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 ...

(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 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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...