#In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

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(via Dickey Betts: Best Songs With Allman Brothers Band)

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The Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (At Fillmore East) - 1971

RIP Dickey Betts (1943-2024).

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Richard "Dickey" Betts, 1943 - 2024

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RIP Dickey Betts :(

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We’ve lost another one of the original Allman Brothers. Lead and rhythm guitarist Dickie Betts passed away on April 18, 2024. He was the consummate foil to his guitar partner, Duane Allman. In any other band, Dickie Betts would have been an outstanding lead guitarist in his own right. He started out in the shadow of Duane, yet added a different and complimentary style that made the Allman Brothers Band unique. The mastery of Betts and Allman weaving their licks on the live albums At Fillmore East and Eat A Peach is, in my opinion, incomparable in Rock music history. In Gregg Allman’s memoir, My Cross To Bear, he talks about how the band honed their skills by playing constantly. When they were in cites to perform concerts, they would spend their free time playing free shows at local parks. They were, arguably, the tightest jam band in Rock history. (The Tedeschi-Trucks Band, with their Allman Brothers pedigree, may be the next best thing.)

With the untimely death of Duane in 1971 at the age of 24, Betts became the sole guitar player in the band. Reluctant to find a Duane replacement, the band instead added the young and blossoming Chuck Leavell as a piano player to be the foil for Betts. After the death of their bass player and Duane’s kindred spirit, Berry Oakley, they recorded the album Brothers and Sisters, which became the band’s best-selling album. Betts wrote four of the seven songs including their biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man and the FM radio favorite, Jessica. This was when I first saw the band. They played at the now defunct Chicago Stadium on November 1, 1973. (A memorable streak for me as at the tender age of 17, I went to three concerts in three nights; The Moody Blues, Frank Zappa – yes, The Mothers on Halloween, and Allman Brothers Band.) All these years later, I am still going to concerts and music festivals and have already lined up five over the next five months. Yet, after all these years, when I think back to my favorite shows, that 1973 Allman Brothers show still stands out as my all-time favorite.

The Allman Brothers eventually went back to the two-guitar format, first with Warren Haynes and later with Derek Trucks. In the end, Gregg Allman had a falling out with Betts, and the Allman Brothers continued without him until they called it quits in 2014.

With the loss of Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and now Dickie Betts, drummer Jaimoe is the only surviving member of the original band. With the love I have for this band, I am kicking off the weekend in memory of Dickie Betts with Allman Brothers Band and the Dickie Betts song, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed.

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8:47 PM EST November 14, 2023:

The Allman Brothers Band - "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" From the album At Fillmore East (July 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Bands Whose Best Albums are Live

  1. Humble Pie - Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore   2. Rainbow - On Stage   3. Cheap Trick - At Budokan   4. Deep Purple - Made In Japan   5. Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live   6. The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East   7. The Who - Live At Leeds

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On The Jukebox: "The Holdovers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"

Track listing:

Damien Jurado - "Silver Joy"

Shocking Blue - "Venus"

The Chamber Brothers - "The Time Has Come Today"

Mark Orton - "Candlepin Bowling"

Mark Orton - "Primal Architecture"

Labi Siffre - "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying"

The Allman Brothers Band - "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed"

Tony Orlando & Dawn - "Knock Three Times"

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - "When Winter Comes"

Mark Orton - "Drive To Boston"

Mark Orton - "Nursing Home"

The Swingle Singers - "Medley: Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly/What Child Is This?"

The Temptations - "Silent Night"

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Jingle Bells"

Mark Orton - "It's Christmas!"

The Trapp Family Singers - "Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy)"

The Swingle Singers - "White Christmas"

Andy Williams - "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"

Cat Stevens - "The Wind"

Khruangbin - "A Calf Born In Winter"

Mark Orton - "The Glove/Now He's History/ 5/4 For Constantine"

Mark Orton - "A Girl In Two/Back To Barton"

Mark Orton - "Danny/The Glove/Let's Make The Best Of It"

Mark Orton - "See Ya/Into The Unknown"

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The Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed ( At Fillmore Eas...

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The Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed ( At Fillmore Eas... R.I.P. Dicie Betts

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The Allman Brothers "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" 1970 HQ

RIP Dickey Betts (1943-2024).

