Mountain Jam Mountain Jam "Mountain Jam" is an improvised instrumental jam by The Allman Brothers Band. The song's first known recording is on May 4, 1969 at Macon Central Park. "Mountain Jam" was originally released on the 1972 "Eat a Peach" album, 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". That is the rendition that is best known. Other live recordings have been released on the albums "Fillmore East, February 1970", "", "", "The Fillmore Concerts", and deluxe edition of "At Fillmore East" (1971). Notably,
At Fillmore East Betts and Allman trade long guitar solos, with one of Betts' solos quoting what would later become the main theme for the song "Les Brers in A Minor," as featured on the band's 1972 album "Eat a Peach". The song closes with "long, sustained notes" from Allman opposite Trucks' kettledrum. Applause concludes the album and the song fades out. During the fadeout, Trucks begins playing the tympani intro to "Mountain Jam" which would not be released in its entirety until its inclusion on "Eat a Peach". The band devised the cover idea for "At Fillmore East" rather than leaving it