Dickey Betts & Great Southern • “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” • LIVE 1978 [RITY Archive]

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[@fredfrissell2322]

We just lost a great talented man RIP Dickie Betts,

[@jeffreywaks4931]

Dickey Betts is no doubt one of Rock and Rolls greatest guitarists and composers. Rock and Roll lives forever, there is no greater genre of music on earth! I am grateful to have seen the Allman Brothers in concert at Pine Knob music theater in Michigan in 1978.

[@PatriotSteve]

Dickey should be mentioned in every greatest guitarist discussion for his playing and his composition.

[@michaelgavin4568]

No doubt about it! Dickie carried the torch all the time in my opinion! Duane was an unbelievable guitarist but he didn’t write music. Dickie is one of the best!!

[@DonStuck]

100%.

[@Knight14649]

RIP Mr. Richard Betts…. Thank you so much for writing the greatest rock and roll instrumental ever written… all of your fans will miss you and the joy you gave us for the past 50 + years…. And special thanks here to “Dangerous” Dan Toler.. what a great guitarist.. RIP Mr. Toler

[@O___00]

rip "Dangerous" Dan Toler on second fiddle

[@sierra6588]

RIP Dickey Betts. Truly one of the greatest in classic rock.

[@donaldbrown3909]

Rest in peace Dickey Betts your my blue sky your my sunny day, best song ever,

[@pokey5736]

For sure !

[@francofan1951]

We lost one of the greatest R.I.P.

[@ailsacocanower4461]

Musically speaking, we used to have longer attention spans.

[@O___00]

..and greater musicians/players

[@RUNNOFT71]

No doubt about that!

[@kristopherchynoweth9770]

Did you really, or did you just not realize how long a single song went on? 😁

[@marjoriecohn3868]

It's also that Dickey Betts told stories with his music and took us on journeys....... so it was just a different experience. There are few songs that are journeys but there are some like Starship Trooper by Yes.

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

So true do you think Taylor Swift or Harry styles could write Liszt Reed?

[@grifftrain]

I wish “Great Southern” made more albums. They were a good group

[@Bronncohowie24]

Dickey and "Dangerous" Dan, doesn't get much better !

[@Johan-ew3ot]

Dickie and great southern was the first live band I saw In my life..jfk stadium in philly 6/10/77 RIP BROTHER

[@pokey5736]

And In Memory of Dickie Betts. Everytime I look up and see a Blue Sky I'll be thinking of you. RIP ♥️🎸⚘

[@exdemocrat9038]

Try listening to it isolated with Dickey and Duane.

[@thomascramer7485]

A great southern rocker ,he carried the 70s&80s😮

[@fabone8887]

Thank you DB, your music and talent will live on within the musical souls of many. Rest in peace my friend,

[@paleggett1897]

Saw ABB dozens of times during 70’s

[@per-hakansvahn8044]

Dickey - the absolute wizzard of southern rock!

[@SuperStrik9]

Incredible performance of an incredible song. Dickey and Dan were a fantastic guitar duo.

[@michaelgavin4568]

RIP Dickey! You made the musical world a much better place!! Good stuff!!

[@thejamnasium6447]

absolutely incredible. Dangerous Dan Toler was a really good guitar player. and had terrific hair.

[@enriquemendez1507]

Yea his hair is majestic

[@user-rk4zm3nb5f]

Hair like a lion's mane.

[@sharronaustin2769]

Absolutely...Id rather listen to Dickie Betts unimaginable poetic range of music than any other guitarist

[@sharronaustin2769]

Mispelled Dickey's name...😢

[@johnsagnella7445]

Dangerous Dan gave those strings a Flippin workout, what a solo 👏

[@calvinlewis8924]

I don’t care what version of this Dicky Betts master piece you experience you were be moved in a transcendent way by the fact that that this music was so far ahead of time!!!

[@paulllewellyn2836]

I saw Dickey and Great Southern in 1977 at Winterland in San Francisco. It was a phenomenal performance. Dickey played all the tracks I loved and still love including this track. Great dual guitars with Dan Toler alongside. I have very vivid memories of that show.

[@lisareichard5791]

RIP Mr.Betts! Thank you for all the joy! ❤

[@debiebrumley3104]

so happy I got to see him so many times , RIP

[@m.t.3109]

I was there, Central Park 1978, for the ABB reunion concert. Best Rock moment of my life.

[@PatriotSteve]

where's the reunion?

[@tovarisch2788]

Fine version. RIP Dickey and Dan.

[@tirrellwilson1390]

Great solo by Dan!!! Always sounds great with Dickey and playing with the Brothers as well always on point. Crispy 🤙

[@davedawave4705]

Love how Dickey steps back and gives Dan the floor during his solo.

[@WanCesar1]

Sweeeeet as a peach !!! Long live Dickie Betts!

[@garyjohnson1414]

RIP Dickey 😢😢😢😢😢

[@michaelkardish6894]

We lost one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. Duane Allman once said, “Eric Clapton’s got nothing on Dickey Betts”.

[@broncobrian2344]

Underrated is the most overused word on the internet. Go on any music video and someone is crying about someone being underrated. Dickie is one of the all time great and is acknowledged as such. He makes Rolling Stones 100 greatest guitastist every year. The rock and roll world is rightful in mourning, but you think he is underrated.

[@MrGoogy007]

RIP Dickie Betts 😢

[@johnsagnella7445]

Wow and 👌 wow. Dan the man starts that first solo like sooo smooth and balanced. Rip.

[@chuckm4540]

Danny could make that strat sing and Dickey was a one of a kind singer/songwriter and guitarist. Thank you Dickey Betts!

