I am also a Melissa. After many years of struggling to conceive, we finally were expecting our child. While we were anxiously awaiting her birth, I had a call from a dear friend who said she was driving and heard this song and it made her smile( and tear up) because she knew how happy I was. She actually pulled over and recorded it and left it for me to enjoy on her phone message. I had never thought anything special of my name. But, each time I hear this song, I can't help but to smile and thank my Savior, Jesus Christ for answering our prayer for our daughter, and, for the blessings of having a friend who supported me through that long journey! Have a wonderful day, everyone. May we all continue to find joy and happiness as we appreciate the musical talents of The Allman Brothers!
He had alot of family in Florida his cousin and niece was good friends of mine and when he'd come down for a family gathering it was always a good time ,,he'd lull his guitar out and sing all night, I miss him
RIP the five members of The Allman Brothers Band Dickey Betts (December 12, 1943 - April 18, 2024), aged 80 Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 - October 29, 1971), aged 24 Butch Trucks (May 11, 1947 - January 24, 2017), aged 69 Gregg Allman (December 8, 1947 - May 27, 2017), aged 69 Berry Oakley (April 4, 1948 - November 11, 1972), aged 24 You will be remembered as legends
And here we are now possibly shedding a tear maybe not at the same time but i think we can all relate to this song because while it talks about Melissa to me, the song is about not being able to control life and having to deal with making bad decisions and just wishing things were different but finding solace in just being, and maybe loving another person and finding hope in them, when we lose it in our self
I never liked my name, (Melissa) so i ended up shortening it to Mell but after this song i fell inlove with my full name and now i know just how beautiful my name is.❤️❤️
For some reason this song brings tears to my eye's ...............every-time I meet someone named Melissa..............this how I remember there name cause they are always sweet. You could be named Joan like that crazy bitch Crawford LOL.
I am a Melissa, named long before this song for my Greek grandmother. Melissa means Honey Bee. I love my name, but when I was at school in Liverpool for a year, a professor only called me 'Mel.' Everyone and everything in Liverpool has a 'nick' and there was nothing I could do about it. All my classmates called me that and I really hated it. It reminded me of a mechanic's name or a guy who ran a diner in an old TV show. But... I learned to appreciate having a Liverpool nickname. My old friends from there still call me Mel and I still sign all my emails to them with it.
This was my late husband's favorite song. We played it at his funeral and two years later, my middle son had it played before his wedding while wearing a corsage that had a photo of his Dad. Needless to say, the tears flowed in memory of his Dad who was there even if we couldn't see him.
When we were young, I thought this music would just always keep coming. Now Im old, I appreciate the hell I was there to hear & experience it fresh and new. And God bless all those who created it for is, and those of us who listened. This was the soundtrack of our lives. Roll on brothers... and sisters. Time to go... 😔
I never realized how many of us Melissa's were named after this song! My sweet Daddy passed away this week and these lyrics have taken on a whole new meaning ❤
@AlecWoodworth-qv5qm Really? Nope, not happy. Just miss my Dad and listen to this song that he named me after every night to try and feel close to him after watching his mind and body be eaten away to nothing. I pray you never feel such pain.
My father named me after this song. I was supposed to be an Alexandra but it was a last minute change at the hospital. Feel like his spirt lives on in this song. 💫
My daddy named me after this song. He died at 42 from a massive heart attack and I was nine. I love to know that he heard this song and had to name his baby girl Melissa. Love and light to you ❤️
My older brother brought the Allman's first album home one day and said, "You gotta hear this". I was like 15 in 1969 and I listened. I didn't really know what to think about it. It was very different from Zeppelin, Cream, Doors - the Woodstock era bands that I was into. But it had something and as time passed and more Brothers' albums came out, I sure got wrapped up in it; much deeper than I realized. By 1973, I was ready to leave college and hit the road with the band. But making a career out of playing music wasn't in the cards for me. I had the pleasure of seeing the band many times from 1973 on and through the many different formations of the group. But in the first few years after Duane and Berry were lost, the band still had that soulful groove and sweet-sounding harmonies. And you could feel the sorrow they were enduring with each song they delivered. You have to give them a lot of credit for working through those years. And while many other music styles came and went over the next four decades, the Allman Brothers never swayed, never changed the music, only the band members. Pure Legends.
We were lucky to grow up with such awesome music in history !!!! The 70's were the best years of rock n roll, RIP Dickey Betts!!!! Thanks for giving us the best!!!!!!
When I was 14 I met a girl named Melissa.I fell in love with her,but I never told her because we became friends and I knew she was moving back to her hometown.I am 39 now and I regret never telling her that I loved her.I wish I had known about this song back then,it would have kept me company.Thanks everybody for your comments and thumbs up ,I really appreciate it.
