My daughter was named Melissa and she passed away at the tender age of 20. I had this song played at her funeral. She loved this song and she is sorely missed. RIP Melissa.
So sorry for your loss my friend. Mine is 17 and I cannot even imagine. I was 18 when my sister died at the age of 29 some 40+ years ago and I saw what it did to my parents and to my other siblings. Hang in there my friend and rest assured we will see them again. God Bless
Getting lost in the past with the greatest music ever played with the most awesome memories. I'll never forget the Love of my life listening to the classic rock together.
In my humble opinion, Mr. Gregg Allman possessed one of the warmest, sweetest, lonesome & longing voices I think I've ever had the great pleasure of hearing
I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers. I've listened to then since I was in my teens and saw them in Chicago, Illinois. Thats when they were all alive. Great concert. I'm 66yrs old now and can still listen to The Allman Brothers any time I want because their music will never die. Now it's 2024 and this song 🎵 👌 brings me back to my youth . You should hold on to your memories because it's all we have in life to keep us going.
Jonathan Ellis - Do you notice how many times Jackson turns around to look at Jack Pearson and smiles? Jack’s kinda blowing his mind like he does everybody’s.
ivan galanin Jackson Feels great respect Yet Jackson’s artwork so much more Yet respect between artists Can’t speak more to each songbook unless you know
😪😪😪 we will all miss him so, so much and Dwayne. Time keeps moving on. On some level I am not happy with that😝. Can't do anything about it, but still not happy about it😝😪😝😪
❤ I like the story of how Gregg Allman finally chose the name "Melissa"! RIP great man and your brother Dwane. True rock legends. Hope you smile when you see this❤!! Wish I could a sign.
As a southern woman named, Melissa, I loved this song. This version brought me to tears. R.I.P. Gregg Allman. Thank you for being one of us and for bringing southern rock to the forefront. Melissa
Your words bring me to tears Melissa55... My name was often said as Melissa by some of the old folks when i was growin' up.. Cheers to all the Melissa's and to the late great Gregg Allman! Xo
1/14/2024 I am 66 years old. Always loved the Allman Brothers. So very thankful to GOD that Gregg Allman was saved before he passed away. Definitely one of a kind. Hope all who reads this are saved and ready for eternity! Love to all. 🙏✝️
Right there with ya man, turning 65 in 2 weeks……….cant imagine not being able to listen to Allmans, Skynrd, all Southern Rock……it was a total obsession with me in high school………..Sirius XM needs a Southern Rock channel !!
There will never be another Gregg Allman! I’m so lucky to have grown up with his music and visit a few concerts!! Thanks for the timeless and beautiful music!! RIP🙏🏻
Cried so hard hearing this version. Generations dying, irretrievably lost. I could never explain what the Allman Brothers meant to us in the 70's. It was so pure, perfect, soul-stirring. Where did this music come from? I hope it lasts as long as the earth. And what a gentleman--that Jackson Browne--so smart and elegant to step in.
We felt the same way about the Allman Brothers Band in the 70's. When Duane Allman what a heart break. I believe that must've been so incredibly hard. Their music was so unique no others were like them, the blues, the great song writing, arranging and composition to me is unique. Greatly blessed these songs were completed for us to enjoy, forever and pass down to our children.
The hair on my arms literally stands up and I feel a rush on my skin as I listen to this masterpiece. I could listen to Gregg all day.....and then switch to Jackson. Thank you for this version....I had never heard it before!
This song always creates in me such longing. I don't know for what... just longing, a sad feeling that I love to feel.... Such a great, great song. Close your eyes and just feel it....
Me too. I love these guys . Our music back then was and still is amazing. I listen to Christian , Classical some newer songs but, I'm never far from my era of great music I also like the older country and western. The highway men Roy Clark. Folks like that. How about you? Much love God bless you. I'm 58.
I've been to concerts from the 70s- present. I've enjoyed them all.. cell phones or not. Make it what you want.. and let others do the same. Live and let live.. 🤷♂️
Gregg wrote this song when he was 17. Sold it at about 20 for $600 so he could fly from CA to GA but later the guy he sold it to gave him back 1/2 royalties. It's all in Gregg's book-My Cross to Bear-
He never knew what to name this song, he needed an actual name for it. It was a little girl in the grocery store trying to run away from her mom, she started yelling her name, and Melissa was born. That. Was. It. One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤❤❤
I love that story. I always thought it was a love lost story and then I heard him tell this story of the way he came up with the girl’s name and was just so endearing you can’t forget it.
That is the story I heard about how the name Melissa was chosen for this song and yes one of the most beautiful songs ever written, at least in my lifetime that is.
What a wonderful story! I have a friend who performes this song incredibly well. Any time he was up to sing and play guitar, with bells on his shoe for rhythm... I'd beg for this song! Sometimes he did it for me.
