In an Instagram post, his family said, “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts (December 12 ...
Betts passed away Thursday morning in Florida. DickeyBetts, the influential singer, songwriter and guitarist for Southern rock legends the Allman Brothers Band, has died at age 80. "It is with ...
At the center of the action was DickeyBetts, resplendent in cowboy hat and “Viva Zapata” mustache, co-founder of the band and one half of the twin-guitar magic that gave the ensemble its ...
DickeyBetts, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the genre-defining Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band and wrote several of the group’s most enduring compositions, including ...
DickeyBetts, whose country-inflected songwriting and blazing, lyrical guitar work opposite Duane Allman in the Allman Brothers Band helped define the Southern rock genre of the ‘60s and ‘70s ...
DickeyBetts, best known as a cofounder and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band, died on April 18. He was 80. Betts, who wrote the band's biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," died at his home in ...