Find her and tell her. You may not have the chance tomorrow. I took that, chance one day and it led to the birth of my daughter, 2 of the greatest years of my life. At the tender age of 2, she passed away because of injuries received in a car accident. Do it now. Life is short. There may not be another tomorrow... Edit: you could still tell her, even if she's married.
Wow bro.I just got reconnected with a beautiful woman who loved me when we where teens.She was amzeingly beautiful then and now.She was about two years Younger than me at the time.And seemed even younger than that in looks.I honestly didnt want to ruin or Mess up her head in any way.She was so wonderful I seen that she could have a great life that she deserved and someone that could give her way more than me.I.let her go by just dissapearing..I tegereted it and always kept up.her through back channels.She did Mary an older man when she was Younger.Divieced him and married another older guy.And had a few relationships that also dissaponted.her.I really dont think.she felt or had any passion For any of them.We.got to spend some time together and I came on her very strong saying I should have tried tears ago.She was shocked.and i was embarrased.Very embarresed.We spoke after that.An I explained everything and how I felt and how I always felt and how then was it of respect for her.And how maybe we should have both been so much happier if I took a chance and believed in a chance.Telling her what I've always felt was the.most Liberateing things that have ever happened to me.And iam very very happy that me telling her I really think made her happy...Face Book gets alot of knocks but iam very very grateful.that someone who deserves at.least to hear that she was loved and respected that aomwone.whould let.her go so that she could live in security and happiness..But in wanting that.i shirt changed us both iam shure.We had a very Romqntic evening recently.Bot saying that's what you want.or.qhwter you want with your family.and hers.Just saying.It liberated me and she.desreved to know what happened ,why,And 5hat my feelings for her where always very strong And she appretaited.it
Melissa was recorded and released in 1972..52 years ago....absolutely timeless...just found out about Dickie Bett's Passing....his slide guitar work brought tears to my eyes.....Roll on gypsy....RIP
Loved the music of the Allman Brothers, I wish they were all still around, they were a cross over legend in my multi ethnic group of friends from the 70s , good music just hits right 👍🏽 , now I'm a woman in my 70s and my beautiful daughter-in-law just happens to be named Melissa for me this is definitely her song❤️. Rest in peace, Gregg, Duane, Butch, Berry and now Dickie, your music was like food for my soul❤️🙏🏽
@@kitsmith806 mellissa is one of the only songs that I could truly say touches my soul… From the very first chords to the beautiful lyrics it is a perfect song.., thanks for sharing your thoughts..#SweetMellissa
REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN! 49 years ago today, 29 Oct 2020, the world lost a legend, a Brother, a son, a father, a friend...and likely the greatest guitar player to ever walk this Earth. Thank you for everything, Howard Duane Allman. This world is a better place because of you, Brother! I've lived with your middle name my entire life and I couldn't be prouder of that fact. I started learning to play guitar this year solely because I was inspired by YOU, Brother. Thank you for everything! 🙏❤️🎸😥 Rest in Peace, Brother. Thank you!
It was Greg's tribute to Duane after his passing. Duane played bass and sometimes keyboards. There was always a black cat with the band and Dickie Betts, best guitarist in the world 20 years straight.
I'm 70 years old and have heard (or seen) everything from Elvis to Drake. And truth told, I dislike most all of it, always have. ( And no, I'm not some Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby dude, most of that crap sucked, too. ) But over time, a few songs, a dozen or so, truly stand out as special. The right melody, the right moment, the right funk, the right lyrics, the right sentiment, everything just works. This is one of those songs.
This song has always given me goosebumps & teary eyes. It has always held a special place in my heart. Being a lil girl in the 70's, hearing a pretty song with my name it meant the world to me. Thank you @The Allman Brothers Band 💜
This song is just a masterpiece. I've met this woman named Melissa and known her since we were kids (14/yr old). So, we already have a long-standing history together. We have had our ups and downs just like any other friendship/relationship. Times where we stopped talking for a while for whatever the reasons but have always managed to find each other in the dark every time. She knows who she is, and she will always have a large piece of my heart. You'll always be loved, missed, and cherished no matter where life takes us. ♥️
Allman brothers started southern rock at the muscle shoals recording studio ! Live at the Fillmore east double album is the very best in my opinion because of the long version of many hit of theirs and some classic blues ! Dual drum sets also !
This song is one of the only two things in my life that can calm me down and turn my mood around. This song means a lot to me just because of that. No matter what I have going on in life.
