Remember the Skydog!

[RT Atlanta]

Duane Allman took his fateful motorcyle ride 37 years ago today down in Macon. We miss you and your contribution to music!

[UndertheOcean]

1. Lucky him ,nothing can hurt him where he is right now

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Eat A Peach...

http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/eatpeach.asp

This album came close on the heels of their breakthrough At Fillmore East set and featured live tracks that did not make it onto that album, including boogie classic "One Way Out" and two entire album sides devoted to "Mountain Jam", a 33-minute improvisation based around Donovan's song "There Is a Mountain."

The remainder of the album was recorded in-studio and served to cement the Brothers' reputation as innovative Southern rockers. Several tracks featured a new emphasis on more lyrical acoustic work, notably on "Melissa" and the guitar classic "Little Martha." The lilting "Blue Sky" became an album-oriented rock radio staple, while "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" served as both a quiet generational anthem and a personal statement of purpose by the band in the face of Duane's death.

The widespread story regarding the origin of the album's title, that the truck involved in Duane Allman's fatal motorcycle accident was a peach truck, is not correct; the truck involved was actually a flatbed lumber truck. The name actually came from something Duane said in an interview shortly before he was killed. When asked what he was doing to help the anti-war effort, Duane replied, "There ain't no revolution, it's evolution, but every time I'm in Georgia I eat a peach for peace; the two-legged Georgia variety." The album's name was originally slated to be The Kind We Grow in Dixie, and the artwork for the album showed a peach. Band members were dissatisfied with the name, and the image suggested Duane's quote instead.

The album art was selected by Rolling Stone magazine in 1991 as one of the 100 greatest album covers of all time. The album cover was done by Flor Noi (James Flournoy Holmes), who lives in Atlanta Georgia.

more at link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_a_Peach

[RT Atlanta]

4. Mountain Jam

I tell my friends that when I listen to that monumental jam, I feel like it takes me to the "mountain top" that Dr. King referred to (especially where Berry and Duane come back after the long drum solo and take you through the jam's completion).

on edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D29T-VhqUNQ

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. yeah..I never thought about it in reference to King...however

their music is like a spiritual experience to me. Rest in Peace Skydog.

[mitchum]

3. I used to take goofah dust from his grave and give it to people

Rest In Peace, Brother Skygod

[RT Atlanta]

6. bump

for the afternoon/early evening crowd