Today is the 40th anniversary of my daughter's death I named her Melissa after the song so here's to you Melissa on your 40th birthday God bless you I miss you
Yes I've gone on to have two healthy boys but they're older now and it's like they don't come to see me or do anything nice maybe I'm asking too much I did want them just thought they would be more caring. I do know where it comes from and that is equally sad.
Every time I watch this video I get choked up. I was a teenager in the mid 70's, this was our music back then; but it effects me more now at 60 years young.
2/18/2023 Jimmy Carter going into hospice today made me think of Gregg and I've listened to this song at least 100 times today. A lifetime favorite. It's a wonder there aren't more women/girls named Melissa.
Respect to Jackson Brown. I wish I had been able to see Gregg Allman in his prime. So much lost from my generation. I love the admiration and smiles they share between each other. So beautiful.
Its beautiful to see the mutual respect these 2 song writers have for one another! They both know the song they are performing is one of the best ever written. Yet there’s no ego from the one who wrote it , and there’s no envy from the one who didn’t!
we named our daughter Melissa because of this song and later lost her. couldn't listen to this for years and years. it's been 38 years now and it still brings bittersweet thoughts and emotions. such a beautiful song.
People always expect the hurt to go away, but it doesn't, does it? I hope that for you the sadness of her absence is vastly outweighed by the joy and wonder of her presence in your lives. 💙🙏💚
You'll see Melissa again and this song can bring you comfort. He sang it so beautifully and personally. I have sadness when I listen to certain songs that me and my husband lived our lives by, now he's gone but I'll see him again. ♥️
This song is definitely worth recognizing as one of the best! The change ups make it unique and I get the chills when I listen. Although no one comes close to outshining Greg, Jackson Browne comes close but at the same time seems to look to Greg for approval as he sings.
I lost my daughter in the 9th month of my pregnancy. I held her in my arms and named her Melissa today December the 4th marks the 42nd. I play this song in her honor.
That's one thing that Gregg Allman always conveyed was respect.Ive enjoyed their music (ABB) for years in all their different itterations.But only recently have I embraced their true status in my listening.I really enjoy ALL quality music but have been thru all kinds of diff phases.Love Southern IE:Outlaws,OFCOURSE SKYNYRD, .38 spec,Hatchett,Rossington Collins,Blackfoot,etc.Have listened to a ton of Grateful Dead,,Steel Pulse,Little Feat,etc,etc.But I keep finding myself back listening to Gregg with Jackson Browne doing Melissa.Or the more recent ABB mat'l with Derek T.and Warren.Maybe Clapton on there.Dammmmn.ladies and gentleman.Anyways..grew up in Daytona(ormond).Fellow Seabreeze dude.Yall listening to the right stuff .
Gregg Allman: “The first thing comes to my mind is I said to myself, ‘Gregory, do not cry. Do not start crying.’ If you watch the part with me and Jackson [Browne], we did ‘These Days’ and ‘Melissa’ and if you look at him during the second verse of ‘Melissa’ he was singing and he had a huge crocodile tear out of the outside of his eye and I was thinking, ‘Don’t start, you’ll get me goin’!’ I just happened to look down at the first three or four rows, they were all crying. Everyone in that place.”
I lost my only sister last year due to covid. When I listen to this song I think of her, she played it on guitar and I sang. Greetings from Rome to everyone.
I love the Allman Brothers and this is one of my favorite songs. They don't make music like this today. The emotions this song can bring out is just phenomenal
My God I Just found out he wrote this song at 17. Think about how and what you were doing at 17. I know times are different, but dang, they grew up fast back then. This song is 50 plus years old and it's still one of my favorites of all time. You alll have a great day
Hello🌺 Thank you for the generous love you have shown me and my music over the years , I am taking the time out to let you know I see all your comments and likes and I appreciate, I would be carrying out a social media personal conversation to know how much of my fans really know about my music so I am texting you via my personal private account to let you know I appreciate you .Do stay safe and if you must go out take all the necessary procedures to stay off crowed place’s also try to get the vaccine . From everything l have read and heard from medical and scientific reports, Pfizer is the best vaccine because it is 95 percent effective compared to Moderna (86%) and Johnson & Johnson (86%). Only 3.8 % of people who got Pfizer shots felt fatigue and only 2% got headaches I COMPLETED MY VACCINATION WITH PFIZER 🌹🌹 JACKSON BROWNE🌹🌹 Jacksonbrowne98@gmail.com
+ Mark S. Yeah. Don’t you just know . They were struggling roommates in their late teens (18 - 19). No refrigeration . Caned goods. Foods that would not spoil.
@@mark-fu9fe I was just stating what I see when viewing this, as did you. These men shared a deep love and respect for each other born of years of making awe inspiring music. Fortunately, we grew up in an era that gave us so many talented musicians, true originals.