It’s 2024 and still can’t ever pass by Melissa without a listen. Must be The Gypsy in me. Love to The Otherside guys. Duane, Gregg, Berry, Butch, & Dickey
I hung out with Greg Allman in 1989 and 1990 in Nashville Tennessee several times. A friend called me at 3:00 a.m. and said they had Gregg Allman at the bar and he was looking for a place to play a video tape on a VCR and a piano to play and I had both. We became really good friends he introduced me to everybody like his sister. I'm the reason he played at the Ace of clubs in Nashville Tennessee back then because I told him there was a rumor who was going to play and he said okay just take me there and I'll play.
Unfortunately for both of us he ended up having a relationship in the early '90s with a woman who threw away all his phone books I think she then committed suicide later. I was glad to find that he found love in the end
This was my dads song to me when I was born n 1983 . My dad passed away on sept 21, 2024. And when I’m missing him this is my go too song . I can still hear him singing it to me . Rip dad
Man, Dickie Betts MUST be inducted into the RRHOF - as a standalone performer / artist / composer. This is as gorgeous a guitar part ever laid down on vinyl - it's both PERFECTLY sympathetic with, AND adding to, the spirit & beauty of this truly beautiful rock ballad. Floors me every time I listen ...
This song reminds me of family, my Dad used to sing my sister’s name instead of Melissa. “Sweet Elisha!!” Brings tears of divine love & joy, thank you Allman Brothers Band!! We love you for the beautiful music you bring to this world!! 💞💎🌟
Yes, I always tell my son I’m the princess of the honey bees. He has yet to ever be stung by one and I’ve taught him to never fear bees, to stay calm and don’t react when they come around. Momma will protect you. Since I’m the princess of them and all 💕☺️
I live in Gulf Breeze, just across the bay from Pensacola. I just read on a FB page that this song was written in 1967 at what was the Evergreen Court Motel here on the west side of town. This FB page had a collection of old pics and a post card of the place. It's still there, now some pretty shabby little apartments. I've past the place a dozen times but didn't know the connection. I will have to ride over there a better look. Was a nice place until the interstate highways took all the traffic away. Like many other towns and cities. The old part just slowly dies.
Thirty years ago this song made me realize what I was looking for in a significant other. Now I have my high school crush after 30 years. Differently timeless.
Absolutely one of the best of my generation. The music had a soul and life of its own that flowed straight from the writers and performers into our hearts. They wrote the most beautiful soundtracks of our lives... and they live on. Love the graphics of this lyric video too! Well done capturing the spirit of the song.
One by one the minstels who kept us spellbound with their tales of joy, lost love and broken hearts, on many long dusty roads or railroads snaking through our lives and theirs, one by one have slipped out of view. Now there's only me & you & sweet Melissa, ever present but still not seen. Except by those who have, like the sands of time, waved goodbye and faded from the screen. 😊❤
My mom and dad Loved his music they bought a CD of and when we went on vacation they would put his CD on repeat and I knew every song by heart and my dad would sang all his song to me and my mom my dad had a beautiful voice
I truly love ❤️ this song ❤️ 🎵, it's truly unique and sounds beautiful 🎉🎉. It takes me back t my youth when I was young just running around wild and free 🎉🎉
One of the most beautiful and poignant love songs ever written. Dickie's guitar is so hauntingly beautiful, and the words couldn't be better. I can feel myself wishing for a "Sweet Melissa" to run home to.
This song has good memories but also haunts me every time I here it. A lost love that broke my heart but I truly wish her the best. I still smile when I hear this song and think about good times.
I had a lost love that died named melissa she had just turned 16 and me 15 she died in a car accident. To this day I wonder when I hear this song what might have been. To this day my mind wanders when I hear this exquisite work. 48 years later no other woman stole my heart as she did. A buxom preacher's daughter to me she was Helen of Troy...
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Everytime someone likes this message I will come and listen to this song 💜
🌺🫶♾️✌️ TIAB
Even in the shower?
@@mrsmacca126 Ill even sing lol
I just clicked... come have a listen... enjoy 😊
We can now listen together, my friend.
I am also a Melissa. After many years of struggling to conceive, we finally were expecting our child. While we were anxiously awaiting her birth, I had a call from a dear friend who said she was driving and heard this song and it made her smile( and tear up) because she knew how happy I was. She actually pulled over and recorded it and left it for me to enjoy on her phone message. I had never thought anything special of my name. But, each time I hear this song, I can't help but to smile and thank my Savior, Jesus Christ for answering our prayer for our daughter, and, for the blessings of having a friend who supported me through that long journey!
Have a wonderful day, everyone. May we all continue to find joy and happiness as we appreciate the musical talents of The Allman Brothers!
