The Allman Brothers album "Eat a Peach" is a hidden reference to Duane Allman’s death at the wheels of a lorry carrying peaches.

While it’s true that Duane Allman died in a collision with a lorry in Georgia (a state associated with peaches) months before the release of the "Eat a Peach", and it’s also true that the album art does show a truck with a giant peach on board labelled "Allman Brothers", the album is not a direct reference to the death of the talented young guitarist.

The truth is the lorry that Duane Allman collided with was a flatbed truck with a lumber crane. Suffering no externally visible injuries, Duane held onto life immediately following the crash before dying in surgery with massive internal injuries three hours later.

The album’s title is less interestingly a reference to a comment Duane once made in a magazine interview. When asked how he was helping the revolution, Allman replied that "…every time I’m in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace."

Fans of the band have also suggested that the album’s reverse cover art – an image of a vehicle carrying a giant watermelon – was a reference to fellow band member Berry Oakley’s similar motorcycle accident at the wheels of fruit lorry is also revealed as falsehood, first by the fact that he collided with a bus, and secondly that his death was 9 months after the release of the album. Any hidden message would therefore be an inaccurate feat of clairvoyance.

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