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I learned today that a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts passed away peacefully in his home in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday following a period of declining health.

Dickey wrote quintessential Brothers songs including “Blue Sky,” “Rambling Man,” “Jessica,” “in Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and many others. His extraordinary guitar playing alongside guitarist Duane Allman created a unique dual guitar signature sound that became the signature sound of the genre known as Southern Rock.

He was passionate in life, be it music, songwriting, fishing, hunting, boating, golf, karate or boxing. Dickey was all in on and excelled at anything that caught his attention.

Betts joins his brothers, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman, as well as ABB crew members Twiggs Lyndon, Joe Dan Petty, Red Dog, Kim Payne and Mike Callahan in that old Winnebago in the sky touring the world taking their music to all who will listen.

Condolences to his immediate family, Donna, Duane & Lisa, Christy & Frank, Jessica, and Kim.

Play on Brother Dickey, you will be forever remembered and deeply missed.

Photo (c) 1991 Kirk West Photography

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Dickey Betts Dead at 80

- “The monuments that he helped to create for Southern rock will never be replicated,” the Marshall Tucker Band says

Dickey Betts, the Allman Brothers Band co-founder who was ousted from the group in 2000, has died, the guitarist’s family said.

Betts, 80, died April 18 at his home in Florida. No cause was given.

Betts’ family remembered the musician as a “legendary performer, songwriter, bandleader and family patriarch” in their statement.

“His loss will be felt worldwide,” they said.

With Betts’ death, drummer Jaimoe is the last surviving original Allman Brother.

“Sad, sad day,” Tinsley Ellis said. “Rest in peace, Dickey Betts.”

Betts co-founded the ABB in 1969, establishing a 12-string conversation with fellow guitarist Duane Allman and quickly became “an essential component of the Allman Brothers Band’s improvisatory magic,” as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said in a eulogy.

“One of the best to ever do it,” Tedeschi Trucks Band said of Betts. “Rest easy, Dickie.”

After Duane’s death, Betts, as lone axeman, was the country to Gregg Allman’s blues, giving the band its biggest hit with “Ramblin’ Man” and imbuing the ABB songbook with epic instrumentals such as the jazzy “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” inspired by a tombstone in the cemetery where Gregg and Duane Allman now lie, and the countrified “Jessica,” inspired by Betts’ daughter. And Betts’ 1974 LP Highway Call is an album anyone who calls themselves a fan of bluegrass or Americana music must have in their collection.

“Dickie more than anyone had an impressionable impact in shaping and defining the genre of music that has come to be known as Southern rock,” the Outlaws said in a statement. “The influence of his musicianship and songwriting skills are immeasurable and his passing marks the end of an era.”

The Marshall Tucker Band echoed the Outlaws, saying: “The monuments that (Betts) helped to create for Southern rock will never be replicated.”

After a time, the ABB returned to its two-guitar format and Betts played alongside such masters as Dan Toler, Warren Haynes, Jack Pearson and Derek Trucks before he and the group split acrimoniously in 2000.

“He was passionate in life, be it music, songwriting, fishing, hunting, boating, golf, karate or boxing,” the Allman Brothers said in a statement attributed to the “band, family and crew.”

“Dickey was all in on and excelled at anything that caught his attention. … Play on, Brother Dickey, you will be forever remembered and deeply missed.”

4/18/24

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De Dickey Betts (RIP, 80) histórico y legendario guitarrista de Allman Brothers Band voy a meter las cuatro canciones que su grupo ha destacado en los mensajes de despedida como momentos importantes de su escritura musical. Por un lado "Ramblin´ Man", canción cumbre de eso conocido como "rock sureño", incluyendo ese invento tan curioso, y bonito, de tener dos guitarras eléctricas de punteo en lugar de una solista y otra rítmica, todo ello ejecutado con indiscutible destreza y finura. Por otro, el instrumental "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed", que tiene más que ver con las extensas jam de los Allman y el jazz. La primera del estupendo LP "Brothers and Sisters" (1973), el segundo que lanzaron tras la trágica y temprana muerte en accidente de motocicleta de Duane Allman y el primero sin su participación, la otra es del segundo álbum de los Allman "Idlewild South" (1970) con Duane todavía vivo y dentro.

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