He gets huge respect for his talent, otherwise he would never have been invited to this show. People and the industry only distanced from him because he was erratic and could not put the substances aside. I met Warren and Woody several times in the mid nineties and they both loved him but said he had become unbearable.
Where is he ‘under-rated’? It is just blues licks- nothing ground breaking. You know who is under-rated? Allan Holdsworth- a real ground breaker in the workd of guitar. How bout Shawn Lane? Lane had chunks of all other guitar players in his stool. But yeah, Dick was great.
Not many younger people realize what huge part of the Allman Brothers band Dickey Betts was, even when Duane was alive. And fewer know that Dickey kept Duane's sound alive for the band after Duane's death. God Bless Dickey Betts. A true guitar master, and legend of Rock & Roll.
I have the full Allman Brothers Fillmore East complete set of shows and listening to that unless Dwayne's playing slide you can't tell who's playing what I think sometimes it's such an awesome they played off each other and they hand each other skills
The members of ABB loved playing with each other. That's why they were one of the best live bands along with the Band and the Greatful Dead. These bands did NOT worry about curfew bs.
Dickey Betts was my main inspiration for taking up the guitar seriously!!! I never got goose bumps before listening to any guitarists ........... until ...... I heard .......... Dickey ~Best~ Betts~!~ After 55 wonderful years, made much more wonderful thanks to Dickey Betts and the rest of the Allman Brothers Band......... it all seems like a mere months,, I can't thank Dickey Betts enough for in some ways saving my life, LITERALLY~!~ I hoped he'd always be with us forever~!~ His passing still hasn't sunk in yet with me, it will any day now. God Bless and keep Dickey in HIS memory~!~
Around '73 or so, I had all the ABB albums to date but had never seen them play. I saw them late one night on either the Midnight Special or In Concert series. I was amazed at Dickey's presence.
Duane Allman died in 1971. He played the first solo on Blue Sky on both the album (Eat a Peach) and the 1970 SUNY live version. Obviously, the song was written well before 1974.
Way before ‘74, Duane Allman plays on the original on Eat A Peach. Eat a Peach contains studio recordings from September-December 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami-both with and without Duane Allman-and live recordings from the band's famed 1971 Fillmore East performances. Dudek did some work on Brothers and Sisters.
@@EatAPeach72 Yes, the Allman Brothers formed in March 1969. Two years later they recorded 'At Fillmore East' and things began to take off. Stardom for Betts in particular came with the release of 'Brothers and Sisters' in 1973, which featured the smash hit Ramblin Man.
Better voice than most would expect…great B.B. King vibrato, too. It’s sad about his personal challenges, his broad palette of rock, blues, country, jazz, etc., truly brought a deeper flavour to the Allman’s. Sweet song, thank you Dickey‼️ 🇨🇦
@@duelenigma7732 How old are you junior…I’m basing it on Greg being the lead singer on virtually all Allman’s songs & most casual fans only knowing him from Ramblin Man. How long have you been listening to them? I DON’T care what you really think based on your statement. 🙉
Whoever posted this...thank you! Great show and Dickey Betts, one of musics treasures. No one else can swing on the guitar, Bob Wills style and make it his own like Dickey Betts. One of the few who can make a guitar sing and that tone, that beautiful tone. He has his own beautiful tonal voice that was warm and so graceful like an eagle soaring high in the sky. Saw his band about this time in the Seattle area along with Roy Buchannon and Lonnie Mack but Dickie was truly great! The venue was called Parker's. Was anyone else there? Saw the ABB many times but that night was special. Hope you are doing well Dickey and proud of what you have acomplished. Truly one of music's all time greats. Never really given credit for the swing he incorporated into the music of the Allman Brothers. That was the difference maker. That's what made them unique. Blues that could swing or as Duane used to say.....Music for the body!
Man, I just love these vids. This mid- late 80's period was a trove of gems. The ABB was not yet rejoined but met up periodically for college concerts , small venue shows, etc. Betts and Allman had solo careers. Betts always played with such melodic precision and the interplay with Johnny Neel it's just beautiful to watch
Just incredible! Dickey IS the best guitarist/ musician in The world. Hands down. I've played guitar 50 years and tried Jessica with some success but can't get close to the MASTER!!!
