Jessica (Allman Brother Cover) performed by John H.

[John H]

This is a bit long-winded and I tried to edit it for regular recreational viewing. This is just a long piece of music, one of my all time favorites. My next step is to add a harmonized guitar. Anyway, I have worked on this for years and finally found cause to put it together upon a dare. Hope you enjoy.

[AndréM]

John that was excellent.
You nailed it
Keep on rockin, and yep the harmonized part would be nice.
I had that song in my prjects for a while now, but the way you just did it
i think it will stay again for a while.
You rock my friend.

AndreM

AndréM

[John H]

Thank you Andre… very kind of you. You rock as well!! Keep crankin’ out the video posts! Rock on!

John

[Richard G]

Well played John, a solid groove throughout with some super family photos. We in the UK relate that tune to the famous Top Gear, a Sunday night TV motoring programme.

Richard

[charjo]

Okay, John, now I dare you to do “Blue Sky”! Just kidding, that was awesome! You must have D major pentatonic burned into your brain by now. Beautiful family. They say every mother of 3 boys is guaranteed a place in heaven.
John

[John H]

Thanks guys for the compliments, and John you got that right. My boys have evolved into great young men but they were a handful growing up…. Back to music, Blue Sky is on my list…. I have noodled around with it but never had any cause or a forum to arrange it and work it out. But now that you suggested it, well it is happening. Thanks again.

John

[James B]

Great cover John! Love that song. Never get tired of it. Don’t be rough housing with those boys. They’ll take you down. 🤼‍♂️

James

[Dave K]

Wow man that was seriously impressive. I’m pretty sure it was perfection all the way through. The family pictures added in was a really cool touch. A family full of athletic musicians! Also, it looks like you have a ton to be proud of with those boys of yours! Awesome stuff and thanks for sharing!

[sciencefiction]

Awesome playing; Awesome family, John!
Larry

[sunjamr]

Wow John – that’s amazing! I’ve been working on the same song myself for a couple of weeks, and I think I have now learned both parts. Maybe I’ll be posting it soon. There are some tutorials on Youtube, but I found that the best way was to slow down the original and listen to it carefully. How did you go about learning it?

BTW, I printed out the tabs for Blue Sky and learned it 100% about a year ago. I recorded part of it using the jamtrack for EP266. Here’s my version of the merging of EP266 with Blue Sky:

Sunjamr Steve

[John H]

Steve,
That is really cool. I remember when you posted this. I really enjoyed it and thought “wow the two are really similar.” I have been toggling between EP266 and Blue Sky bit but not much. As far as Jessica is concerned, I have been noodling around with this for years but like I said never really had a forum for arranging it and performing it. On a dare, I did it. I basically broke it into 4 parts and carefully wove each part into another using a backing track and fades (in and out). The hardest part for me was the solo (3rd part). I basically just winged it and did my own thing. I jammed it out so many times and figured out how to land on the right note to tie each section together. That’s it in a nutshell. This didn’t happen over night. It was a long long time working on it. Next is the harmonized guitars. Anyway, be safe. Thanks for listening.

[kubrider]

Wow, this is totally cool John. Thanks for posting, you nailed it!
Rob

[Lights]

Amazing, wonderful! You are real guitarist, you got the real gift. You are ready to put on your own pub-band. really awesome.
Lights.

[San Luis Rey]

Way to go John! Watch out Dickie Betts!

Mike

[Dieter]

Wow, that rocks.

Dieter

[Don D.]

That sounds great, spot on, John!

Don D.

[sunburst]

JohnH , always enjoyed listening to Allman solos.. excellent work on both leads and rhythm man!

[frederick r]

That is sweet! Loved the playing & video. Anyone heard the new 17 min Dylan song? In it, he rhymes Stan Getz & Dickie Betts.

[Larry J]

Jessica is one of my all time favorite Allman Brothers tunes. Great execution! I really enjoyed listening to you play that.
Larry

[Craig S]

What an awesome production. Really entertaining!! Your rock out there John!!!

Wish You Were Here

[Billy]

100% what everyone else has said, stunning piece of guitar playing..

..Billy..

[John H]

I am surprised that this got resurrected! Thanks for the positive vibes folks. I need somebody to play the harmonized part…. any takers?

[Eric C]

Great stuff, John! That rocks! A very nice example for playing in mixolydian mode! Excellent work, John!

Eric

[Tremelow]

Great playing and production, John. Respect for taking this project by the horns. The result is impressive and inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[John B]

Great groove. Sweet sound and it was a delight to hear you play it.

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