[@walterkolasinski6405]

Thanks Dickie Blue Sky is my go to song when I need an uplift So many to chose from but that one exemplifies what life should be...Love

[@wakeupamericaandresist2413]

Man love you Dickey, your music has brought great joy to my life over the last 65 years ✊✊✌️✌️, love you and maybe on the other side we may bump into each other ✌️👍✌️✊

[@pleasetrylater6832]

Betts looked better with short hair, but he's _STILL_ the man. Love his Southern style of rocking!! This song is in my top4 of all time favorites

[@sandym8787]

I love his long hair look ...

[@user-oc9eh4rl4c]

such a loss.....some of his best work.....here

[@karlmao21]

When it comes to guitar , Allman Bros. always is brutal

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

My boss at a Chinese restaurant in Dallas back in the summer of 2017 would play this song on repeat for hours and chain smoke cigarettes

[@thomascramer7485]

Beautiful❤

[@calvinlewis8924]

A refined masterpiece at this point in time; simple as that !!!

[@cheesesteak59]

A magnificent song.

[@michaelkardish6894]

Danny told the story of when Dickey called him to join Great Southern. Dan didn’t believe it was really Dickey calling so he hung up on him!🤣🤣

[@elbib2446]

rip dickey

[@alexmonger8754]

rock and roll instrumental guitar perfection. Go Dicky Go

[@kevinallison2227]

Love the volume swells!

[@paulwheeler6609]

RIP

[@59skupe]

I felt that way about Gregg too.

[@wakeupamericaandresist2413]

Thank you for posting this AWESOME gem ✌️✌️ 2nd time watching✊✊

[@carlscamino5844]

Nice to see Dangerous Dan Toler.

[@soulvaccination8679]

i was in jail when this came out. All of us could not wait to get out to buy the album.The old New Haven Jail in Conn. No toilets.Only buckets. The place was so old it was haunted.

[@joelark2007]

Dans brother on drums n goldflies on bass nice

[@calvinlewis8924]

A refined masterpiece, simple as that!!!

[@brucegelman5582]

As good as Jan Akkerman or Steve Hackett.Could have played in any 70's prog band he wanted to.Allmans was his band of brothers.

[@tucano66]

I agree. I saw Jan Akkerman's concert in São Paulo (Brasil), in 2007 and now, on August- 20, I will also see Steve Hackett here in São Paulo too. Great guitarists!! Yeahhhh

[@songshineoriginalmusic]

That's it in this video, that's what I have always aspired to play like, when the electric guitar sounds like an electric violin. I m always trying to get that effect in my lead playing. Dickey is using his pinky finger to swell the volume control and has predetermined where the volume pot should be before he starts doing it. And he will raise the volume just a bit at the end of a phrase to punctuate it then bring it back down. He was a master at it.

[@southboundguitar]

Well gd…thanks for mansplaining volume swells for us.

[@brucegelman5582]

Love me some goldtop Les paul

[@HelterSkelley]

Great solo. Despite Duane's brilliance, DB was my favorite. Not least because he wrote this peak classic.

[@selmonb921]

Fortunately i saw Great Southern with only Frankie Toler on Drums. The other drummer, just gets in the way! 2 drummers is NOT EASY! No one can compare to what Butch and Jaimoe did...NO ONE!

[@junjun9011]

Great Southern時代のベッツさんの姿だけでなく 後に再結成オールマンズのギタリストになるダン・トーラーさんが

[@per-hakansvahn8044]

Jesus; this is good😂

[@cmberrian]

😢, RIP

[@mikem1509]

betts was absolutely on fire.

[@tadgermain8101]

That was Bitchen this version is right up there with the smoking hot live Almond Brothers version.if i didn't watch this I'd swear Jon Lord sat in on this one

[@58BURST]

3:38! Wow

[@user-fn5mr4oz4j]

Dangerous Dan Toler on rhythm guitar. I consider him almost a founding member. He always was with Greg Allman on his solo projects.

[@pathos66]

Dan Toler was a co-lead guitarist with Dickey.

[@Charliesmypup]

That Band was Tight.

[@rickt1951]

DDT RIP

[@deadlotCamper]

hell yes dan toler

[@lemurianchick]

Who's Elizabeth Reed?

[@sativamorning]

The name on a headstone in a cemetery where Dickey Betts had a sexual encounter

[@timsalmon3381]

She's buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.

[@johnsagnella7445]

6 feet under.

[@ChrisDutch]

Be respectful about talking about Rose Hill cemetery,both of the Allmans and Berry Oakley are buried there. The story about the sexual encounter is an urban myth. The song is actually a tribute to Miles Davis.

[@jennystryker2967]

"Dickey".

[@gmanning4881]

w/ the great dangerous dan toler

[@tomhoulihan1]

I forgot Elizabeth Reed...

[@jfredknobloch]

I don’t know who the other guitar player is, but he’s really good first of all!… But he does play an awfully like Dickie sort of thing. Having opened for great Southern back in the day (1975? 76?), I can tell you that the tenor of the gig was not happy happy joy, joy! But they were good and pros and that was cool being exposed to it so early. Dickie would always reach for that harmonic minor thing and it very often worked so wonderfully!… I saw him play with Duane three times and when they missed something was the only time they ever looked at each other after the song started. The only other bands I ever saw like that were Little Feat and The Count Basie Orchestra. But it never slowed them down… It was like yeah! Go ahead and try that! That’s what’s great about Music… Jfk

[@user-fi7ju4nj9b]

That fucking watermark has got to go. Gonna find another source for this.

[@christophersorel6056]

RIP