| "Blue Sky" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Allman Brothers Band from the album Eat a Peach | |
| Released | February 12, 1972 |
| Recorded | September 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida |
| Genre | Southern rock |
| Length | 5:09 |
| Label | Capricorn |
| Writer | Dickey Betts |
| Producer | Tom Dowd |
"Blue Sky" is the eighth track by the Allman Brothers Band off the Eat a Peach album.
Dickey Betts wrote this about his Native American girlfriend, Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. And for a while, Betts refused to perform this after their 1975 divorce.
Although Duane Allman was part of the recording of this song, he died before its release on Eat a Peach. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts played on the bridge solo - Duane going first--starting at 1:07, followed by Dickey. They start playing a melody line at 2:28, which Dickey's solo follows. There are only four known live recordings of the song with Duane Allman, one of them being from their archival live album S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71 released in 2003.
This is the first time Dickey Betts sang lead vocals on an Allman Brothers song.
The song has been covered several times, with perhaps the best known cover being Joan Baez's 1975 recording of the song on her Diamonds & Rust album.
Two renditions or takes of this song are out their as of 2011. The Allman Brothers have preformed the original take of the song (one time fused with Little Martha) as an instrumental with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks. And another rendition of this song is done by Dickey's Band Great Southern in many performances.