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In 2019, the late Dickey Betts sat down with Guitar Player to reflect on the Allman Brothers and his musical career, from his early influences to his last solo live album
A version of this article appears as the liner notes to the new Dickey Betts and Great Southern archival album Official Bootleg Volume 1. The double CD live set will be released April 30 via Sunset Blvd. Records.
After 50-plus years in the spotlight, experiencing amazing highs and some terrible lows, he s the last man left standing from the formidable front line of the Allman Brothers Band. Guitar hero. Songwriting genius. Reluctant singer blessed with a voice as sweet and pure as a country stream. Dickey Betts, now 77 and retired on Little Sarasota Bay, has indeed lived the kind of life most men only dream of.