I'm a 71 year old Melissa.
Congratulations.
Very beautiful name ❤
Congratulations to you! The most beautiful girl I have ever known was also called Melissa :)
Beautiful! Thank you for giving glory to Jesus!
Our God Loves us So Much 🙏 he wants us to be Happy and Love him even More
It's April 18th, 2024 and the man who played the hauntingly beautiful lead guitar on this song has passed on. Rest in peace Dickey.
This one hurts. This one really hurts my heart to its core.
Rest easy. Thanks for the music.
Pick up your gear, and Gypsy, roll on. Lord, will he lie beneath the clay, or will. his spirit float away?
Man this sucks, all the goods r dying! I’m getting old! See ya, old cowboy on the Heaven trails!😢😢
This song is now I got my name
Hi! I'm Melissa and I was named after this song 😻
¡God Bless you then, Melissa!!
What was the situation then
lucky you. love this song...
Congrats
Me too!!!!
I'm not crying, you are.
😅😅😅
My sweet JB
I named my daughter after this song!! My sweet Melissa 💞
So did my Dad!! I go by Missy though
Let's hope you never get involved with somebody like the man in this song. He is nothing but trouble. I am sorry to say it.
I named my daughter Melissa also!
RIP Dickey Betts. Dude made the acoustic guitar sing.
He didn't do shabbily on the Gibson, either.
Right on brother
Still the most beautiful recording of acoustic guitar I have ever heard :)
He had alot of family in Florida his cousin and niece was good friends of mine and when he'd come down for a family gathering it was always a good time ,,he'd lull his guitar out and sing all night, I miss him
RIP the five members of The Allman Brothers Band
Dickey Betts (December 12, 1943 - April 18, 2024), aged 80
Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 - October 29, 1971), aged 24
Butch Trucks (May 11, 1947 - January 24, 2017), aged 69
Gregg Allman (December 8, 1947 - May 27, 2017), aged 69
Berry Oakley (April 4, 1948 - November 11, 1972), aged 24
You will be remembered as legends
You forgot Jaimone, 79yo, still alive & well
@@MrBigShotFancyPantsJaimoe hasn't passed away. He was listing the 5 that passed away.
Thanks for this
¡Gracias!
Rip.
There will never be another Allman Brothers Band. Thank God we were alive to see and hear them. Thank You!!!
Greg and Dicky were great.
I shed tears when I'm alone and I hear Sweet Melissa. I don't know why, but I do.🎵💦
Me too!!!!!
Me too😢
And here we are now possibly shedding a tear maybe not at the same time but i think we can all relate to this song because while it talks about Melissa to me, the song is about not being able to control life and having to deal with making bad decisions and just wishing things were different but finding solace in just being, and maybe loving another person and finding hope in them, when we lose it in our self
You don't need a reason, it's in the feeling with the music !
I never liked my name, (Melissa) so i ended up shortening it to Mell but after this song i fell inlove with my full name and now i know just how beautiful my name is.❤️❤️
A great feminine name and peace be with you. Yes I know he won’t stay (dead man’s ghost)…… without MELISSA!
Love your name and who you are
For some reason this song brings tears to my eye's ...............every-time I meet someone named Melissa..............this how I remember there name cause they are always sweet. You could be named Joan like that crazy bitch Crawford LOL.
I am a Melissa, named long before this song for my Greek grandmother. Melissa means Honey Bee. I love my name, but when I was at school in Liverpool for a year, a professor only called me 'Mel.' Everyone and everything in Liverpool has a 'nick' and there was nothing I could do about it. All my classmates called me that and I really hated it. It reminded me of a mechanic's name or a guy who ran a diner in an old TV show. But... I learned to appreciate having a Liverpool nickname. My old friends from there still call me Mel and I still sign all my emails to them with it.
Beautiful name
My mom Melissa's birthday is today January 12th.I love you all there is and I will see you and dad again one day soon.
This was my late husband's favorite song. We played it at his funeral and two years later, my middle son had it played before his wedding while wearing a corsage that had a photo of his Dad. Needless to say, the tears flowed in memory of his Dad who was there even if we couldn't see him.
tough read without welling up a bit myself
Sorry for your loss
I love this beautiful story!! Thanks for sharin it!! Music is so powerful!! The universal language of the soul for sure!! 💞💎🌟
He's there.. in your heart.
And now his Daddy Lay's beneath the Clay,love the story,👍
When we were young, I thought this music would just always keep coming. Now Im old, I appreciate the hell I was there to hear & experience it fresh and new. And God bless all those who created it for is, and those of us who listened. This was the soundtrack of our lives. Roll on brothers... and sisters. Time to go... 😔
Still here?
