{"id":7398,"date":"2024-04-18T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=7398"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:44:20","slug":"dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-singer-and-guitarist-dead-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=7398","title":{"rendered":"DICKEY BETTS, ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Singer And Guitarist, Dead At 80"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dickey Betts<\/strong>, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND<\/strong>, died Thursday morning (April 18) at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts<\/strong>‘s manager David Spero<\/strong> confirmed to Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the\u00a0Betts<\/strong>\u00a0family announce the peaceful passing of\u00a0Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts<\/strong>\u00a0(December 12, 1943 \u2013 April 18, 2024) at the age of 80 years old,”\u00a0Betts<\/strong>‘s family announced in a statement. “The legendary performer, songwriter, bandleader, and family patriarch was at his home in Osprey, Florida, surrounded by his family.\u00a0Dickey<\/strong>\u00a0was larger-than-life, and his loss will be felt worldwide. At this difficult time, the family asks for prayers and respect for their privacy in the coming days. More information will be forthcoming at the appropriate time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betts<\/strong>\u00a0propelled\u00a0THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND<\/strong>\u00a0to pop stardom with his song\u00a0“Ramblin’ Man”<\/strong>. The singer-guitarist was also responsible for writing the classics\u00a0“Jessica”<\/strong>,\u00a0“Blue Sky”<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0“In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betts<\/strong> released several acclaimed solo albums in the 1970s and 1980s and was involved in THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND<\/strong> reunion in 1989 following a seven-year hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betts<\/strong> exited THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND<\/strong> in 2000 after a comeback that found the group releasing several acclaimed new studio albums, winning a Grammy<\/strong> for a live performance of “Jessica”<\/strong> and being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before fellow\u00a0THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND<\/strong>\u00a0founding member\u00a0Gregg Allman<\/strong>\u00a0died in May 2017, he and\u00a0Betts<\/strong>\u00a0reconnected, with\u00a0Dickey<\/strong>\u00a0later saying: “I’m so glad I was able to have a couple good talks with him before he passed. In fact I was about to call him to check and see how he was when I got the call.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Dickey<\/strong> suffered from a mild stroke and survived an unexpected head injury. He later underwent surgery to relieve swelling in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betts<\/strong> was featured on an episode of “The Big Interview With Dan Rather”<\/strong> in December 2018 on AXS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betts<\/strong>\u00a0was reportedly the inspiration for the character played by\u00a0Billy Crudup<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Cameron Crowe<\/strong>‘s 2000 film\u00a0“Almost Famous”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Crudup<\/strong>‘s look, and much more, is a tribute to\u00a0Dickey<\/strong>,”\u00a0Crowe<\/strong>\u00a0told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/strong>\u00a0in 2017. “Dickey<\/strong>\u00a0seemed like a quiet guy with a huge amount of soul, possible danger and playful recklessness behind his eyes. He was a huge presence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, died Thursday morning (April 18) at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts‘s manager David Spero confirmed to Rolling Stone. “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the\u00a0Betts\u00a0family announce the peaceful passing of\u00a0Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts\u00a0(December 12, 1943 \u2013… Read More »DICKEY BETTS, ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Singer And Guitarist, Dead At 80<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7400,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398\/revisions\/7400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}