Lockdown Licks no. 60
“Jessica” by The Allman Brothers Band. Intro solo played on a Telecaster on bridge pickup with volume on 8 tone on 7. NUX amp on ‘clean’;with Treble, bass, middle on 7. Original played by Dickey Betts.
“Jessica” is an instrumental piece by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, released in December 1973 as the second single from the group’s fourth studio album, Brothers and Sisters (1973). Written by guitarist Dickey Betts, the song is a tribute to Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, in that it was designed to be played using only two fingers on the left hand. A 2006 Wall Street Journal article deemed it “a true national heirloom”. It is also familiar in the UK as the theme tune to the motoring program ‘Top Gear.’