In Duane’s absence, it fell to the group’s other guitar player, Dickey Betts — a country-loving hothead from West Palm Beach, Florida — to pick up the titanic amounts of slack left by ...

Dickey Betts, a driving force behind the Allman ... and we’d go sliding on our knees playing and then I’d pick the other guitar player up on my shoulders and we had all this s--- going on ...

“We were holding onto Dickey.” From a guitar strap to amps to a guitar pick with Betts’ name etched on it, mementos from his past are on display throughout the house. ExploreAllman Brothers ...

Dickey taught drums to a young Betts, though, when he decided to pick up the guitar at 13, Betts says he was more self-taught. "My dad showed me some stuff early on, the building blocks and the ...

Even caught his guitar pick at the Spectrum in 90 or 91 ... the 60s by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman, as well as Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe ...

SARASOTA COUNTY — Dickey Betts, a driving force behind the ... we’d go sliding on our knees playing and then I’d pick the other guitar player up on my shoulders and we had all this s- ...