2003 Live Allman Brothers Band Concert Compilation, Peach Picks, The Cream of the Crop, a collection of the best performances culled from six shows in July and August 2003 via the band’s Peach Records. The collection includes 36 tracks recorded between July 25 and August 10, 2003 in Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Darien Center, NY, Hartford, Charlotte and Raleigh, with no song repeated. The 2003 iteration of the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND--founding members GREGG ALLMAN, JAIMOE and BUTCH TRUCKS plus WARREN HAYNES, MARC QUINONES, OTEIL BURBRIDGE and DEREK TRUCKS--would prove to be the longest-running line-up and most consistent in its live performances. The band had just released their first album in 10 years, the Grammy-nominated Hittin’ The Note and were in top shape. Guest musicians on four Cream Of The Crop 2003 songs include Susan Tedeschi, Karl Denson and Branford Marsalis. Recorded for the then-nascent “Instant Live” CD series (fans picked up copies of the concert immediately after the show as they were being burned on CD), these shows capture the group at full throttle. For this collection, Warren Haynes serves as Supervising Producer, longtime manager Bert Holman as Executive Producer, with Bill Levenson and John Lynskey as Associate Producers. Cream of the Crop is dedicated to a recently lost Brother. This one is in honor of Gregg Allman (1947 - 2017).
Side A : Don't Want You No More (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003) / It's Not My Cross to Bear (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003) / Rockin' Horse (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003) / Hot 'Lanta (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003)
Side B : Old Before My Time (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003) / Come and Go Blues (Live at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, In, 7/25/2003) / Desdemona (Live at Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY, 8/2/2003)
Side C : Trouble No More (Live at Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pa, 7/26/2003) / Midnight Rider (Live at Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pa, 7/26/2003) / In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Part 1 (Live at Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pa, 7/26/2003)
Side D : In Memory of Elizabeth Reed-Part 2 (Live at Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pa, 7/26/2003)
Side E : Statesboro Blues (Live at Meadows Music Centre, Hartford, Ct, 8/3/2003) / Don't Keep Me Wonderin' (Live at Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, Nc, 8/10/2003) / The High Cost of Low Living (Live at Darien Lakes Performing Arts Ctr, Darien Center, NY, 8/2/2003) / Melissa (Live at Meadows Music Centre, Hartford, Ct, 8/3/2003)
Side F : Soulshine (Live at Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, Nc, 8/10/2003) / Whipping Post (Live at Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, Nc, 8/10/2003)
