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westen44:
Dickey never quite received the attention he deserved while in the Allman Brothers or after, IMO.  I don't know the details of his passing away.  This particular song was written by Billy Ray Reynolds.  The Dickey Betts' version was not all that well known.  I think the Waylon Jennings' version may have received more attention.  On the other hand, Waylon is known more for being a singer than Dickey, while Dickey, needless to say played by Duane Allman's side.  When it comes to guitar credentials, that's going pretty high. 

uwe:
Dickey never quite received the attention he deserved while in the Allman Brothers or after, IMO.

Huh  :o ???, he basically hijacked the band after Duane's untimely death and kept it going while Gregg was sinking into his heroin and whatever-induced stupor.

Rest in peace. Excellent guitarist in a band that had an embarrassment of riches as great guitarists go. I was under the assumption that his health had suffered under decades of substance abuse too.

westen44:

--- Quote from: uwe on April 18, 2024, 02:21:27 PM ---Dickey never quite received the attention he deserved while in the Allman Brothers or after, IMO.

Huh  :o ??? He basically hijacked the band after Duane's untimely death and kept it going while Gregg was sinking into his heroin and whatever-induced stupor.his

Rest in peace. Excellent guitarist in a band that had an embarrassment of riches as great guitarists go.I was under the assumption that his health had suffered under decades of substance abuse too.

--- End quote ---

It depends on your perspective.  The people I was around a lot, some of which even had some contact with the Allman Brothers before they got famous, tended to put Dickey in the shadows and elevated Duane.  I'm sure I have told this story before.  But I went to high school with an amazing guitarist who once got the chance to jam with Duane Allman.  His name was Edwin and he had long red hair.  He said after playing with Duane, he put down his guitar for two weeks, thinking there was no need to attempt trying to be a guitarist after that experience.  In all the years I've known him, that was the only time I ever saw true humility in Edwin.  Because the fact is he was a great guitarist.  Certainly the best local guitarist.  But trying to compare himself to Duane Allman was another matter. 

uwe:
This will get me killed, but technically Dickey, a taught banjo player, was likely superior to Duane. All that Bluegrass influence and even Jazz.





Duane had feel and style in loads + that slide thing, but he was also a bit of a one trick pony.

And when you hear the Allmans on Classic Rock radio it's almost inevitably either Jessica or Ramblin' Man, both Betts compositions after Duane's passing. Or Midnight Rider, a Gregg Allman song.

Now lynch me!





Fame attaches itself for the weirdest reasons, but Joe Perry isn't the best guitarist in Aerosmith either, that laurel belongs to Brad Whitford. Or to put it with Duane about Dickey: “I'm the famous one, but he's the real guitar player!”

westen44:
I just really did like Duane Allman's sound.  Plus, I did go through a formative period in which the people I was around were literally fanatical Duane Allman fans.  These were mostly people who knew even more about music than I did.  That had quite an impact.  Also, all the albums Duane was on were my favorites.  Of course I've got practically everything else they did after Duane, too. 

I definitely agree about Brad Whitford.  The only reason I know much about this is being around a friend who is an Aerosmith fan.  She prefers Joe Perry, but I don't. 

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