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 led to what I suppose are inevitable comparisons to the Dead in its better days." In a less enthusiastic review for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau gave "At Fillmore East" a "B–" grade and said the songs "sure do boogie", but ultimately found it musically aimless: "even if Duane Allman plus Dickey Betts does equal Jerry Garcia, the Dead know roads are for getting somewhere. That is, Garcia (not to bring in John Coltrane) always takes you someplace unexpected on a long solo. I guess the appeal here is the inevitability of it all." In a retrospective review, AllMusic editor