Freestone Peaches plays Sweetwater Music Hall to sellout crowd!

Freestone Peaches kicked off 2023 in style hosting a sell out crowd at the iconic Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA. Joining the band was harmonica ace, Kinya Pollard who channeled Thom Doucett’s parts from At Fillmore East while the band rocked. Not to be outdone, KNBR’s Paul McCaffery joined the band on a few tunes, belting out vocals on Allman Brothers Band classics, Blue Sky, Midnight Rider and Melissa.

Paulie Mac sitting in at Sweetwater Music Hall

Holiday Jam '22 a benefit for the Rich May Foundation

Freestone Peaches performed at the innagural “Holiday Jam” a benefit for the Rich May Foundation to raise money and awareness for Rich May Field.

The main purpose of the field is to give the young athletes of East Palo Alto the opportunity to practice and compete on an athletic field that is equal to anything across the highway in Menlo Park, Palo Alto or other locales.  The field and the Foundation working with community athletic organizations, offer athletics as an alternative to gangs and violence.  We know sports offer a positive alternative to bad choices and teach life lessons of goal setting, determination, preservation and the benefits of hard work.  Sports allow kids the opportunity to grow and develop into adulthood and give our children the opportunity to reach their potential. 

March 2, 2019 at Flynn's in Felton

After a rollicking night of jams and fun in Berkeley, Freestone Peaches have set their sights on returning to the Santa Cruz area for a full show at Flynn’s Cabaret and Steakhouse on March 2, 2019. We excited to return to this historic venue in Felton and plan a 2 set show with all of your Allman Brothers Band favorites. We have been adding more songs from the catalog and will debut some of them in March! Join us at Flynn’s!

Holiday Jam in Soquel, 12/14

Freestone Peaches comes to Michael’s on Main in Soquel, CA on December 14, 2018. This will be a full 2 set show featuring all of your favorite Allman Brothers Band songs. Guests are encouraged to dress in their favorite holiday attire. Fancy shirts, colorful dresses and ugly sweaters are welcome but not required! Come early and enjoy the excellent food selection featuring locally grown fresh produce, seafood and meats next to Soquel Creek.

45th Anniversary Celebration of the Watkins Glen Summer Jam

Thursday September 27th, 2018. Freestone Peaches team up with Matt Hartle & Friends, John Kadlecik and Henry Kaiser to relive the epic Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall!

In 1973, the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and The Band teamed up for the Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York’s Finger Lakes Region. It was the largest music festival ever, drawing about 650,000 people — nearly twice as many as Woodstock four years earlier. The festival was the culmination of a mutual admiration society between the Dead and the Allman Brothers that existed almost from the latter’s beginning.

The Allmans were one of the first major groups to adopt the Dead’s two-drummer format in the late ’60s, and the Allman’s famous “Mountain Jam,” based on the melody of Donovan’s “There Is A Mountain,” first appeared as a brief musical quotation on the Dead’s trippy Anthem of the Sunin 1968, an album the Allmans knew well. The two bands first crossed paths in the summer of 1969 when they played for free in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. The Dead, already well-established hippie heroes, arrived after the Allman Brothers, whose debut had not yet come out, had played, but they met and socialized. The ABB’s Duane Allman, Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley were particular fans of the Dead, a respect that was often returned by Jerry Garcia and the rest of the band.

“We always loved playing with the Allman Brothers,” says Bob Weir. “It was clear from the first time we played together that we were kindred spirits.”

The two groups’ first bill together was three shows at New York’s Fillmore East, February 11 -14, 1970. The first night of the run featured an epic jam, with most of the Allman Brothers joining the Dead, along with guitarist Peter Green and other members of Fleetwood Mac, who were not on the bill. Over the next couple of years, there was just one more joint billing and a few sit-ins, even as the simpatico nature of both the musicians and their fans became more evident.

“The Dead’s philosophy was always very similar to ours,” Allmans Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts said in 1994. “We sound very different, because we’re from different roots. They’re from a folk music, jug band, and country thing. We’re from a urban blues/jazz bag. We don’t wait for it to happen; we make it happen. But we’ve always had a similar fan base and philosophy — keeping music honest and fun and trying to make it a transcendental experience for the audience.”

Freestone Peaches, is coming to Santa Cruz

Freestone Peaches, A Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band returns to the Santa Cruz Mountains at Flynn's Cabaret and Steakhouse on Friday July 20, 2018.

This is, "An Evening With" show and will feature all of your favorite Allman Brothers Band songs performed with uncanny feel and truly authentic cadence and groove. Freestone Peaches, the bay area's finest Allman Brothers Band tribute is composed of bay area veteran musicians from several revered local bands as well as national touring acts. Don't miss this show in Felton!

Freestone Peaches returns!

In the wake of the passing of Gregg Allman, the San Francisco based Allman Brothers Band Tribute, Freestone Peaches, was inspired to keep the music of the legendary Allman Brothers Band alive.

In the spirit of the fabled Fillmore East concerts, the band's performances are imbued with the energy and hard driving exploration of the genuine article.

Featuring remarkably familiar vocals combined with twin lead guitars , tandem drums, Hammond B3 organ tones and rock steady bass, listeners can close their eyes and be taken right back to Bill Graham's storied concert halls.

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