The Allman Brothers Band have paid tribute to Dickey Betts, a founding member who died Thursday.
“His extraordinary guitar playing alongside guitarist Duane Allman created a unique dual guitar signature sound that became the signature sound of the genre known as Southern Rock,” the statement reads. “He was passionate in life, be it music, songwriting, fishing, hunting, boating, golf, karate, or boxing. Dickey was all in on and excelled at anything that caught his attention.”
Duane Allman invited Betts and bassist Barry Oakley, who’d both been playing in another band called the Second Coming, to join the newly formed Allman Brothers Band in 1969. They recorded their self-titled debut that summer and released it in the fall. Betts remained a core member of the group in its many formations after Duane’s death in 1971. He played his last show with the band in 2000 after the band reportedly asked him to take care of his substance dependencies.
With deep sadness the Allman Brothers Band learned today that founding member Dickey Betts has passed away peacefully in his home in Sarasota, Florida, following a period of declining health.
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