Few songs are such masterpieces of mood as “Jessica,” a seven-minute plus instrumental by The Allman Brothers Band, off their 1973 album Brothers and Sisters. A pure sonic sunrise, raw dopamine molded ...

Other big Allman Brothers songs written by Betts were “Blue Sky” and “Jessica ... which would eventually provide the inspiration for Crowe’s Oscar-winning 2000 movie, “Almost Famous.” ...

Their innovative blending of blues, rock, country, and jazz lead to a string of Allman Brothers greatest hits ... “My dad was a big influence and inspiration,” Haynes told Ear of Newt about ...

The statement also listed a number of “quintessential” Allman Brothers Band songs that Betts wrote, including “Ramblin’ Man,” “Jessica,” “Blue Sky,” and “In Memory of Elizabeth ...

A bunch of wildly talented Florida boys, including guitar-wielding hellion Dickey Betts, formed The Allman Brothers Band in ... joyful musical statement, “Jessica” is the rare instrumental ...

Dickey Betts, the guitarist and co-founder of Southern rockers the Allman Brothers Band ... “Ramblin’ Man” and the instrumentals “Jessica” and “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” ...

(SOUNDBITE OF THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND SONG, "JESSICA") ALAN PAUL: This is Alan Paul. I'm biographer of The Allman Brothers Band. When Jimmy Carter began his campaign for president - and it was a ...

On Nov. 2, 1972, the Allman Brothers ... instrumental “Jessica,” which later won a Grammy Award. The band’s timing couldn’t have been any better. “The vibe on ‘Brothers and Sisters ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND SONG, "JESSICA") ALAN PAUL: This is Alan Paul. I'm a biographer of the Allman Brothers Band. When Jimmy Carter began his campaign for president - and it was a ...

The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. The following year a live version of “Jessica” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.