Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band, has died at his home in Osprey, Florida. He was 80 years old.
Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band. Together they produced a distinctive sound and created a new genre — Southern rock. They were founded in 1969 and notably were one of the few biracial groups to roll out of the deep south.
Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and founding member Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash a year later.. Gregg Allman passed a few years back (2017).
80 years is a good run for a high flying musician. Perhaps in some afterlife he and the brothers two can get the band back together. RIP Dickey.