Later that year Dickie and Greg did a free show in a field in philly maybe 150 people there had to pinch myself watching them on this tiny stage RIP BROTHER
He wrote Blue Sky with such great lyrics! Don’t fly Mr Bluebird I’m just walking down the road, early morning sunshine tells me all I need to know! Dickie originally wrote this song after he married a Indian girl named Blue Sky!
Neely posted this show on FB, here on the day we lost this musical genius. Very sad for the last hour. Great memories, though. Very proud that I was friends with the best band ever, THE ABB.
That GoldTop LesPaul has some mileage on it but it sounds perfect in the hands of its Master🎸It's obviously modified as well to accommodate the Floyd Rose Tremolo system. Not many Guitarists had LesPauls with Floyds on them in 1986🙏🏻Go Dickey RIP Mr Betts✌🏼🤠☯️
@@daveguitarnowski4402 well, in those days they did stuff like that. Vintage guitars weren’t perceived as collectible with an inherent value but simply as old.My 57 Strat which I still own to this day will corroborate that……
Used to love his phrasing as a kid….spent lot of time in front of my record player learning the Solos Dickey played……am I being sacrilegious if I confess that at that time I preferred him to Duane….obviously not any more….now I rate them both equally
I wonder if the Allman Bros Band would have made it big without Dickie Betts writing Ramblin Man, Blue Sky, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Jessica, and others. His guitar was as great as Duane's. More than likely, they both influenced each other. Dickey Betts guitar is always great.
Dickey says the song Blue Sky came out in1974, actually the song Blue Sky came out in 1972 -- look up EAT A PEACH the album The Allman Brothers Band recorded and released in 1972
Dickey is so underrated and does not get his due respect from critics. He is an American treasure!
He gets huge respect for his talent, otherwise he would never have been invited to this show. People and the industry only distanced from him because he was erratic and could not put the substances aside. I met Warren and Woody several times in the mid nineties and they both loved him but said he had become unbearable.
Well I think he great
Where is he ‘under-rated’?
It is just blues licks- nothing ground breaking. You know who is under-rated? Allan Holdsworth- a real ground breaker in the workd of guitar. How bout Shawn Lane? Lane had chunks of all other guitar players in his stool. But yeah, Dick was great.
YES INDEED!!
DB also had a huge hit with ‘ Ramblin’ Man’ . That didn’t hurt either . Alan Holdsworth ever have a hit on the radio?
Dickie Betts died today ...He was one of a kind & wrote many classics still being played today...A true legend R.I.P Dickie Betts🍑
RIP Mr. Dickey Betts! Your music will live on.
Not many younger people realize what huge part of the Allman Brothers band Dickey Betts was, even when Duane was alive.
And fewer know that Dickey kept Duane's sound alive for the band after Duane's death.
God Bless Dickey Betts. A true guitar master, and legend of Rock & Roll.
I often wonder if the Allmans would have stayed together if it wasn't Dickey. I doubt it!
@@Donna0728 I agree with you 100%
I didn’t know Dickey had a Floyd Rose on Goldie….. Dickie was the glue that kept the Allman Brothers together for years. RIP Dickey.
I have the full Allman Brothers Fillmore East complete set of shows and listening to that unless Dwayne's playing slide you can't tell who's playing what I think sometimes it's such an awesome they played off each other and they hand each other skills
The members of ABB loved playing with each other. That's why they were one of the best live bands along with the Band and the Greatful Dead. These bands did NOT worry about curfew bs.
Thank you, Dickey, for all of the great music. It has meant so much to me.
I had the honor of jamming with Dickey in the early 70's , He grew up 20 miles from where i grew up. What a talented man - God bless and RIP Dickey.
MY FAVORITE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME! WHAT AN AMAZING SONG WRITING, HELL RAISING, GUITAR PLAYING BAD ASS! R.I.P. !!!!!!!!!!!
