Betts began music career in early days of Southern rock and helped define genre with Allman Brothers Band.
Betts was surrounded by family at the time of his death.
Dickey Betts, co-founder of Allman Brothers Band, passed away at home in Osprey, FL., on April 18, 2024.
He had been battling cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Dickey Betts, a prominent figure in the music industry and co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, passed away at his home in Osprey, FL., on April 18, 2024. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Betts had been battling cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to reports from Rolling Stone and his manager.
Betts' music career began in the early days of Southern rock, with him helping to define the genre through his work with the Allman Brothers Band. He was instrumental in creating some of the band's most iconic songs, including their biggest hit
Dickey Betts helped make music that came to define Southern rock and wrote some of the band’s most indelible songs including its biggest hit, ‘Ramblin’ Man’.
Despite not being an actual Allman brother, Betts was a guiding force in the group for decades and central to the sound that came to define Southern rock.
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Betts helped make music that came to define Southern rock and wrote some of the band’s most indelible songs including its biggest hit, ‘Ramblin’ Man’.
Betts was a guitarist, songwriter, bandleader and family patriarch in the Allman Brothers Band.
Betts left the Allman Brothers Band in a highly publicized split in 2000 and toured with his Great Southern group featuring his son Duane and released another studio album of new material.
Betts passed away at his home in Osprey, FL., surrounded by his family.
Betts had cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to Rolling Stone’s report from Betts’ manager.
Betts was passionate about various activities including music, fishing, hunting, boating, golf, karate and boxing.
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]The Allman Brothers Band suffered tragedy with the deaths of Duane Allman in a motorcycle accident in 1971 and Berry Oakley in a motorcycle crash the following year.[/...]
