{"id":7954,"date":"2022-05-01T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/?p=7954"},"modified":"2022-05-01T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T14:03:49","slug":"sweet-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/2022\/05\/01\/sweet-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J0GiRGl2dIU?start=0&#038;end=314\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I heard this old song on the &#8220;radio&#8221; yesterday. Here&#8217;s two greats performing it together (some years ago).<\/p>\n<p>This was the first song that Gregg Allman ever wrote. Since the subject was fictitious, he he got stuck on the three syllable title name. 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