Amen
Hope you still enjoy Melissa...... 💕
I never realized how many of us Melissa's were named after this song! My sweet Daddy passed away this week and these lyrics have taken on a whole new meaning ❤
So sorry for your loss..
Bro seems happy about it….
@AlecWoodworth-qv5qm Really? Nope, not happy. Just miss my Dad and listen to this song that he named me after every night to try and feel close to him after watching his mind and body be eaten away to nothing. I pray you never feel such pain.
Sorry for your loss! My wife's name is Melissa and we named our only daughter Melissa!😊
I'm so sorry for your loss
My father named me after this song. I was supposed to be an Alexandra but it was a last minute change at the hospital. Feel like his spirt lives on in this song. 💫
My daddy named me after this song. He died at 42 from a massive heart attack and I was nine. I love to know that he heard this song and had to name his baby girl Melissa.
Love and light to you ❤️
Haunting..I fell in love with Greg Allman when i saw a picture of him with his then new bride Cher. I was 8 yrs old.😢
He was beautiful when he was young, that's for sure. Their son looks so much like him.
ok let me cry now this always bring my tears LOVE YOU GREGG R.I.P
My older brother brought the Allman's first album home one day and said, "You gotta hear this". I was like 15 in 1969 and I listened. I didn't really know what to think about it. It was very different from Zeppelin, Cream, Doors - the Woodstock era bands that I was into. But it had something and as time passed and more Brothers' albums came out, I sure got wrapped up in it; much deeper than I realized. By 1973, I was ready to leave college and hit the road with the band. But making a career out of playing music wasn't in the cards for me. I had the pleasure of seeing the band many times from 1973 on and through the many different formations of the group. But in the first few years after Duane and Berry were lost, the band still had that soulful groove and sweet-sounding harmonies. And you could feel the sorrow they were enduring with each song they delivered. You have to give them a lot of credit for working through those years. And while many other music styles came and went over the next four decades, the Allman Brothers never swayed, never changed the music, only the band members. Pure Legends.
We were lucky to grow up with such awesome music in history !!!! The 70's were the best years of rock n roll, RIP Dickey Betts!!!! Thanks for giving us the best!!!!!!
This song is about babe ruth. Your comment..all it means is that your a yankees fan. I dont like the yankees or your comment.
Shout out from one Melissa to all the others. Love to all of you..💖
Melissa here, love you too😊
Love to you as well!
Love,
Melissa C.
Back at 'cha!
Right back at you
Melissa here too... sending love to you all ❤❤❤
When I was 14 I met a girl named Melissa.I fell in love with her,but I never told her because we became friends and I knew she was moving back to her hometown.I am 39 now and I regret never telling her that I loved her.I wish I had known about this song back then,it would have kept me company.Thanks everybody for your comments and thumbs up ,I really appreciate it.
I think you need to go tell her what you're feeling brother
Shes happily married with a kid and I have my kids that I love what would be the point.
Find her and tell her. You may not have the chance tomorrow. I took that, chance one day and it led to the birth of my daughter, 2 of the greatest years of my life. At the tender age of 2, she passed away because of injuries received in a car accident.
Do it now. Life is short. There may not be another tomorrow...
Edit: you could still tell her, even if she's married.
Wow bro.I just got reconnected with a beautiful woman who loved me when we where teens.She was amzeingly beautiful then and now.She was about two years Younger than me at the time.And seemed even younger than that in looks.I honestly didnt want to ruin or Mess up her head in any way.She was so wonderful I seen that she could have a great life that she deserved and someone that could give her way more than me.I.let her go by just dissapearing..I tegereted it and always kept up.her through back channels.She did Mary an older man when she was Younger.Divieced him and married another older guy.And had a few relationships that also dissaponted.her.I really dont think.she felt or had any passion For any of them.We.got to spend some time together and I came on her very strong saying I should have tried tears ago.She was shocked.and i was embarrased.Very embarresed.We spoke after that.An I explained everything and how I felt and how I always felt and how then was it of respect for her.And how maybe we should have both been so much happier if I took a chance and believed in a chance.Telling her what I've always felt was the.most Liberateing things that have ever happened to me.And iam very very happy that me telling her I really think made her happy...Face Book gets alot of knocks but iam very very grateful.that someone who deserves at.least to hear that she was loved and respected that aomwone.whould let.her go so that she could live in security and happiness..But in wanting that.i shirt changed us both iam shure.We had a very Romqntic evening recently.Bot saying that's what you want.or.qhwter you want with your family.and hers.Just saying.It liberated me and she.desreved to know what happened ,why,And 5hat my feelings for her where always very strong And she appretaited.it
And what J C said is very very true both.of you may not have tomorrow..She serves to respectfully know.And it will be a liberation for you.
