This past April, we received the sad news of the passing of Dickey Betts, founding member of the ... which included the great Dan Toler on guitar and his brother Frankie Toler on drums.

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. – Dickey Betts, a driving force behind the Allman Brothers Band that launched Southern rock and influenced the jam band scene, died Thursday at his Florida home, according ...

(AP) - Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age ... They didn’t think he was in any pain,” he said. Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to ...

Betts passed away Thursday morning in Florida. Dickey Betts, the influential singer ... In addition to playing lead guitar in the band, Betts wrote and sang lead on several songs, including ...

Dickey Betts ... used the money to buy a $21.95 Silvertone guitar from Sears. May 27, 2017 While the group’s titular brothers were the frontmen, Betts’ ferocious and stylish playing gave ...

“My first concert was Dickey Betts at Coleman’s in Rome, New York in 1983,” blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa said in an Instagram post Thursday, crediting Betts with inspiring his favorite electric ...