|
Post by orioles70 on Apr 18, 2024 16:46:53 GMT
from the Washington Post obit
Dickey Betts, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the genre-defining Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band and wrote several of the group’s most enduring compositions, including “Ramblin’ Man,” died April 18 at his home in Osprey, Fla. He was 80.
His family announced the death on his website but did not cite a cause. His manager, David Spero, said that Mr. Betts had cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He had been treated in 2018 for a brain injury following a fall in his backyard and canceled a tour following a stroke.
“Ramblin’ Man” (1973), which some bandmates initially deemed too country for their repertoire, became the group’s only top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The lyrics, set against a bouncy, upbeat melody, expressed the resigned and unrepentant wanderlust of a man “born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus rollin’ down Highway 41.” “When it comes to leaving,” the song went, “I hope you understand that I was born a ramblin’ man.”
|
|
|
Post by lawrev on Apr 18, 2024 22:04:18 GMT
Love the track "Ramblin Man." A classic with true staying power. RIP Dickey.
|
|
|
Post by denny on Apr 19, 2024 20:16:03 GMT
Another Allman Bros classic with Dickey at the mic was the stirring "Seven Turns". Soulful backing vocal at the end of the track by Gregg Allman...
|
|