Seen Gregg live 4 times and had seats up close each time and he never smiled wirh with such a soft eye sparkling smile. I hope he had that same smile as he closed his eyes for the last time RIP Gregg
This has always been one of my favorites by Gregg...can't believe he is gone. RIP, Mr. Allman. Thanks for the epic, awesome music you left for all of us.
It's amazing how fast people go. I didn't realize Gregg had passed until I read the comments and someone posted RIP Gregg. It's been 5 years and I never even knew he passed. Here he is playing and 3 years later he's gone. He kept going all the way to the end. That's the only way to go. His music will never die. I want to form a band and do Allman Bros tunes till I die. Got to keep on going.
The first slow dance my late husband and I ever danced to was Melissa by the Allman Brothers. He said "I have a niece named Melissa." I will never forget that moment in time, his face, and where we were. Miss him so much!
Not only one of my all time most loved songs, I absolutely LOVE this particular video with these guys. The interaction between musicians is always interesting and everything about this is so completely amazing, and beautiful. Sure do miss Gregg -- and Jackson, sure hope you keep rockin' on -- lost two of the greatest of your fellow musicians in just a few short months with Tom Petty's passing not long after Gregg.
I sent this to my daughter to share with her what I was listening to in HS. I asked her if there's music like this today bc I don't really listen to the radio. She said "Frst of all that's beautiful and secondly No".. lol.
Man that gets me every time…the look Gregg and Jackson give each other when they finish singing…and the solo by Jack Pearson is absolutely one of the best solos I’ve ever heard in my life.
Also the look Jackson gives Greg during the line ‘will he hide the dead man’s ghost, or will he lie beneath the clay, or will his spirits float away.’ Heavy and so touching I love that Greg lived to fully and the end of his life deserving of dignity and respect. Wild roads…
I named my daughter, only child after this song.... She died in 2011 and she would have been 35 yo today. Greg was and is a friend and all love for him and his family..
+Raven101able I have triplets (2 girls 1boy ) my girls are named Melissa & Jessica after Allman Brothers songs. They are 35 years old born July 4, 1980. I am so sorry for your loss. We lost a child too & its unbearable. Not the natural order of things.
+Raven101able I'm very sorry to hear. I don't mean to be too personal, but i was wondering if this song was played at her funeral? I imagine there wouldn't have been a dry eye in the crowd ...
No it was not one of the songs played, although I specifically asked that it be played. It was 5 years ago today that a police officer knocked on my door to let me know my daughter had died. This is not a good time of year for me. Thank you for your kind words.
+Raven101able OMG, I am sorry if I added to your sadness, today of all days. And I'm sorry that your wish to hear the song that day was not honored. I am a mother (of a 26 yr old female) so I can only imagine the loss. She is my only child also, the light of my life. Gregg is one of my all time favorite singers. He is the epitome of blue-eyed soul. Love love love the man. Take care.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I wanted to go see all the great bands in concert but my father wouldn't let me go. Thankfully my brother went and each time I couldn't wait until he came home to tell me all about it. He saw the Allman Brothers live several times and I am so jealous. To this very day we talk about the concerts he went to and all the things that happened. We both share a love of music and I am so thankful for that! Music is a bond that never ends!
Have been avoiding this version because of the feelings it would conjure up..well decided to give it a listen..yup..just as l thought..total breakdown..but a good one..lasting beauty..we are so fortunate to keep having the Allman bros in our lives…🇨🇦
j flo Named my Jessica after Dickie Betts daughter also. Theirs a story behind that tune he told me once. He looked out his window one day and seen Jessica riding around on her horse. He said when he seen the sight of that...the guitar riff just popped in his head.
There will never be another Gregg Allman. You have no idea how much you touched my life. A debt that could never be repaid. Your voice will always be in my heart
I have to believe that Gregg and Jackson were very good friends, I know Jackson wrote Queen of Hearts and gave it to Gregg to run with,,,and that he did, fabulous song ! One of my favorites of all time !!! Rock on in Heaven Gregg !!! 😁✌️✝️💕😇🙏💕💕💕
To the young watchers, this is what a band is. Real instruments, true voices.
My daughter was named Melissa and she passed away at the tender age of 20. I had this song played at her funeral. She loved this song and she is sorely missed. RIP Melissa.
I am so terribly sorry your darling girl is gone.
God Bless you!
So sorry for your loss😥
Bless you and so sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss my friend. Mine is 17 and I cannot even imagine. I was 18 when my sister died at the age of 29 some 40+ years ago and I saw what it did to my parents and to my other siblings. Hang in there my friend and rest assured we will see them again. God Bless
Two of the coolest cats to ever pick up an instrument.
Thanks for taking me along. Been a good life!
I'm not crying, you're crying. 😢
Yep
I still have the original record copies for sale!
I've been crying for Melissa for 40yrs. Good ways and bad ways
Your right I miss Greg. He went through so much emotional pain.
