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Dickey Betts

Dickey Betts

Acting
12 Dec 1943
18 Apr 2024
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

Biography

Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943), known as Dickey Betts, was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, he had early on in his career one of rock's finest guitar partnerships with Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping ...

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The Allman Brothers