Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers Band

[TheBigA]

Dickey Betts, a co-founder, guitarist, occasional vocalist of the Allman Brothers Band has died at age 80:

Dickey Betts, influential Allman Brothers Band singer, songwriter and guitarist, dead at 80

Dickey Betts, the influential singer, songwriter and guitarist for Southern rock legends the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday morning in Florida at age 80.

abcnews.go.com

Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band Guitarist, Co-Founder, Dies at 80

Dickey Betts, the longtime guitarist and songwriter in the Allman Brothers Band, has died at 80.

www.billboard.com

 

[nalyem]

RIP. Ramblin’ Man is the first song I remember liking. Also, I always have liked Dickey’s melodic guitar lines more than I like Duane’s soaring guitar work. He also was a pretty good singer.

 

[Phil Harmonic]

Dickey wrote and did the lead vocals on "Ramblin' Man"... The Allman Brothers first and only top 10 single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1973.

 

[tbolt909]

His guitar work on "Jessica" was sublime. I could list many other great tunes he wrote. Over the years he had a falling out with the other members, but his contributions to the Allman Brothers were highly significant. RIP...

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

We played “Ramblin’ Man” and “Jessica” mere moments after the story appeared-the flexibility that an LPFM affords.

 

[TheBigA]

People magazine reported on reaction from the Allman Brothers Band:

MSN

All but one of the original members have died.

"Betts joins his brothers, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman, as well as ABB crew, members Twiggs Lyndon, Joe Dan Petty, Red Dog, Kim Payne and Mike Callahan in that old Winnebago in the sky touring the world taking their music to all who will listen," they added.

The lone survivor is 79 year old drummer Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.

 

[crainbebo]

Their music was fantastic, especially 'Ramblin Man'. Say hi to Gregg and the others for us. May he RIP.