Dickie Betts died earlier today at 80 years of age

Wore out live at Fillmore many times.  My friends brother took us to see them back then.  Started playing the geetar because of them.  Own 6 Les Paul guitars because of them.  I'll have to break out my Gold Top tonight.  Gary Paul is a friend of mine, Les Paul's grandson. I agree with @garebear - never really took to Trucks playing style but agree he is a fantastic guitar player if that makes sense to anyone but me!  Betts playing and blues style was awesome to me.  Know all of his licks to this day.  I was just thinking about the band and Betts when I heard this.  Sorry I didn't go see him more often.  Fantastic vibrato indeed.

I saw them several times ,and they always came to play ,RIP brother 🙏.

Sad news but he passed the torch to his son. It’s nice to see the siblings carry on. I very much enjoy these records. From Wikipedia;

The Allman Betts Band is an American rock group. Formed in November 2018, it includes the sons of three founding members of the Allman Brothers Band – Devon Allman (son of Gregg Allman), Duane Betts (son of Dickey Betts), and Berry Duane Oakley (son of Berry Oakley).[1][2][3][4] The band plays mostly original songs, with some covers of Allman Brothers songs mixed in. They have toured nationally and internationally,[5][6][7] and have released two albums – Down to the River (2019)[8] and Bless Your Heart (2020).[9]

Always liked Dickey Betts. His guitar and voice talent made him a driving force in the music industry.

He will be remembered and missed.

@lmnop 

I saw the play5-6 years ago in Kansas and they had the same setup as The Allman Brothers including two drummers. Unfortunately there was definitely something missing. People were leaving after their first set. I thought Maybe they were having a bad day, but after listening to the record they were pushing, it was pretty obvious that they didn’t have the command and the energy their dads did.