Named my youngest daughter Melissa. She is definitely a Daddy's girl. Even today at the age of 30.
Love you baby girl..
I love this song.
I'm an old country song writer, and lost my step daughter Melissa years ago. So I really reflect every time I hear... sweet Melissa. . . ...
😢
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written.
Melissa was recorded and released in 1972..52 years ago....absolutely timeless...just found out about Dickie Bett's Passing....his slide guitar work brought tears to my eyes.....Roll on gypsy....RIP
I'm crying as well. RIP DB
This man has made some memories for me, good n bad but I'll never forget the band that molded me in some hard times. One of my favorites 😢❤
Loved the music of the Allman Brothers, I wish they were all still around, they were a cross over legend in my multi ethnic group of friends from the 70s , good music just hits right 👍🏽 , now I'm a woman in my 70s and my beautiful daughter-in-law just happens to be named Melissa for me this is definitely her song❤️. Rest in peace, Gregg, Duane, Butch, Berry and now Dickie, your music was like food for my soul❤️🙏🏽
@@kitsmith806 mellissa is one of the only songs that I could truly say touches my soul… From the very first chords to the beautiful lyrics it is a perfect song.., thanks for sharing your thoughts..#SweetMellissa
@@billyvincent4312👍🏽💕
REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN!
49 years ago today, 29 Oct 2020, the world lost a legend, a Brother, a son, a father, a friend...and likely the greatest guitar player to ever walk this Earth. Thank you for everything, Howard Duane Allman. This world is a better place because of you, Brother! I've lived with your middle name my entire life and I couldn't be prouder of that fact. I started learning to play guitar this year solely because I was inspired by YOU, Brother. Thank you for everything! 🙏❤️🎸😥
Rest in Peace, Brother. Thank you!
Thank you for such a heartfelt dedication to Duane Allman.
When I was a kid living in Macon he gave me his ring. It is on loan to the Big House museum.
Who's cutting damn onions around here?
It was Greg's tribute to Duane after his passing. Duane played bass and sometimes keyboards. There was always a black cat with the band and Dickie Betts, best guitarist in the world 20 years straight.
@@coyleighnice ❤
Rest in peace to all of them.
There aren't many songs as good as this one. It's pretty darned perfect. Makes me cry every time I listen to it.
I'm 70 years old and have heard (or seen) everything from Elvis to Drake. And truth told, I dislike most all of it, always have. ( And no, I'm not some Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby dude, most of that crap sucked, too. )
But over time, a few songs, a dozen or so, truly stand out as special. The right melody, the right moment, the right funk, the right lyrics, the right sentiment, everything just works.
This is one of those songs.
One of my absolute favorites ❤ I totally agree
Me too don't know why Tears just flow.................That you Gregg
This is a good song. Making sweeping statements like "there aren't many songs as good as this one" is not necessary.
I love everything about the song...the story behind the song...even love Melissa! Lol
Melissa is a gorgeous name. Love goes out to all feminine girls named Melissa. ❤
This song has always given me goosebumps & teary eyes. It has always held a special place in my heart. Being a lil girl in the 70's, hearing a pretty song with my name it meant the world to me. Thank you @The Allman Brothers Band 💜
I used to play this song on guitar for my younger daughter named Melissa and she would get so embarrassed! She loved it and was so cute.
Hey like I told Missy Love. Melissa is a beautiful name.
@@chrisullery3386 And take it from a fellow dad. Melissa is a beautiful name and what you shared about your daughter is precious.
Oh, so do I! I was raised one this music! born in 1958 with a sister 13yrs older, I'm still listening to it ❤
Same here, born in 1970 I first remember being called sweet Melissa around age 4
We named our daughter after this song in 1972. Always make me smile to hear it ❤
2024 and I'm still listening to this! One of the greatest songs ever written!
True!!!
What a singer, what a song and what a band. Simply magical music.
Amen!
So true
@@jeffreysimmons1084 legends. Each and every brother.🎸🎸🍑🍄
Hells yeah brother!
@@r.t.aegean3236 to not be snitched on
My Grandma was Melissa, prettiest name ive ever heard of. Miss her so...
Rest in peace Dickey. Thank you for the music and know it will live on.
This song is just a masterpiece. I've met this woman named Melissa and known her since we were kids (14/yr old). So, we already have a long-standing history together. We have had our ups and downs just like any other friendship/relationship. Times where we stopped talking for a while for whatever the reasons but have always managed to find each other in the dark every time. She knows who she is, and she will always have a large piece of my heart. You'll always be loved, missed, and cherished no matter where life takes us. ♥️
R.I.P. Dicky Betts........thanks for the music.......................
