And while I know that song so well, I still just had to click on that link this AM.
Man, as soon as that acoustic guitar strumming starts, a smile comes to my face. That song is just pure joy, and when I hear that intro, it infuses me with the memory of all that is to come.
Then you get Chuck Leavell’s uplifting piano line, driving the song into that lead guitar. Then, @ 1:30, you get that rising phrase that build the excitement, but... not yet! It's a tease, and they bring it back down again and return to that romping joyous motif. They let you settle into that before Leavell goes into his outstanding piano solo from 2:30 to 3:40, brilliantly turning it over to Bett's sweeping guitar note (one of the best single guitar notes on record, IMO) to begin his solo.
And Greg Allman's Hammond organ peeks in from time to time, I always have loved the close-miked throbbing Leslie speaker @ 6:58.
A masterpiece.
A good introspective of the tune:
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/in...ds_chuck_leavell_talks_jessica_50_years_later
and here:
https://www.last.fm/music/The+Allman+Brothers+Band/_/Jessica/+wiki
I did not know:
(Though, from what I've read, Django was 18 YO and married when his hand was disfigured from a fire, not a child. And, he had some limited use of his third finger).
Looking at this live version, you can see that especially in the main 'hook', Betts mainly used just 2 fingers, sometimes the third, and I think doesn't really use his pinky finger until some of the solos.
-ERD50