Proud of it !😢
I miss this man and his brother , I miss being young, and I miss good music. Thank God for TH-cam and my Album collection.
Getting lost in the past with the greatest music ever played with the most awesome memories. I'll never forget the Love of my life listening to the classic rock together.
I hear you, brother.
None of what you speak of is really gone,,, it all lives on in your soul !!! Say “Hello” for me!!
No words... 😢
@@z-man4765 Great comment. Say hello for all of us.
Damn I miss Gregg I was lucky to see The Allman Bros 4 times down in Florida brings tears to my eyes.
In my humble opinion, Mr. Gregg Allman possessed one of the warmest, sweetest, lonesome & longing voices I think I've ever had the great pleasure of hearing
I agree
Sweet and awesome thing to say. Especially because it's TRUE. 💕⛵🙏
No Humbleness needed Sir .. You are so Correct!! Always called him the White Soul man.. He Had enough for many..
His voice was certainly distinct and very bluesy. It has hurt, emotions, blues, sadness, built in.
I agree pure bliss to listen to.
Imagine playing that solo for Greg … one of the undisputed best Hammond players on in history … what a masterpiece..
I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers. I've listened to then since I was in my teens and saw them in Chicago, Illinois. Thats when they were all alive. Great concert. I'm 66yrs old now and can still listen to The Allman Brothers any time I want because their music will never die. Now it's 2024 and this song 🎵 👌 brings me back to my youth . You should hold on to your memories because it's all we have in life to keep us going.
Can we get some love for that heart-wrenching solo by Jack Pearson? Unbelievable talent.
Jack Pearson brings it. Glorious
Phenomenal lead, the phrasing and tone are fantastic. He dosent over play, and hits every note and bend with perfection.
Jonathan Ellis - Do you notice how many times Jackson turns around to look at Jack Pearson and smiles?
Jack’s kinda blowing his mind like he does everybody’s.
I absolutely love him ❤️
@@JamesBond-gh2pr love him very much
Hard to listen to Greg or the Allman Brothers without shedding a few tears. We lost a legend when Greg left us..
I still have the original record copies for sale!
I agree❤
Must have been a special night with Jackson Brown and Greg Allman💙🦋
Love the way Jackson honors the creator by laying back a touch. As I would hope all will do for him.
You can see the mutual respect...Jackson wrote "These days" as you likely know
My favorite song of all time. Is it just me who cries whenever he hears this song?
Who would have thought these two had such a connection. I have been a fan of both for decades and never knew the connection.
Let's give some props to Jackson Browne who doesn't over do it, slides right into the vibe
Jackson Browne is of a diffrent molded . Not even in a camparisson.
Absolutely wonderful
ivan galanin Jackson
Feels great respect
Yet Jackson’s artwork
so much more
Yet respect between artists
Can’t speak more to each songbook unless you know
"Stepping" into the style of the song and the rest of the band - That is a sign of a GREAT MUSICIAN! Jackson Browne just plain "nails it".
Two ‘musician’s musicians’ with mutual respect for each other’s talents but most of all, respect for the music.
The youth today might call us all old fogies, yet they will never experience the time and place that that era 😊
So sad for the youth. They think what they listen to is music, there’s nothing there, in the songs or the entertainer
The truth.
When they produce writing, men like these two...I'll listen.
Until then, Allman-Betts band...
Tedeschi Trucks Band...and on...🍄
Call us what you will……there’ll never be another generation like ours. Rebels, Lovers, and Hearts of Gold.
@@barbarabonnette2705 we all are different in our own ways, ours was a much different world than it is now.
I was named after this beautiful song ❤
I'm sure you're just as beautiful as this song
You will live in our hearts forever Gregg. What a performance.
😪😪😪 we will all miss him so, so much and Dwayne. Time keeps moving on. On some level I am not happy with that😝. Can't do anything about it, but still not happy about it😝😪😝😪
❤ I like the story of how Gregg Allman finally chose the name "Melissa"! RIP great man and your brother Dwane. True rock legends. Hope you smile when you see this❤!! Wish I could a sign.
My name!!! Thank you mom and dad.
As a southern woman named, Melissa, I loved this song. This version brought me to tears. R.I.P. Gregg Allman. Thank you for being one of us and for bringing southern rock to the forefront. Melissa
Your words bring me to tears Melissa55... My name was often said as Melissa by some of the old folks when i was growin' up.. Cheers to all the Melissa's and to the late great Gregg Allman! Xo
The first song of theirs I heard,many years ago still love it.
You are so damn sweet, you have great taste as well.
Melissa55 they will always be with us thank God we were in this era of great song ,it would bring a tear to anybody
I also named my daughter Melissa because of this song. God bless her and Gregg Allman. They have brought me such Joy in my life. RGF
1/14/2024 I am 66 years old. Always loved the Allman Brothers. So very thankful to GOD that Gregg Allman was saved before he passed away. Definitely one of a kind. Hope all who reads this are saved and ready for eternity! Love to all. 🙏✝️
LOL...God. There's no such thing.
