<P> Eat a Peach is the third studio 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 . Following their artistic and commercial breakthrough with the release of the live album At Fillmore East (1971), the Allman Brothers Band got to work on their third studio album . Many in the band were struggling, however, with heroin addictions, and checked into rehab to confront these problems . Shortly after leaving rehab, group leader and founder Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in the band's home of Macon, Georgia thus making it the final album to feature the guitarist . </P> <P> Eat a Peach was a mix of studio recordings--both with and without Duane Allman--and recordings from the band's famed 1971 Fillmore East performances . The album contains the extended half - hour - long "Mountain Jam," which was long enough to take up two full sides of the original double - LP . Other highlights include vocalist Gregg Allman's performance of his brother's favorite song, "Melissa," plus Dickey Betts' "Blue Sky", which went on to become a classic rock radio staple . </P> <P> The album artwork was created by W. David Powell and J.F. Holmes at Wonder Graphics, and depicts the band's name on a peach truck, in addition to a large gatefold mural of mushrooms and fairies . The album's title came from a quote by Duane Allman: "You can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution...Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace...the two - legged Georgia variety ." </P> <P> Issued as a double album in February 1972, Eat a Peach was an immediate success and peaked at number four on Billboard's Top 200 Pop Albums chart . The album was later certified platinum and remains a top seller in the band's discography . </P>

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