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In Memory Of Dickey Betts - 2025-02-28 - Macon, GA

In Memory Of Dickey Betts [Various Artists]
Macon City Auditorium, Macon, GA
2025-02-28

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__Set 1__

01 Intro

02 Hot ‘Lanta [w/ Oteil Burbridge]

03 Statesboro Blues [w/ Oteil Burbridge & Jimmy Hall]

04 Nothing You Can Do [w/ Jimmy Hall]

05 Long Time Gone [w/ Charlie Starr]

06 Southbound [w/ Chuck Leavell, Charlie Starr & Oteil Burbridge]

07 Melissa [w/ Devon Allman, Chuck Leavell & Oteil Burbridge]

08 Nobody Knows [w/ Devon Allman & Oteil Burbridge]

09 Jessica [w/ Devon Allman & Chuck Leavell] 

__Set 2__

10 Dickey Dedications

11 Pony Boy [w/ Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi & Chuck Leavell]

12 No One Left To Run With [w/ Jimmy Hall & Chuck Leavell]

13 Rain [w/ Chuck Leavell]

14 Seven Turns [w/ Devon Allman]

15 Back Where It All Begins [w/ Warren Haynes & Devon Allman]

16 Soulshine [w/ Warren Haynes & Chuck Leavell]

17 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed [w/ Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge & Chuck Leavell]

18 Midnight In Harlem [w/ Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge & Lamar Williams Jr.]

19 Blue Sky [w/ Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Chuck Leavell & Charlie Starr] 

20 Revival [w/ Derek Trucks, Lamar Williams Jr., Chuck Leavell, Oteil Burbridge & Jimmy Hall]

Encore:

21 Encore Break: Duane Thank Yous 

22 Ramblin’ Man [w/ Everyone Except Oteil Burbridge]

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In Memory of Dickey Betts 

House Band:

Duane Betts -Guitar

Johnny Stachela -Guitar

Tyler Greenwell -Drums

Mark Greenburg -Drums

Frank Lombardi -Percussion 

Pedro Arevalo -Bass

John Gintey -Keyboards

Maddie Schell -Vocals

Erika Orbison -Vocals

Guests:

Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Chuck Leavell, 

Devon Allman, Charlies Starr, Jimmy Hall, Lamar Williams Jr.

 

 

We mentioned that we had been talking about Dickey Betts as perhaps our favourite guitarist with the Allman Brothers with his country influences and signature style and compositions like the legendary instrumental beloved of petrol heads (in the UK) ‘Jessica' and now comes this . . . . .  

DICKEY BETTS : Allman Brothers Band Live at University Of Florida Bandshell, Gainesville, USA 1982

 Well I upset a lot of folk on Flikkenbok with my views on ABB who I don’t really care for unless Dickey steps up for a lick and I said it was him who redeemed the band from that “Southern schtick” which basically had calls for my hanging(!) but I stand by it. Greg and Duane, the brothers, and their writing interested me less than the virtuoso compositions of Betts but hey each to their own! I was looking this morning at a clip of The ABB doing that Midnight Rider 'Silver Dollar’ yankee B/Ssong and find it dreadful and so parochial, a universal it ain’t (that "Southern schtick"!) but hey ho, what do I know? It is just about an OPINION people. It's just a view!  Sheesh!

 One man’s Meat is another man's Poisson! 🐟

Allman Brothers Band

Live at University Of Florida Bandshell, Gainesville, FL, US 1.16.1982！

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01.Jessica

written for Dickey’s then one year old daughter   . . . . . . 

RIP Dickey Betts - guitar, vocals

Gregg Allman - keyboard, vocals

Mike Lawler - keyboard 

Butch Trucks - drums

David “Frankie” Toler - drums

Dan Toler - guitar

David Goldflies - bass

Keith England - backing vocals

Bonnie Gallie - backing vocals

THESIS!?

 The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider - 9/10/1973 - Grand Opera House

Gawd I mean this is TRULY AWFUL! Whiny droning Merkin crap of the first water!

That voice! Guy can’t even . . . . . Badly recorded I grant you (maybe?) but dear oh dear this is poor! 

It’s the Southern Yankee schitck! Swear down!

Oh, just me then . . . . . 

DICKEY BETTS : December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024

Pony BoyDickey Betts I Saw The Light (Live At The Ultrasonic Studios 1974)

Dickey Betts and the Great American Music Show live at Ultrasonic Studios: 3rd November 1974

Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band whose piercing solos, beloved songs and hell-raising spirit defined the band and Southern rock in general, died Thursday morning at the age of 80.

Alongside brothers Duane and Gregg Allman, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson, Betts founded the Allman Brothers Band in March 1969. The band created its own sound, one that mixed blues traditions with the grit of rock n’ roll and, when onstage, borrowed from jazz for lengthy improvisations. 

Betts was responsible for writing many of The Allman Brothers Band’s most well-known and commercially successful hits, including “Blue Sky,” “Ramblin’ Man” and the Grammy Award-winning instrumental “Jessica.” Betts composed the aforementioned instrumental jam vehicle “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” and “Revival,” plus other ABB favorites like “Southbound.” His contributions were crucial to the band’s success, particularly on subsequent albums like Eat a Peach and Brothers And Sisters. 

Prior to The Allman Brothers Band’s hiatus in 1976, Betts ventured into solo endeavors, releasing his debut solo album Highway Call in 1974. Despite reunions and splits within the ABB, Betts maintained his musical journey with projects like the Dickey Betts Band and Dickey Betts & Great Southern, continuing to captivate audiences with his signature guitar stylings and recognizable vocals. 

Credit: Kirk West/Getty Images

Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer best known as a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.

Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping the traditional rhythm/lead roles to stand toe to toe".[ Following Allman's death in 1971, Betts assumed sole lead guitar duties during the peak of the group's commercial success in the mid-1970s. Betts was the writer and singer on the Allmans' hit single "Ramblin' Man". He also gained renown for composing instrumentals, with one appearing on most of the group's albums, including "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Jessica" (which was later used as the theme to Top Gear).

The band went through a hiatus in the late 1970s, during which time Betts, like many of the other band members, pursued a solo career and side projects under such names as Great Southern and The Dickey Betts Band. The Allman Brothers reformed in 1979, with Dan Toler taking the second guitar role alongside Betts. In 1982, they broke up a second time, during which time Betts formed the group Betts, Hall, Leavell and Trucks, which lasted until 1984. A third reformation occurred in 1989, with Warren Haynes now joining Betts on guitar.

Betts was ousted from the band in 2000 over a conflict regarding his continued drug and alcohol use; he never played with them again nor would he appear with other former band members for reunions or side projects. With the death of Betts in April 2024, Jaimoe is the last living founder of the Allman Brothers Band.

He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won a best rock performance Grammy Award with the band for "Jessica" in 1996. Betts was ranked No. 58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003, and No. 61 on the list published in 2011. (Wikipedia)

Dickey Betts Great Southern tribute here at URBANASPIRINES

and here

Dickey Betts at BUTTERBOY

Dickey Betts Great Southern live 1977 - Heavy Bootz

Fly high now Dickey

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