Dickey carved out a signature sound all his own. It is immediately identifiable.What a beautiful picker. RIP
He was a good vocalist as well.
I'm tickled to death that I stumbled across this, I had no idea of it's existence. Dickey's one of the greats!
I’m so happy you found it :-) it is pretty good
@@splinterlife1969 thank you so much for posting it!
Me too!
@@splinterlife1969used to watch this show all the time but can't remember if I saw this...
Dickey really found his voice for this show! And that Dickey Betts tone on his gold top is unmatched!
Dickey is one of the best guitarists to ever play!
Dickey Betts was my main inspiration for taking up the guitar seriously!!! I never got goose bumps before listening to any guitarists ........... until ...... I heard .......... Dickey ~Best~ Betts~!~ After 55 wonderful years, made much more wonderful
thanks to Dickey Betts and the rest of the Allman Brothers Band......... it all seems like a mere months,, I can't thank
Dickey Betts enough for in some ways saving my life, LITERALLY~!~ I hoped he'd always be with us forever~!~
His passing still hasn't sunk in yet with me, it will any day now. God Bless and keep Dickey in HIS memory~!~
Betts at his finest. Amazing talent. That piano player is great.
Piano player,the great Johnny Neal
Johnny Neel, I talked to him at a Brothers show
That solo in Blue Sky was smokin!
In addition to be a superb guitarist ... Dickey possessed a great voice.
Johnny Neal Pounding the Heck outta the Piano Bravo Sir👍🏾🤠🤳
Dicky Betts is an American Icon. If not the best guitarist, writer, singer to come from the US, he’s in the top two or three.
Rest In Paradise, LEGEND!❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Around '73 or so, I had all the ABB albums to date but had never seen them play. I saw them late one night on either the Midnight Special or In Concert series. I was amazed at Dickey's presence.
RIP, Dickey. Thank you for sharing your magic with us.
Dickey has a great voice!
Ol Forrest richard betts underrated singer
Wow! You can really hear B.B. King's influence here! Rest In Peace Dickey Betts +++
WowI never knew Dickey was an honorable Member of the Platters🙏🏼RIP Dickey Betts Wonderful Performance & Interview✌🏼🤠☯️
Dickie was the REAL DEAL!! RIP
Dickey is amazing!!
So glad I found this clip, he was in fine voice. One of ythe best guitarist around!!🎸🎸
Duane Allman died in 1971. He played the first solo on Blue Sky on both the album (Eat a Peach) and the 1970 SUNY live version. Obviously, the song was written well before 1974.
Who played the first solo on Blue Sky? I thought Duane was gone when that song was recorded?
Song was written in the spring of 74 per Sandy Blue Sky.
Duane got to record it. One of the last ones that he did.
Song was 1st recorded in 1971. Duane played on at least three versions of it. Case closed .
Way before ‘74, Duane Allman plays on the original on Eat A Peach. Eat a Peach contains studio recordings from September-December 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami-both with and without Duane Allman-and live recordings from the band's famed 1971 Fillmore East performances.
Dudek did some work on Brothers and Sisters.
100% hands down one of the best top 10 Pickers to ever Live Period !!!
one of the greats of 60's rock and country music.
Dickey's era was definitely the seventies, not the sixties. But he was one of the greats then, for sure!
1969
@@EatAPeach72 Yes, the Allman Brothers formed in March 1969. Two years later they recorded 'At Fillmore East' and things began to take off. Stardom for Betts in particular came with the release of 'Brothers and Sisters' in 1973, which featured the smash hit Ramblin Man.
@@MDavidG1Look up his ‘81 performance of Ramblin Man and Jessica ( guitar greats).
Wow!
Or maybe 70's southern rock.
Fantastic guitar player. ❤️❤️☝🏼✌🏼🎶
RIP Dickey💙🩵💚…..a gentleman and wonderful musician 😊
What a treasure to see Dickey’s performance here. Wow. RIP
Better voice than most would expect…great B.B. King vibrato, too. It’s sad about his personal challenges, his broad palette of rock, blues, country, jazz, etc., truly brought a deeper flavour to the Allman’s. Sweet song, thank you Dickey‼️
🇨🇦
why do you say a stupid thing like you know what 'most people think' ?
