Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Guitar legend and Allman Brothers …
Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man. Guitarist Derek Trucks and his wife and bandmate, Susan Tedeschi, posted on their Instagram account that Betts was “one of best to ever do it.” Trucks joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1999. FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from …
Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band, seen in the early 1990s, died Thursday at age 80. Dickey Betts, the guitarist and co-founder of Southern rockers the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “Dickey was larger-than-life, and his loss will be felt worldwide.” While the group’s titular brothers were the frontmen, Betts’ ferocious and …
Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80 Enlarge this image toggle caption Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Webster PR Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Webster PR Dickey Betts, a founding member of the renowned rock group the Allman Brothers Band, died at at his home in Osprey, Fla. on Thursday. Sponsor Message "Dickey was one of the …
