His passing at 80 years old left just co-drummer Jai Johanny Johanson, aka Jaimo, as the last surviving member of the original line-up of the group. A statement on behalf of the band recalled how ...

Joined by founding singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson (known as Jaimoe), Betts brought his Dickey Betts Band guitarist Warren Haynes into the fold ...

Following the recent death of Dickey Betts, Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson is the last surviving original member of The Allman Brothers Band. To honor Jaimoe and the legacy of the Allmans ...

FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from left, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, eating at ...

FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from left, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, eating at ...

and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson, according to Macon Telegraph archives. The death of Duane Allman in 1971 suddenly thrust Betts into a more prominent role within ...

With his death, only one of the original Allmans (drummer and percussionist Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson) remains, and Betts was truly one of its core members. I just wanted take a moment to ...

bassist Berry Oakley Jr., and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson, a.k.a. Jaimoe. While Gregg Allman was the band’s main vocalist, Betts sang lead on many tunes as well. Betts was ...

Dickey Betts, whose country-inflected songwriting and blazing, lyrical guitar work opposite Duane Allman in the Allman Brothers Band helped define the Southern rock genre of the ‘60s and ‘70s ...

Rock group The Allman Brothers (L-R) Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks sit on some rairoad tracks on May 5, 1969 outside of Macon ...

Joined by founding singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson (known as Jaimoe), Betts brought his Dickey Betts Band guitarist Warren Haynes into the fold ...