Dickey Betts
Lynyrd Skynyrd On Playing The 2005 GRAMMYs: ‘Jimmy Page Was In The Front Row – Whoa!’
The Skynyrd guys recently sat down with Radio.com and said that performing at the show as a thrill… not least because of who was sitting in the audience.
Happy Birthday Dickey Betts
Forrest Richard “Dickey” Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.
He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his instrumental “Jessica” in 1996 . Recognized as “one of the most influential guitar players of all time”, he had early on in his career one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with the late 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” .Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003
Happy Birthday Berry Oakley Of The Allman Brothers
You know that Berry Oakley’s wife Linda (pictured above)is remembering her late husband today. Berry Oakley was a self-made bassist carved from experience that comes from the road as dosed from the different bands. However […]
Allmans:Nothing New. Ever.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Allman Brothers Band [/lastfm]have left the studio. Permanently. The transition from “Great Band that Jams” to “Jam Band” is now complete. Their drummer [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Butch Trucks [/lastfm]blames it on the internet, and not their […]
ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Cruise Wear
Add [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]ZZ Top [/lastfm]and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]George Thorogood [/lastfm]to the list of artists taking to the high seas. On December 1st they will set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on the Rock Legends Cruise in […]
Happy Birthday Dickey Betts
Forrest Richard “Dickey” Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.
