Festival, Trucks announced plans to perform in 2016 with a band called Les Brers. The band's name was taken from the Allman Brothers Band song "Les Brers in A Minor" off of their 1972 album Eat a Peach .
We found strength, vitality, newness, reason, and belonging as we worked on finishing Eat a Peach", said Allman. [62] Eat a Peach was released the following February, and it became the band's second hit album, shipping gold and peaking at number four on Billboard 's album chart. [42] "
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band from Macon, Georgia.Formed in March 1969 by brothers Duane (guitar) and Gregg Allman (organ, vocals), the group originally also included guitarist and vocalist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.