Dickey Betts co-founding guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band, has died aged 80

[Louis Cypher]

Dickey Betts, legendary co-founding guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band, has died aged 80

Personally I have never been in to southern rock, but Dickey Betts was always a name I heard or was regularly on the cover of guitar magazines etc, and obviously the Allman Brothers along with Skynard are huge so it is pretty sad he has passed away. Also Jessica will forever be the Top Gear theme tune so gotta respect him for that

 

[KailM]

. Pretty big fan back in the day. His music brightened the world.

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

RIP

 

[Shawn]

Great musician. RIP Dickie Betts.

 

[ArtDecade]

Dickey making it to 80 was a miracle in itself. Killer player and even better songwriter.

 

[77zark77]

ouch !

 

[aesthyrian]

Well damn. I'll admit Allman Brothers were before my time but I always loved this performance of Blue Sky. Just killer musicians all around.

 

[JDB123]

Big bummer.

Allman Bros are one of the only groups I can really connect with my dad on. Some of my favorite ABB solos were Dickey’s, dude was such a wonderful, lyrical player. He played some awesome Les Pauls and PRS’s over the years too.

Fly on, Dickey!

 

[Fabrice]

RIP Dickey...

 

[Dekay82]

He was a legend. Its hilarious the Allmans kicked him out b/c he partied too hard and they wanted to get sober and he outlasted almost all of them.

The downside is I went to see him a few years ago and he was too trashed to play. It was awful. At least I got a good story out of it. Anyway, rest in power.

 

[Rosal76]

I read a huge article on his passing and had no idea the Allman Brothers band was formed here in Jacksonville, FL. where I live. Also, surprising to me, I pass the house where they say the band was formed when I go to my annual eye exam.

 

[ArtDecade]

Here is a cool video of Otis Gibbs checking out The Big House in Macon:

 

[CTID]

I read a huge article on his passing and had no idea the Allman Brothers band was formed here in Jacksonville, FL. where I live. Also, surprising to me, I pass the house where they say the band was formed when I go to my annual eye exam.

On a similar-ish note I remember finding out that Gregg lived like 10 minutes from the girl I dated when I was 18, I guess he retired to Richmond Hill, GA.

On another similar one I also just remembered that Randy Woods set up shop 5 minutes from where I used to live back when I was living near Savannah. I remember going into his shop when I was like 13 and him just being like "who the fuck is this kid?" in the nicest way he could manage, lmao