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Former members of The Allman Brothers Band came together Friday to pay tribute in song to Dickey Betts, a founding member of the group who died last April at the age of 80.
In Memory of Dickey Betts was organized by his son Duane and held at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia, where the band was based in the early '70s. It featured appearances by Warren Haynes, Chuck Leavell, Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Devon Allman, and more.
Speaking to Rolling Stone backstage at the show, Duane Betts said, "This means everything. It’s my father’s legacy. Everybody’s here for the right reasons — to celebrate a great man, a great visionary of music.”
And Warren Haynes added, "[Dickey’s] sense of melody was unchallenged. He played these melodic lines and phrases that sounded so refreshing to the listener. He created a style of playing that’s so recognizable, and that’s the ultimate compliment for any musician.”
Among the highlights from Friday's show was Haynes, Derek Trucks, and Oteil Burbridge doing the Allman's “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”; Susan Tedeschi singing “Blue Sky”; Devon Allman playing his late father Gregg's Johnny Cash model Martin acoustic for a poignant rendition of “Melissa,"; and Duane closing out the night by singing his dad's most popular song, "Ramblin' Man."
A portion of the proceeds from the show will benefit furthering music education in honor of Dickey.
The remnants of The Allman Brothers Band will come together again for two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 15th and 16th.
Calling themselves The Brothers, original member Jaimoe along with Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge and Marc Quiñones last played together at their first reunion at the Garden in 2020.
In Memory of Dickey Betts set list:
- “Hot ‘Lanta”
- “Statesboro Blues”
- “Nothing You Can Do”
- “Long Time Gone”
- “Southbound”
- “Melissa”
- “Nobody Knows”
- “Jessica”
- “Pony Boy”
- “No One Left to Run With”
- “Rain”
- “Seven Turns”
- “Back Where It All Begins”
- “Soulshine”
- “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”
- “Midnight in Harlem”
- “Blue Sky”
- “Revival”
- “Ramblin’ Man”
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Tonight’s all-star tribute to the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts – In Memory of Dickey Betts – will be live-streamed for free at Nugs.net.
Organized by his son Duane, the show features Allman Brothers Band members Jaimoe (the last surviving member of the original lineup), Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Chuck Leavell, and Oteil Burbridge, plus Susan Tedeschi and Gregg Allman’s son Devon Allman. A portion of the proceeds from the show will go toward the Dickey Betts Memorial Endowed Scholarship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.