Mountain Jam
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| "Mountain Jam" | |||||
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| Song by The Allman Brothers Band
from the album Eat a Peach |
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| Released | February 12, 1972 | ||||
| Recorded | March 12 & 13, 1971 at Fillmore East, New York. | ||||
| Genre | Jam, instrumental rock | ||||
| Length | 33:41 | ||||
| Label | Capricorn Records | ||||
| Writer | The Allman Brothers Band, Donovan Leitch | ||||
| Eat a Peach track listing | |||||
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"Mountain Jam" is an improvised instrumental jam by the Allman Brothers Band. The song's first known recording is on 05/04/1969 at Macon Central Park, but was officially released later in Eat a Peach, and later on The Fillmore Concerts and the deluxe edition of At Fillmore East.
[edit] Origin and influences
The song is based on Donovan's 1967 hit-single "There Is a Mountain" (Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun" is also quoted musically in the piece, roughly 22 minutes in). On albums, the song first appeared on Donovan in Concert (1968) and then later on Donovan's Greatest Hits.
[edit] Structure
At 33 minutes 41 seconds long, the song is without lyrics and features solos from all of the band members. Duane Allman starts with a guitar solo, after which Gregg Allman solos on Hammond organ, followed by a guitar solo by Dickey Betts. Midway through the song there is a drum duet by Butch Trucks and Jaimoe, later joined by a bass guitar solo by Berry Oakley. Mountain Jam was originally released on the Eat a Peach album, as well as a different version on Live at Atlanta Pop Festival, where there are two recordings of it (the second of which features guest musicians Johnny Winter on guitar, and Thom Doucette on harmonica), and various live recordings of the band.
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