❤❤❤Dickey Betts & The Allman Brothers Band Forever & Ever❤❤❤
….I once had the love of a Melissa, Allman Brothers had it right, what I wouldn’t do to come back home to Sweet Melissa. ❤️🩹
If Melissa lives FIND HER
Agreed ❤️
My once-in-a-lifetime love was Melissa. Life has tottered along pretty okay, but I shan't ever go a day without thinking of her.
I was named after this song by my daddy who passed away when I was nine. This song means so much to me. Find your Melissa if she’s out there!
"Knowing many, loving none. Barring sorrow, having fun." Indeed indeed.
The older the better, they are like wine. The best band in the world.
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Fine wine, aged by the resolution of time, is so sublime.
But, THE BEATLES, tho...
Allman brothers started southern rock at the muscle shoals recording studio ! Live at the Fillmore east double album is the very best in my opinion because of the long version of many hit of theirs and some classic blues ! Dual drum sets also !
This song is one of the only two things in my life that can calm me down and turn my mood around. This song means a lot to me just because of that. No matter what I have going on in life.
These vintage Catholic Hymns are a treasure and need to be preserved & celebrated. Thanks again.
RIP DICKIE!!! The music lives on forever.. unbelievable accomplishment!! 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸
It’s 2024 and still can’t ever pass by Melissa without a listen. Must be The Gypsy in me. Love to The Otherside guys. Duane, Gregg, Berry, Butch, & Dickey
Many. Miles. Listening. To. This. Young. And. Free. 😁
My beautiful namesake. Pops named me in ‘75❤ The coolest song everrrrr🐝❤️
Me too lol
The Allman brothers sure made great music. What an awesome band!
Just gets better with age
@@QueenofArgyle2525 Absolutely. Cheers! ✌️
Call Jesus blood cover that all men brothers from the curse men girl murderers hands control
Like Jackson Brown said "here come those tears again" love this song so effing much
God Bless Dickey…two drummers, two guitars or more and one helluva group…how time flies but the music stays out…
Hi I’m Melissa. My dad recently passed and always told me I was named after this song. He called me “my sweet Melissa” ❤️💔
Prettiest Rock Song Of Allman Time
Hello Melissa 😊! I just love this song and you're a very lucky woman 💗🌹🙏
Sing with the Angels Dickey, thanks for the music and good time they brought..
Godspeed Dickey
RIP Mr. Dickey Betts...amen
Written when he was 17. Incredible. He was definitely an old soul.
So beautiful.
Could they be the best American band of all time?
I hung out with Greg Allman in 1989 and 1990 in Nashville Tennessee several times. A friend called me at 3:00 a.m. and said they had Gregg Allman at the bar and he was looking for a place to play a video tape on a VCR and a piano to play and I had both. We became really good friends he introduced me to everybody like his sister. I'm the reason he played at the Ace of clubs in Nashville Tennessee back then because I told him there was a rumor who was going to play and he said okay just take me there and I'll play.
Unfortunately for both of us he ended up having a relationship in the early '90s with a woman who threw away all his phone books I think she then committed suicide later. I was glad to find that he found love in the end
Like a Twitter thread. There was two things that he told me one he liked to be called Gregory and two never ask about Cher
SWEET MELISSA ❤ REST IN PEACE❤
This was my dads song to me when I was born n 1983 . My dad passed away on sept 21, 2024. And when I’m missing him this is my go too song . I can still hear him singing it to me . Rip dad
Man, Dickie Betts MUST be inducted into the RRHOF - as a standalone performer / artist / composer.
This is as gorgeous a guitar part ever laid down on vinyl - it's both PERFECTLY sympathetic with, AND adding to, the spirit & beauty of this truly beautiful rock ballad. Floors me every time I listen ...
This song reminds me of family, my Dad used to sing my sister’s name instead of Melissa. “Sweet Elisha!!” Brings tears of divine love & joy, thank you Allman Brothers Band!! We love you for the beautiful music you bring to this world!! 💞💎🌟
thats great really hip
Melissa is my favorite ALLman Brothers Song! 😢
This is the most gorgeous lyric video I’ve ever seen
RIP... Dickie! We lost another great.
Greatest band ever. It just doesn't get any better than this.
Try Allman & Woman....Can't get any worser
Debatable but it's for sure one of the best southern bands fosho. It's like country but you can actually listen to it
This song really encapsulates the spirit of the traveler.
