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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 .
"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.
While Duane Allman died before Eat a Peach's release, the Band played the song live several times before and after the album's studio version was recorded. Only one of these performances, recorded live during a September 19, 1971, concert at S.U.N.Y. Stonybrook, has been released by the band; several bootleg recordings from other shows circulate.
It was the lead single from their third studio album, Eat a Peach (1972), released on Capricorn Records. The song, written by Gregg Allman, largely concerns the death of his brother, Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1971. The song peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.
[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]
The first known recording of a performance was done on May 4, 1969, at Macon Central Park. "Mountain Jam" was originally released in 1972 on the album Eat a Peach, as recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall in March 1971 (during the same sessions that produced their prior live double album At Fillmore East). It is this rendition that is best ...
"The bottom line: unless the number of peaches you’re eating each day is negatively impacting your budget or ability to eat enough other foods for your nutrition needs, it likely isn’t too ...
A live recording was included on their 1972 album Eat a Peach. This was indeed recorded at the Fillmore East, but unlike the March 1971 live material used on the rest of Eat a Peach and At Fillmore East, "One Way Out" was recorded at the venue's final show on June 27, 1971, as producer Tom Dowd thought that to be their definitive effort on the ...