At Fillmore East the band was paid $1250 each show. The shows were typical performances for the band, and regarded as slightly above average by drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Ads for the shows read: "Bill Graham Presents in New York — Johnny Winter And, Elvin Bishop Group, Extra Added Attraction: Allman Brothers." While Winter was billed as headliner, by the third night the Allman Brothers were closing the show. Tom Dowd produced "At Fillmore East"; he had previously worked on their second studio album, "Idlewild South". He had recently returned from Africa from working on the film "Soul to Soul", and stayed in
At Fillmore East October 10, 1992, "The Fillmore Concerts", an expanded version of "At Fillmore East", was released as a two-disc CD. It includes all the songs from the original album, plus the live songs from "Eat a Peach"—"One Way Out", "Trouble No More", and "Mountain Jam"—which were recorded at the same concerts, and two additional tracks, "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" and "Drunken Hearted Boy". All the music was remixed from the concert recordings, and a few of the songs are alternate takes, so the same songs sound somewhat different than on the original album. The Deluxe Edition was released as a two-disc