@@duelenigma7732
How old are you junior…I’m basing it on Greg being the lead singer on virtually all Allman’s songs & most casual fans only knowing him from Ramblin Man.
How long have you been listening to them?
I DON’T care what you really think based on your statement. 🙉
@@loilt5091 don't forget Bluesky...
Whoever posted this...thank you! Great show and Dickey Betts, one of musics treasures. No one else can swing on the guitar, Bob Wills style and make it his own like Dickey Betts. One of the few who can make a guitar sing and that tone, that beautiful tone. He has his own beautiful tonal voice that was warm and so graceful like an eagle soaring high in the sky.
Saw his band about this time in the Seattle area along with Roy Buchannon and Lonnie Mack but Dickie was truly great! The venue was called Parker's. Was anyone else there? Saw the ABB many times but that night was special. Hope you are doing well Dickey and proud of what you have acomplished. Truly one of music's all time greats. Never really given credit for the swing he incorporated into the music of the Allman Brothers. That was the difference maker. That's what made them unique. Blues that could swing or as Duane used to say.....Music for the body!
I posted this :-) you’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoy it.
I second that. , thank you kindly. Just what I needed. Greatly appreciated.
@@splinterlife1969 Yes< Thank You @ 68 yrs. Too bad I clue in when someone passes and realize I missed it.
The great Dickie Betts with a vibrato bridge on his Les Paul.... because it was the 1980s. Great clip. Thanks for posting.
Happy 80th Birthday Dickey Betts 🎉
Dickey Betts was the Allman Brothers
Rest in peace ✝️🎵
Bullshit.
@@FYMASMDMost people wouldnt even know who the ABB were if it werent for DB. Bullshit to your bullshit!
Man, I just love these vids. This mid- late 80's period was a trove of gems. The ABB was not yet rejoined but met up periodically for college concerts , small venue shows, etc. Betts and Allman had solo careers. Betts always played with such melodic precision and the interplay with Johnny Neel it's just beautiful to watch
Dickey , as good as it gets
The great Johnny Neel on the piano
What a talent! I Miss Dickie Betts!
That piano player was awesome!
I worked with Dickey for a bit… Incredible experience!
Just incredible! Dickey IS the best guitarist/ musician in The world. Hands down. I've played guitar 50 years and tried Jessica with some success but can't get close to the MASTER!!!
as duane said back in the day; "im the famous one but, dickey is the good one"
Later that year Dickie and Greg did a free show in a field in philly maybe 150 people there had to pinch myself watching them on this tiny stage RIP BROTHER
Boy he was a treasurer I discovered later in life…
He wrote Blue Sky with such great lyrics! Don’t fly Mr Bluebird I’m just walking down the road, early morning sunshine tells me all I need to know! Dickie originally wrote this song after he married a Indian girl named Blue Sky!
Geez, I loved Dickey Betts.
i cant hear because of this man and headphones that threw his music through my body when i was 8 57 now love this guy and will miss him
Are you saying you have hearing damage because you listened to this music to loudly with headphones when you were younger?
@@splinterlife1969 really?
Neely posted this show on FB, here on the day we lost this musical genius. Very sad for the last hour. Great memories, though. Very proud that I was friends with the best band ever, THE ABB.
We lost a very talented man.😢
Siempre es un deleite escuchar a éste gran virtuoso de la guitarra, Me Dickey Betts.
Wow what a gem! Dickey Rules
Dicky and the Gold Top, You can't go wrong.
I miss him. Guess age finally gets us all😢
chec out his son !
Yep familiar with Duane and Devon
Yeah, I get teary eyed seeing him play as an old man.
Music Never Dies, thank God.
Thank You for posting this....these shows are not easy to find...the piano player (Johnny Neal) is the life of the party!!!!
