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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.” ...
Betts also was a skillful songwriter, creating classics such as “Ramblin’ Man,” “Jessica,” “Blue Sky,” “Crazy Love” and more. The Florida native helped the Allman Brothers Band ...
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 ...
Dudek’s playing on the Allman Brothers staples “Ramblin’ Man” and “Jessica” tends to overshadow anything else the now 72-year-old guitarist has done, including his own solo outings.
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.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
Betts did not last for even half that time—his rowdy behavior angered the now-sober Gregg Allman ... Brothers songs including “Blue Sky,” “Rambling Man,” “Jessica,” “in Memory ...