Right there with ya man, turning 65 in 2 weeks……….cant imagine not being able to listen to Allmans, Skynrd, all Southern Rock……it was a total obsession with me in high school………..Sirius XM needs a Southern Rock channel !!
Amen❤❤
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The vocals, the guitar, the piano, the hammond. They are all f-ing perfect. This is one of my favorite live performances of all time.
I love Gregg Allman and Jackson Brown...
Who’s on the harmonica?
It is most excellent.
There will never be another Gregg Allman! I’m so lucky to have grown up with his music and visit a few concerts!! Thanks for the timeless and beautiful music!! RIP🙏🏻
RIP Greg Allman
A beautiful, soulful man. I saw Jackson Brown with Bonni Raitt...good concert.
a voice smooth as a fine bourbon
I can't imagine life not hearing those sweet beautiful heaven sent voices.
Cried so hard hearing this version. Generations dying, irretrievably lost. I could never explain what the Allman Brothers meant to us in the 70's. It was so pure, perfect, soul-stirring. Where did this music come from? I hope it lasts as long as the earth. And what a gentleman--that Jackson Browne--so smart and elegant to step in.
We felt the same way about the Allman Brothers Band in the 70's. When Duane Allman what a heart break. I believe that must've been so incredibly hard. Their music was so unique no others were like them, the blues, the great song writing, arranging and composition to me is unique. Greatly blessed these songs were completed for us to enjoy, forever and pass down to our children.
AbsalomAbsalom3 Amen Amen Rest in Peace Gregg Allman! 😪
Know what u mean!
I cried also, what you said is spot on . Thanks for exspressing my self ! Ha, ha
AbsalomAbsalom3 I share your feelings on this song. I doubt it could be sad any better than you said it.
RIP Gregg. You won't be forgotten.
The hair on my arms literally stands up and I feel a rush on my skin as I listen to this masterpiece. I could listen to Gregg all day.....and then switch to Jackson. Thank you for this version....I had never heard it before!
This song always creates in me such longing. I don't know for what... just longing, a sad feeling that I love to feel.... Such a great, great song. Close your eyes and just feel it....
Me too.
I love these guys .
Our music back then was and still is amazing.
I listen to Christian , Classical some newer songs but, I'm never far from my era of great music
I also like the older country and western.
The highway men Roy Clark.
Folks like that.
How about you?
Much love God bless you.
I'm 58.
Close your eyes and feel the longing for a girl you never had:-)
Me 2 again
Amen!!!🎵🎼🎶
@@DC47sdfsdf ,That's just it,I once had her and also lost her after 10 years and a son ! 😔
Gregg’s voice was soulful and as beautiful as he was. Thank you. RIP GREGG.
The smile on Gregg's face when Jackson starts singing. A great way to start my morning.
That was so SWEET.
Loved this song my whole life. Allman Brothers music is a gift.
im glad i saw concerts back in the 60's,70's and 80's without people holding cell phones
Yep but we had Bic lighters!😊
Yeah, they were holding joints then. 😂 LOL
I've been to concerts from the 70s- present. I've enjoyed them all.. cell phones or not. Make it what you want.. and let others do the same. Live and let live.. 🤷♂️
Yes
Gregg Allman had the most soulful voice ever!
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You just tell how humbled Gregg is to have Jackson Browne sing his favorite song with him
You know you struck gold when Jackson Browne covers your music.
Gregg also looks at him that way in appreciation that both guys were in the same vocal register, which made Gregg covering These Days a natural.
@J Savory Gregg wrote the song prior to he and Duane forming the Allman Brothers.
@@johnhall2262 Wow, I always assumed it was written after Duane's passing.
Funny how it's end up being a beautiful tribute to the one that's gone on.
Gregg wrote this song when he was 17. Sold it at about 20 for $600 so he could fly from CA to GA but later the guy he sold it to gave him back 1/2 royalties.
It's all in Gregg's book-My Cross to Bear-
He never knew what to name this song, he needed an actual name for it. It was a little girl in the grocery store trying to run away from her mom, she started yelling her name, and Melissa was born. That. Was. It. One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤❤❤
I love that story. I always thought it was a love lost story and then I heard him tell this story of the way he came up with the girl’s name and was just so endearing you can’t forget it.
That is the story I heard about how the name Melissa was chosen for this song and yes one of the most beautiful songs ever written, at least in my lifetime that is.
What a wonderful story!
I have a friend who performes this song incredibly well. Any time he was up to sing and play guitar, with bells on his shoe for rhythm... I'd beg for this song! Sometimes he did it for me.
It simply doesn't get any better. Greg Allman and Jackson Browne. RIP Greg!
