#OnThisDay in 2024, #DickeyBetts, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"; "Jessica"), died of cancer at 80.
#RIP

"Jessica" is an #instrumental piece by American rock band #theAllmanBrothersBand, released in December 1973 as the second #single from the group's fourth studio album, #BrothersAndSisters (1973). Written by guitarist #DickeyBetts, the song is a tribute to #gypsyJazz guitarist #DjangoReinhardt, in that it was designed to be played using only two fingers on the left hand. Betts wrote the majority of "Jessica" at the band's farm in #Juliette, #Georgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRE3Bv1goyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-0VFJtPNA

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Check out my picks for the @thetonearm

#blackfriday #bbking #dickeybetts #mfdoom #sunra #gilscottheron @recordstoreday
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The Allman Brothers Band

November 4, 1969 ~ The debut album from The Allman Brothers Band is released. Legendary rock writer Lester Bangs called the album "consistently ... subtle, and honest, and moving," describing the band as "a white group who've transcended their schooling to produce a volatile blues-rock sound of pure energy, inspiration and love." #theallmanbrothersband #60srock #classicrock #70smusic #blues #bluesrock #dickeybetts #duaneallman #gregallman…

https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/the-allman-brothers-band/

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Rockers We've Lost in 2024
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"Ramblin' Man" is a song by American rock band #theAllmanBrothersBand, released in August 1973 as the #leadSingle from the group's fourth studio album, #BrothersAndSisters (1973). Written and sung by the band's guitarist, #DickeyBetts, it was inspired by a 1951 song of the same name by #HankWilliams. It is much more grounded in #countryMusic than other Allman Brothers Band compositions, which made the group reluctant to record it.
https://youtu.be/LUXRjfHoVl4

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Rockers We've Lost in 2024
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Nice little set at the Lincoln in Raleigh last night. Was a tribute to #DickeyBetts. We did a short set of “unplugged” stuff—Little Martha, Pony Boy, and Sweet Melissa.

Minor disaster during Pony Boy. In the middle of the tune we hear this massive flanged jet engine sound roaring through the house and monitors. We all look at each other. Apparently the singer had accidentally bumped some sort of effect button. Took him about 20 seconds to figure out how to turn it off.

#AllmanBrothers be

"Ramblin' Man" is a song by American rock band #TheAllmanBrothersBand, released in August 1973 as the #leadSingle from the group's fourth studio album, #BrothersAndSisters (1973). Written and sung by the band's guitarist, #DickeyBetts, it was inspired by a 1951 song of the same name by #HankWilliams. It is much more grounded in #countryMusic than other Allman Brothers Band compositions, which made the group reluctant to record it.
https://youtu.be/A1xjl00sbao

If you’re in the #Raleigh area this ought to be a fun event. I’ll be doing a couple duets on #dobro for it, but the usual cast of characters that do the electric stuff is pretty great, too. Lincoln Theatre 5/25/24.

#AllmanBrothers #guitar #dickeybetts #dickey bg

Dickey Betts, cofounder of the Allman Brothers Band, died last week. In this essay for Paste, Matt Mitchell remembers his work on "Eat a Peach" and "Brothers and Sisters." "I contend that, between February 1972 and August 1973, there was no greater rocker walking among us than Dickey Betts," Mitchell writes. "Most musicians would kill to write 'Blue Sky,' 'Jessica' and 'Ramblin’ Man' over the course of a long career; Betts did it in just 16 months’ time, a creative peak few musicians of his caliber, genre and longevity have ever paralleled."

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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Pays Tribute To DICKEY BETTS: 'You Will Be Forever Remembered And Deeply Missed'

https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-allman-brothers-band-pays-tribute-to-dickey-betts-you-will-be-forever-remembered-and-deeply-missed

Ted Tocks Covers

Ramblin’ Man

Originally posted on August 31, 2023

Remembering Dickey Betts!

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man,
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can.
And when it's time for leavin',
I hope you'll understand,
That I was born a ramblin' man.

#AllmanBrothersBand #AllmanFamilyRevival #ChuckLeavall #DerekandtheDominos #DickeyBetts #DuaneAllman #HankWilliams #LarkinPoe #LeeRocker #LesDudek #LexingtonLabBand #TheBluegrassGeneration

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/ramblin-man-still-trying-to-make-a-living-still-trying-to-do-the-best-i-can-musicislife-tedtockscovers/

Little Martha
Duane Allman and #DickeyBetts RIP
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=typ2c8JPkLE

F*ck. Road hog nails it:
Via @otisgibbs
We've lost #DickeyBetts
https://youtu.be/MxOEVF8mGI4?si=1Y6SScDpytSis0tU

...and if ur wondering how #YouTube algorithms can kill all the things note that
@otisgibbs, 98.8k subscribers, doesn't even *surface* at all in major search for this post. F*ck these people

Canada’s CBC TV news* tonight:

Canadians need to know about #DickeyBetts and a hockey team move.

They do not need—nor can they be trusted with—transparent reportage of the #genocide we are sponsoring in #Gaza

#canada #cbc #complicity

* ‘The National’ - soon to be renamed, doubtless, with something tailored to our narcissistic psyche like: “Your And Only Your News Show & No One Else’s”

#RIPDickeyBetts #DickeyBetts

Photo: Sidney Smith via Pinterest

I was never an Allman Brothers fan. I went through an At Fillmore East phase the way most guitar players do. I was a huge fan of Duane Allman’s playing on Derek and the Dominoes Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album and at some point I needed more and that brought me to At Fillmore East. Duane Allman’s playing is other worldly on that record. In between the stratospheric heroics there were the moments featuring the other guy. That other guy is Dickey Betts. When you step back and look at it closely, his playing is just as good as Allman’s. Maybe not equal (because that’s asking too much from a normal human), but close enough.

On top of being a fantastic lead player, he wrote some incredible songs. “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” is pretty much perfect. I spent a lot of time in my youth sitting in front of my cassette player trying to figure out how to play that song. Just picking up what I could. It’s a twin lead guitar instrumental that to my ear is closer to Fusion than Southern Rock. I’d play along for a while, then stare at the speakers, slack jawed, when Duane’s solos came up, then I’d play along with Dickey’s solos.

Outside of that record though, I never really had much use for The Allman Brothers. Southern Rock as a genre has its moments but generally speaking it wasn’t for me. Respect where respect is due though. Dickey Betts as a song writer, guitarist, and singer is deserving of all of the respect.

He passed away this morning at age 80. Rest in Peace, Dickey Betts. Everyone go give At Fillmore East a spin in his memory.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/18/dickey-betts/