Dickey Betts
Birthday
1943/12/12
Day of death
2024/04/18 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Also know as
The Allman Brothers
Biography
Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943), known as Dickey Betts, was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, he had early on in his career one of rock's finest guitar partnerships with Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping ...Read more
Acting
(1978) Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Rockpalast
as ---
(1991) The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
as Lead Guitar & Vocals
(2014) The Allman Brothers Band - The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings
as Guitar
(1974) Cockfighter
as Cigarette mask (uncredited)
(2005) Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins Live At The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
as Leadguitar
(2019) The Dickey Betts Band: Ramblin' Live at the St. George Theater
as Himself
(1982) The Allman Brothers Band Live At University Of Florida Bandshell 1982
as Self
(1998) The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers of the Road
as Self - Guitar & Vocals
(2020) Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
(2011) The Allman Brothers: Live In Germany 1991
as self