Jack Pearson can play with anyone. He is so smooth and plays across so many styles. One of the best.
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Today is the 40th anniversary of my daughter's death I named her Melissa after the song so here's to you Melissa on your 40th birthday God bless you I miss you
OMG I'm so sorry. Bless you and your daughter.
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Yes I've gone on to have two healthy boys but they're older now and it's like they don't come to see me or do anything nice maybe I'm asking too much I did want them just thought they would be more caring. I do know where it comes from and that is equally sad.
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@@lorilandahl9519 God bless you brother I'm sure she's watching over you right now
Mr. Allman makes it looks so effortlessly. That amazing soulful voice, just amazing. You are surely missed brother.✌
The best
Love My Brother
I love when he plays with Vince Gill. Such Talent!
Every time I watch this video I get choked up. I was a teenager in the mid 70's, this was our music back then; but it effects me more now at 60 years young.
Same with me I’m 60 years young will never be music like this again. I was always in love with Gregg Allman. Thank God for memories.
Ditto
me 60 also i realy like faster things
Holding on to what we knew when we where young hope it never goes away I'm now 63 how did I get here the joy of music
60 here I hear you loud and clear on this timeless music..
I never thought anyone could step in on Melissa BUT Jackson Browne DID 💯👏❤
Yes! He is perfect.
2/18/2023 Jimmy Carter going into hospice today made me think of Gregg and I've listened to this song at least 100 times today. A lifetime favorite. It's a wonder there aren't more women/girls named Melissa.
Respect to Jackson Brown. I wish I had been able to see Gregg Allman in his prime. So much lost from my generation. I love the admiration and smiles they share between each other. So beautiful.
I like Jackson, but Vince extends totally past this!
I wish I had seen Gregg live in concert too. My brother saw him several times and I will be forever jealous. Gregg is a legend gone way too soon.
Its beautiful to see the mutual respect these 2 song writers have for one another! They both know the song they are performing is one of the best ever written. Yet there’s no ego from the one who wrote it , and there’s no envy from the one who didn’t!
I'm sure Gregg misses his brother as all loved ones gone before 🎉
we named our daughter Melissa because of this song and later lost her. couldn't listen to this for years and years. it's been 38 years now and it still brings bittersweet thoughts and emotions. such a beautiful song.
Please keep the faith. You will meet up again. God Bless.
Play it. For Melissa. Hey listen when we die it's a physical loss. Melissa is there always with you in spirit. N u will see her soon.
I have a daughter named Melissa, so very sorry for your loss.
People always expect the hurt to go away, but it doesn't, does it? I hope that for you the sadness of her absence is vastly outweighed by the joy and wonder of her presence in your lives. 💙🙏💚
You'll see Melissa again and this song can bring you comfort. He sang it so beautifully and personally. I have sadness when I listen to certain songs that me and my husband lived our lives by, now he's gone but I'll see him again. ♥️
This song is definitely worth recognizing as one of the best! The change ups make it unique and I get the chills when I listen. Although no one comes close to outshining Greg, Jackson Browne comes close but at the same time seems to look to Greg for approval as he sings.
Vince Gill Is Amazing!
I noticed Jackson looking for approval to 😊
Jackson does'nt need to look to anyone for "approval", he's a great lyricist in his own right and has an impressive variety of songs in his catalog.
Great performance by all. Amazed that Jackson Browne hardly shows his age.
They have remained friends til the End 😊🎉
I lost my daughter in the 9th month of my pregnancy. I held her in my arms and named her Melissa today December the 4th marks the 42nd. I play this song in her honor.
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💙🙏🙏🙏💙 RIP YOUR DAUGHTER MELISSA 💙🙏🙏🙏💙
@@nesduteze1894 so very kind of you thank you means a lot.
Sending you love xxxx
@@kaa6734 GOD BLESS YOU kaa 💙🙏🙏🙏💙
Gregg smiling at Jackson when he is singing-Respect.
a deep friendship- very deep
That's one thing that Gregg Allman always conveyed was respect.Ive enjoyed their music (ABB) for years in all their different itterations.But only recently have I embraced their true status in my listening.I really enjoy ALL quality music but have been thru all kinds of diff phases.Love Southern IE:Outlaws,OFCOURSE SKYNYRD, .38 spec,Hatchett,Rossington Collins,Blackfoot,etc.Have listened to a ton of Grateful Dead,,Steel Pulse,Little Feat,etc,etc.But I keep finding myself back listening to Gregg with Jackson Browne doing Melissa.Or the more recent ABB mat'l with Derek T.and Warren.Maybe Clapton on there.Dammmmn.ladies and gentleman.Anyways..grew up in Daytona(ormond).Fellow Seabreeze dude.Yall listening to the right stuff .
Greg also did Jackson’s Song for Adam, fantastic rendition
Thanks for the memories Gregg.
