Monday, February 12, 2018

Dickey Betts































Artist:  Dickey Betts
Birth Name:  Forrest Richard Betts
Born:  December 12, 1943.  West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Genre:  Southern Rock, Country Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Country
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Dobro

Dickey Betts is an American Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Composer, best known as a member of The Allman Brothers Band.  He was inducted with the band into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995, and also won with the band a Best Rock Performance Grammy Award for his instrumental "Jessica" in 1996.  He had been one of the Rock's finest guitar partnership with Duane Allman, introducing melodic Twin Guitar Harmony.  He returned to his solo career, in 2000 he formed The Dickey Betts Band, and renamed to Dickey Betts & Great Southern.  He is one of The Greatest Guitar Player of All Time.














Artist:  Dickey Betts & Great Southern  (2018)
Title:  Southern Jam:  New York 1978 
Genre:  Southern Rock, Country Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Country
Label:  Rockbeat Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Run Gypsy Run  (4:53)
 2.  You Can't Have Her (I Don't Want Her)  (5:34)
 3.  Goodtime Feeling  (6:40)
 4.  In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed  (11:15)
 5.  Bougainvillea  (7:38)
 6.  California Blues  (5:57)
 7.  Jessica-Southbound-Jessica Medley  (17:39)

Disc 2:

 1.  Crazy Love  (5:04)
 2.  Long Time Gone  (2:33)
 3.  High Falls Part 1  (12:03)
 4.  High Falls Part 2  (14:37)
 5.  Blue Sky  (8:17)
 6.  Ramblin' Man  (7:50)

Personnel:

Dickey Betts:  Vocals, Guitars
Dan Toler:  Guitar 
David Goldflies:  Bass
Michael Workman:  Keyboards
David Toler:  Drums
Doni Sharbono:  Drums

Mimi Hart:  Background Vocals

Southern Jam:  New York 1978 is the live album by Dickey Betts & Great Southern, released on January 19, 2018 by Rockbeat Records, recorded at The Calderone Concert Hall on August 11, 1978.


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