"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" | |
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Instrumental by The Allman Brothers Band | |
from the album Idlewild South (Studio) At Fillmore East (Live) | |
Released | September 23, 1970 (Studio) July 1971 (Live) |
Recorded | February–July 1970 (Studio) March 12–March 13, 1971, Fillmore East, New York City (Live) |
Genre | |
Length | 6:54 (Studio) 13:04 (Live) |
Label | Capricorn Records |
Songwriter(s) | Dickey Betts |
Producer(s) | Tom Dowd |
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is an instrumental composition by the American group The Allman Brothers Band. It first appeared on their second studio album, Idlewild South (1970), released on Capricorn Records. The jazz-influenced piece was written by guitarist Dickey Betts, among his first writing credits for the group. Betts named it after a headstone he saw for Elizabeth Jones Reed Napier[1] in Rose Hill Cemetery in the band's hometown of Macon, Georgia. Multiple versions of the composition have been recorded, with the version performed on the group's 1971 live album At Fillmore East generally considered the definitive rendition.