Gregg Allman: “The first thing comes to my mind is I said to myself, ‘Gregory, do not cry. Do not start crying.’ If you watch the part with me and Jackson [Browne], we did ‘These Days’ and ‘Melissa’ and if you look at him during the second verse of ‘Melissa’ he was singing and he had a huge crocodile tear out of the outside of his eye and I was thinking, ‘Don’t start, you’ll get me goin’!’ I just happened to look down at the first three or four rows, they were all crying. Everyone in that place.”
This is the music of my youth. Oh we had the best artists of this Era. So glad we can see this perfection on U Tube. Brings back great memories!!❤❤
Modestly done Jackson. An absolute stage full of remarkable talent,,,Beautiful
I lost my only sister last year due to covid. When I listen to this song I think of her, she played it on guitar and I sang. Greetings from Rome to everyone.
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I've started my comment to this performance but I'm speechless. It's without words. OMG. Why don't we have this kind of music anymore.
Beautiful 😢❤ two old friends making beautiful music
Jack's fishing was unbelievable on this song. You can even see it when Greg recognized him for the way he played the song. Simply Amazing
.. some fly fishing ..
I love the Allman Brothers and this is one of my favorite songs. They don't make music like this today. The emotions this song can bring out is just phenomenal
My God I Just found out he wrote this song at 17. Think about how and what you were doing at 17. I know times are different, but dang, they grew up fast back then. This song is 50 plus years old and it's still one of my favorites of all time. You alll have a great day
Love this song,reminds me of good times when life was so much different, so much better.
The 70s. Guys were real men, music was real music. Great times.
Ahh yes the 70’s wish I could go back, very nostalgic, love you Gregg.
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What I noticed today was how Gregg just beamed when Jackson started singing.
+ Mark S. Yeah. Don’t you just know . They were struggling roommates in their late teens (18 - 19). No refrigeration . Caned goods. Foods that would not spoil.
Yes, their mutual admiration showed.
@@mark-fu9fe I was just stating what I see when viewing this, as did you. These men shared a deep love and respect for each other born of years of making awe inspiring music. Fortunately, we grew up in an era that gave us so many talented musicians, true originals.
Seen Gregg live 4 times and had seats up close each time and he never smiled wirh with such a soft eye sparkling smile. I hope he had that same smile as he closed his eyes for the last time RIP Gregg
Sandi Hemenway ❤️
Those of us who still listen to these songs will carry them into the future.
My 23 year old grandson listens to music from 60s and70s. Buys up all the old albums
I’m 22 years old and since I was like 10 I’ve cherished music like this. There’s still a lot of people from generation who won’t let this music die.
Into Eternity 🙌 . . .
your parents raised you right..
I listened to this everyday. If I had a daughter. I would name her sweet millissa.
Oh my god. Greg Allman and jackson Browne..I'm in heaven.
I feel like crying when i watch this…i would give anything in the world to have known these two men ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Jackson Browne and Gregg Allman, two MONUMENTS of INTERNATIONAL MUSIC !!!
This has always been one of my favorites by Gregg...can't believe he is gone. RIP, Mr. Allman. Thanks for the epic, awesome music you left for all of us.
Who could ask for more - Gregg Allman and Jackson Browne. . .I miss Greg Allman so much.
LA. Fan here. I got to see Gregg and Jackson at the Greek Theater in different years. I love them both. I still wear my concert shirts.
It's amazing how fast people go. I didn't realize Gregg had passed until I read the comments and someone posted RIP Gregg. It's been 5 years and I never even knew he passed. Here he is playing and 3 years later he's gone. He kept going all the way to the end. That's the only way to go. His music will never die. I want to form a band and do Allman Bros tunes till I die. Got to keep on going.
Where have you been? Recently we lost another great artist, Tina Turner.
Most underrated guitarist and song writer…. Gregg… RIP.
Jackson Brown makes everything better!
Here here 🙌🙌🙌
Love Jackson Brown,Its my favorite version, i cover this song and I try to sing like them both cause I love this version so much❤❤
So sorry my beautiful brother! I absolutely love this song too!❤
Sorry for your loss of your sweet Melissa, beautiful song!
They did a beautiful job..... The whole band. I'm a big fan of Gregg and Jackson's music.
Add Vince Gill too, Amazing guitar player
My friend Donnie named his little baby girl Melissa after this song way back in the 70's. This whole album was a classic.
Beautiful name...beatiful song!
Such a great song! It was on a continuous loop in my college dorm in ‘75!!
Absolutely a great version. Missing.the Allman bros.tonight.
The first slow dance my late husband and I ever danced to was Melissa by the Allman Brothers. He said "I have a niece named Melissa." I will never forget that moment in time, his face, and where we were. Miss him so much!