It's such a pleasurable feeling to have the same name as this beautiful and calming song ❤
Rest in peace dicky Greg Duane thanks for the music 🎶
Song will never get old ❤
That was beautiful. The song, the lyrics, the graphics.❤️
Hi, Pearl! We are so agreed concerning the graphics!
Absolutely gorgeous song. So soulful and haunting the way Gregg delivers the lyrics. A true Allman Brothers classic.
I fell in love with Melissa in TN in 1993 and 30 years later I’m still in love ❤❤❤❤with
Gregg's voice, Dickey's guitar, beautiful melodic lyrics and guitar. Sweet Melisa
Melissa ❤️ honey 🐝
Yes, I always tell my son I’m the princess of the honey bees. He has yet to ever be stung by one and I’ve taught him to never fear bees, to stay calm and don’t react when they come around. Momma will protect you. Since I’m the princess of them and all 💕☺️
❤live forever in our hearts and soul;;!!❤❤a thank you for ALL the memories❤
I live in Gulf Breeze, just across the bay from Pensacola. I just read on a FB page that this song was written in 1967 at what was the Evergreen Court Motel here on the west side of town. This FB page had a collection of old pics and a post card of the place. It's still there, now some pretty shabby little apartments. I've past the place a dozen times but didn't know the connection. I will have to ride over there a better look. Was a nice place until the interstate highways took all the traffic away. Like many other towns and cities. The old part just slowly dies.
My favorite Allman Bro. Song .R.I.P.
Thirty years ago this song made me realize what I was looking for in a significant other. Now I have my high school crush after 30 years. Differently timeless.
0:47 always touches the soul
Best lyric video I have ever seen. A lot of love went into that one that is for damn sure.
"Love" ... can there be too much love here in this world ‽‽.
Very true. It's definitely lovely. 😊😊💜
¡Oh Gregg! Tocando el cielo con las manos y el corazón. Gracias, gracias, gracias
Absolutely one of the best of my generation. The music had a soul and life of its own that flowed straight from the writers and performers into our hearts. They wrote the most beautiful soundtracks of our lives... and they live on. Love the graphics of this lyric video too! Well done capturing the spirit of the song.
One by one the minstels who kept us spellbound with their tales of joy, lost love and broken hearts, on many long dusty roads or railroads snaking through our lives and theirs, one by one have slipped out of view. Now there's only me & you & sweet Melissa, ever present but still not seen. Except by those who have, like the sands of time, waved goodbye and faded from the screen. 😊❤
This is a beautiful illustration of this hauntingly beautiful song. ❤
Brings back memories of the best time of my life.
My mom and dad Loved his music they bought a CD of and when we went on vacation they would put his CD on repeat and I knew every song by heart and my dad would sang all his song to me and my mom my dad had a beautiful voice
I truly love ❤️ this song ❤️ 🎵, it's truly unique and sounds beautiful 🎉🎉. It takes me back t my youth when I was young just running around wild and free 🎉🎉
Without Melissa, there's nothing.
To me the the final line sounds like “Lord it just ain’t the same”
Perfect❤❤❤❤❤
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Well, thank you ☺️
This was sweet. I hope you were able to tell her how you feel or felt darling ❤️
I named my daughter after this song. After seeing them in concert I knew someday if I had a daughter she would be sweet Melissa and she is❤
Homesick for a place that no longer exists....
Hiraeth. ❤
No kidding!
The Past is something somewhere we can only visit in our own private moments and share with words, thoughts and pictures
You and me both. Thank goodness for TH-cam.
Oh yes I hear you there home sick and lonely for family that since passed on miss jamming with them
What a sweet song, 🎶 The movement it stirs
To sweet Melissa... 😻❤
💗.. sweet Melissa ... heart of my heart ...
😭 Tears how beautiful 😇🎼✝️☮️🙌🙏🌞💐
If you don't shed a tear with this song your don't have a soul
Love this... Erie yet beautiful. RIP friend and thank u.
All the questions, they lead to the same answer. Greg's delivery on this one is just perfect!
One of the most beautiful and poignant love songs ever written. Dickie's guitar is so hauntingly beautiful, and the words couldn't be better. I can feel myself wishing for a "Sweet Melissa" to run home to.
This song has good memories but also haunts me every time I here it. A lost love that broke my heart but I truly wish her the best. I still smile when I hear this song and think about good times.
I had a lost love that died named melissa she had just turned 16 and me 15 she died in a car accident. To this day I wonder when I hear this song what might have been. To this day my mind wanders when I hear this exquisite work. 48 years later no other woman stole my heart as she did. A buxom preacher's daughter to me she was Helen of Troy...