G’on Dickey…. Them licks live forever
DB is in the pantheon of great American songwriters....and could play a mean guitar.
One of the greatest
Legend!
Jaimoe is the last of the original Allman Bro Band still living.
One of the ALL Time Best!
outstanding. he is why i played guitar and later got a les paul. r.i.p
Nashville Now was such a great show
That GoldTop LesPaul has some mileage on it but it sounds perfect in the hands of its Master🎸It's obviously modified as well to accommodate the Floyd Rose Tremolo system. Not many Guitarists had LesPauls with Floyds on them in 1986🙏🏻Go Dickey RIP Mr Betts✌🏼🤠☯️
oh man Dickie looks great hasn't changed a bit, long life sir
You do realize he passed away before you posted this?
@@papadavewatson no, no ahhhhh
Pure gold
Dickey with a kahler on his gold top and a octave pedal!
Awesome!
I think it could have been a Wonderbar instead of a Kahler….?
@@sheercerebralpower whatever it was, I hope it was the kind that didn't ruin the guitar for when he decided he didn't need that thing on it!
@@daveguitarnowski4402 well, in those days they did stuff like that. Vintage guitars weren’t perceived as collectible with an inherent value but simply as old.My 57 Strat which I still own to this day will corroborate that……
Well, if you just sort of carelessly tossed it into the trunk of my car, I wouldn't fault you one bit!
Wow! I missed this
Dickey can really sing
Yes, a great player!
Love how he worked the octaves from Revival into the song
This is such a awesome here in the Dickie play having that kind of a BB King influence on his guitar playing
Used to love his phrasing as a kid….spent lot of time in front of my record player learning the Solos Dickey played……am I being sacrilegious if I confess that at that time I preferred him to Duane….obviously not any more….now I rate them both equally
Yes Dickie was just so much more melodic.
I used to do the same as you. I learned so much listening to and trying to emulate his playing. He was such a melodic player.
He was magical. RIP Richard
I love this❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
He was great in his country solo thing. Awesome!
RIP Guitar man
Fun watch! Dickey Betts is a legend! Hurts to see that ugly floyd rose on that beautiful gold top though.
Yeah guys were doing that in the 80s. Ace Frehley did it and he said he ruined it. Neal Schon did as well
I didn’t realize Dickey wrote my two favorite Allman Brothers songs. Or maybe I did and just got old and forgot!
@@tomcoryell also wrote Elizabeth Reed, Ramblin Man, and Southbound
I wonder if the Allman Bros Band would have made it big without Dickie Betts writing Ramblin Man, Blue Sky, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Jessica, and others. His guitar was as great as Duane's. More than likely, they both influenced each other. Dickey Betts guitar is always great.
yup u should chec out his son Duane Betts if u have not yet .looks like him and plays a cool axe .
Dickey Betts
Johnny Neel
Pick it son
I miss him already
I love this clip I just found it today
I’m glad you found it. It’s a good one
What a great quick smile in Blue Sky around 13:21!
Omg johnny Neal..wow
I like how informative and non-judgmental he is here, when discussing Allman Brothers history
Thanks for sharing this. Dickie’s talent shined that night😮❤
RIP Dickey Betts!
RIP DB.
Listening to Dickie sing those two songs reminded me of Ricky Van Shelton.
I've never seen this! Dickey's confidence and his singing are astounding here! Is that an old Kahler cam-tremelo on his goldtop? Strange!
Yes it is a Kahler tremolo. It is very strange
I never before noticed a vibrato tailpiece on a Betts Les Paul. He touched it for a second at the end, but didn't really need it.
Great voice as well
He couldn’t have written “Blue Sky” in 1974. It appeared on Eat a Peach which was recorded in 1971 and released in 1972.
He just forgot that’s all.
That was wonderful!
I cried
Awesome
whammy on that les paul RIP Dickey
Dickey says the song Blue Sky came out in1974, actually the song Blue Sky came out in 1972 -- look up EAT A PEACH the album The Allman Brothers Band recorded and released in 1972
He says 1970, for...Sandy Blue Sky.
😉