I'm turning 65 Friday
Still my favorite allman Brothers song
Bob Connelly
Happy birthday 💕👍
Thank you
Life was never complete in my youth without the allman bros rest in peace
My youth paved the way I am at 63 loved every moment
They inspired a many for sure.. All should be greatful!
As Jack Pearson's solo ends (5:05) he got kudos from Gregg and Jackson - and he really earned them!
He is one great guitar player!
Love Jack, he is a gem
Jack is amazing ❤
Not only one of my all time most loved songs, I absolutely LOVE this particular video with these guys. The interaction between musicians is always interesting and everything about this is so completely amazing, and beautiful. Sure do miss Gregg -- and Jackson, sure hope you keep rockin' on -- lost two of the greatest of your fellow musicians in just a few short months with Tom Petty's passing not long after Gregg.
I so miss him, Glad he was with the Wilburys Good night Tom!
I'm 59 and personally this is the most beautiful song ever written.
I sent this to my daughter to share with her what I was listening to in HS. I asked her if there's music like this today bc I don't really listen to the radio. She said "Frst of all that's beautiful and secondly No".. lol.
When music was Real, Understandable and just plain GREAT.......
never saw them in concert but i got lucky they played at a local bar
It still is. Just listen beyond the radio.
And what my Gary?
yes authentic
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The master himself on lead guitar, Jack Pearson! He brings so much to this rendition! Cheers!
Man that gets me every time…the look Gregg and Jackson give each other when they finish singing…and the solo by Jack Pearson is absolutely one of the best solos I’ve ever heard in my life.
Also the look Jackson gives Greg during the line ‘will he hide the dead man’s ghost, or will he lie beneath the clay, or will his spirits float away.’ Heavy and so touching I love that Greg lived to fully and the end of his life deserving of dignity and respect. Wild roads…
I named my daughter, only child after this song.... She died in 2011 and she would have been 35 yo today.
Greg was and is a friend and all love for him and his family..
+Raven101able I have triplets (2 girls 1boy ) my girls are named Melissa & Jessica after Allman Brothers songs. They are 35 years old born July 4, 1980. I am so sorry for your loss. We lost a child too & its unbearable. Not the natural order of things.
so sorry for your loss..
+Raven101able I'm very sorry to hear. I don't mean to be too personal, but i was wondering if this song was played at her funeral? I imagine there wouldn't have been a dry eye in the crowd ...
No it was not one of the songs played, although I specifically asked that it be played.
It was 5 years ago today that a police officer knocked on my door to let me know my daughter had died. This is not a good time of year for me. Thank you for your kind words.
+Raven101able OMG, I am sorry if I added to your sadness, today of all days. And I'm sorry that your wish to hear the song that day was not honored.
I am a mother (of a 26 yr old female) so I can only imagine the loss. She is my only child also, the light of my life.
Gregg is one of my all time favorite singers. He is the epitome of blue-eyed soul. Love love love the man.
Take care.
Never tire of listening.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I wanted to go see all the great bands in concert but my father wouldn't let me go. Thankfully my brother went and each time I couldn't wait until he came home to tell me all about it. He saw the Allman Brothers live several times and I am so jealous. To this very day we talk about the concerts he went to and all the things that happened. We both share a love of music and I am so thankful for that! Music is a bond that never ends!
Have been avoiding this version because of the feelings it would conjure up..well decided to give it a listen..yup..just as l thought..total breakdown..but a good one..lasting beauty..we are so fortunate to keep having the Allman bros in our lives…🇨🇦
Love this, yes to hear is to reckon with your own stuff, . They both have spent years stirring stuff for me!
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What I would not give to have spent another thanksgiving evening with Greg sitting back and sipping on a cold one again.
The best version Ive heard. My daughters are named Melissa & Jessica after Allman Brothers songs.
j flo Lucky girls!
Dusty Rhodes You are sweet
j flo Named my Jessica after Dickie Betts daughter also. Theirs a story behind that tune he told me once. He looked out his window one day and seen Jessica riding around on her horse. He said when he seen the sight of that...the guitar riff just popped in his head.
slipbyu2 Thanks for the info, I love these tidbits.
+j flo oh,that's wonderful. say hello to your Melissa & Jessica.^^
There will never be another Gregg Allman. You have no idea how much you touched my life. A debt that could never be repaid. Your voice will always be in my heart
I have to believe that Gregg and Jackson were very good friends, I know Jackson wrote Queen of Hearts and gave it to Gregg to run with,,,and that he did, fabulous song ! One of my favorites of all time !!! Rock on in Heaven Gregg !!! 😁✌️✝️💕😇🙏💕💕💕
Beautiful collaboration of friends. Two legends. ❤️
Gregg Allman looks as happy as I have ever seen him. Playing with someone who can bring as much to Melissa as does he.
Two Icons. THANK,S GUYS. 😊
I think people tend to forget just how amazing every aspect of this song is