It's important to me to acknowledge the passing of the great guitarist Dickey Betts. He largely disappeared from sight in the past couple of decades. Meanwhile The Allman Brothers had a second, or if you will, a third life without him. The stories I heard about why he was dismissed lead me to suspect that it was a necessary move for the Allmans. Of course I have no idea. Apparently he was a hellraiser of staggering proportions with a drinking habit that was dangerous to those around him.
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