Dickey Betts, of Allman Bros fame has died.

[impulse]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/18/entertainment/dickey-betts-death/index.html

 

I always liked Duane Allman's slide guitar more, but he was one of the greats.  And probably far surpassed Duane's technical guitaring just because he practiced the craft for so many years.

 

Edited April 19 by impulse

[RayWright]

Dicky Betts, the writer of the world's most played factually entertainment show theme song in TV history, Jessica. Originally written as a tribute to his 1 year old daughter.

 

Original from 1973, off the "Brothers and Sisters" album :-

 

 

 

And the more popularly recognised version by Christian Henson :-

 

 

 

If you've got a spare 15 minutes, then highly recommend watching  this:-