RIP Dickey Betts

[G650 14,257]

Damn legend

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/

[deadshank 24,653]

Gone are the days.

[mbtex 683]

Only Jaimoe left. Sad day RIP Dickey hope your jamming with Duane again.

[DixonHur 11,305]

At least he made it to 80. 

If the Allman Brothers taught me anything, it's don't ride a motorcycle in Macon, GA.

Edit:  Just remembered that, like Skynyrd, they were from Jacksonville, so I guess second lesson learned is don't start a band in Jacksonville.  

Edited April 18 by DixonHur

[Celery Man 20,951]

damn I was thinking Dickey Barrett for a second, this is much worse news.

[tejas60 3,533]

1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

If the Allman Brothers taught me anything, it's don't ride a motorcycle in Macon, GA. 

Eat a Peach

[0xdeadbeef 1,651]

As much as I venture into modern music, I was raised on guitar-based blues-rock and always cycle back to it.   Betts was one of the giants for me.   

I have an mp3 of a live version of In memory of Liz Reed that I don't even know where it came from, but it's probably one of my top 5 recordings all-time. Master musicians improvising at the highest level possible. 

RIP 

[Goredho 17,406]

One of the greatest in one of my favorite bands, and it is still kind of mind blowing he probably wasn't even the best guitarist in his own band.

Gonna be playing In Memory of Dickie Betts on the guitar tonight.

[Litig8r 414]

I had a friend/fraternity brother who was a member of hunting club in South Florida. He said one of the other members brought this old beat up looking guy to the camp one night. The old guy had a "little to drink" and my friend was wondering what the deal was. His friend finally asked the old guy, "why don't you play us a few tunes". He said the guy got up and stumbled to get a guitar from the truck and then played the most delicate beautiful guitar he had ever heard. My friend, said, "you may be on to something there, what's your name? You guessed it...DB

[tokamak 6,430]

RIP

 

[Ignatius 4,017]

The solo to Blue Sky (realize it’s also Duane) is fucking impeccable…

[Pato del Muerto 52,499]

This news suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. 
 

RIP. Say hi to sky dog and the rest. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,499]

5 hours ago, mbtex said:

Only Jaimoe left. Sad day RIP Dickey hope you’re jamming with Duane again.

On this planet, there ain’t but one way out

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

I learned about his passing from Bob Weir’s IG.

Yeah, the first thing I thought of was Blue Sky because it’s such a great road trip tune. Windows down, volume cranked up.

I remember my first ABB awakening came when I was young, in high school and I was awake one morning listening to my clock radio. Ramblin’ Man came on and I wasn’t ready to get up yet so I just lied there and listened. I never really paid much attention. It sounded like kind of a country redneck tune with that twangy voice and I was pretty dismissive of it. But then it got to the guitar solo(s) part and I got it.

I stumbled on this on YouTube tonight:

The Dead and the All and crossed paths numerous times. Here’s an excerpt from the 4th set of the Dead in D.C. on 6/10/73 when they were joined by Betts and Butch Trucks. The whole set is killer if you dare to seek it out.

RIP

[dcbc 14,484]

16 hours ago, Ignatius said:

The solo to Blue Sky (realize it’s also Duane) is fucking impeccable…

Blue Sky was on more mix tapes (not just mine) in college than I can even count.

 

Edited April 19 by dcbc

[Gatorubet 30,239]

People down in Georgia come from near and far
To hear Dickie Betts pickin' on that red guitar

[stc 1,462]

saw him once at antone's and he was incredibly drunk but still crushed in memory of elizabeth reed. 

[HouTex 1,867]

Sad news.  The legends are leaving us.  

[Deej 76,796]

On 4/18/2024 at 3:42 PM, Litig8r said:

I had a friend/fraternity brother who was a member of hunting club in South Florida. He said one of the other members brought this old beat up looking guy to the camp one night. The old guy had a "little to drink" and my friend was wondering what the deal was. His friend finally asked the old guy, "why don't you play us a few tunes". He said the guy got up and stumbled to get a guitar from the truck and then played the most delicate beautiful guitar he had ever heard. My friend, said, "you may be on to something there, what's your name? You guessed it...DB

Are you sure it wasn't Frank Stallone?

[UTexasFight 9,453]

Flipping through the record collection looking for something to listen to on a wet and chilly evening in Austin. Easy stop: