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Founding Allman Brothers Band Guitarist Dickey Betts Dead at 80
Betts “passed away peacefully in his home in Sarasota, Florida,” per a band statement.
Dickey Betts, a formative figure in southern rock as a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, has died. That eventually coalesced into the original six-piece lineup of the Allman Brothers Band, featuring Betts on a dueling lead guitar opposite Duane. His appearances with the band became spotty in the 1990s, though, until his bandmates kicked him off their 2000 Summer Campaign Tour by fax message (reportedly over his drug and alcohol use).
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