History
"Jessica" was the first Allman Brothers tune recorded with new bassist Lamar Williams after Berry Oakley's fatal motorcycle accident.
Although not successful as a single, topping out at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the tune achieved considerable airplay on progressive rock and album oriented rock radio and helped make Brothers and Sisters a commercial success. A later live version of "Jessica" won a Grammy Award in 1996, twenty-three years after the initial release, for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
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