Dickey(Richard) Betts(Allman Brothers band) passes away @80.RIP

[NYLIBUD]

So I think it’s worth mentioning that Dickey Betts,80, the longtime guitarist from the Allman Brothers Band has died after some health issues,(cancer) this according to his family.RIP Dickey Betts.I saw them twice in concert,they were great.??

Edited April 18, 2024 by NYLIBUD

[TonyK]

My wife is the big Allman Brothers fan in this marriage so I told her about this earlier. She just texted me that she heard Jessica on the radio so was all excited about that.

Always a bummer to lose these guys that we remember listening to when we were younger and forget how old they've become.

[von Zipper]

Sad to hear this, Dickey and Duane have alot of catching up to do.

Edited April 18, 2024 by von Zipper

[bluestringer]

One of the greats. And a favorite of mine. I meet Dickey and the rest of the band in 1969 while visiting a friend. At the time they had just arrived in Macon and was just trying to get by. Good times.

The road goes on forever......................play on brother.

[TransAmMike]

We have lost about all the Allman Bros Band original members (if not all).   So sad.. one of  favorite bands also.

 

[RSchnell]

4 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

We have lost about all the Allman Bros Band original members (if not all).   So sad.. one of  favorite bands also.

 

I think Jaimoe is the only original member surviving. Never got to meet Dickey unfortunately, drank a couple beers with Gregg Allman at Bike Week in Daytona Beach years ago. 

Next to the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers is my 2nd favorite band. 

[slusher]

 Hate to hear this i have always been a fan since I was  a  teenager.

[bobss396]

We were supposed to see Betts at a show out in Montauk NY some years back, the show was canceled by the time we got out there. No internet that far back. We found out later that he was too inebriated to perform. 

[webestang]

Have seen him twice with the Brothers but have the Brothers 10 times. I even flew to New Orleans in 1993 to see them at the jazz fest. One of my fav bands.