The Allman Brothers - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - 7/12/1986 - Starwood Amphitheatre (Official)

[@medicine_box]

Came here to say RIP to the legendary Dickie Betts. Thank you for this masterpiece. May your soul sore and your music live on forever.

[@richardk6659]

Absolutely on of the greatest.

[@richardk6659]

And he was a legend.

[@TheMerryPup]

In memory of Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman. R.I.P. brothers.

[@JermaineBulls]

And now today, Dickie Betts

[@JerkMorrison]

Dangerous Dan Toler appreciation comment

[@lestersmith493]

hes a fine guitarist that was awsume

[@hackdog69]

Dangerous Dan need zero arms on his shirts... zero. Dude was awesome

[@liviomiraglia602]

R.I.P. Dickey.😔One of the best and baddest to ever do it

[@SusanAngelettiMusic]

So true ! we gonna miss him so badly!

[@soulrebel290]

In Memory Of Glorious Mr. Betts, this tune will always be. RIP and thank you for beautiful music.

[@1viridis]

Dickie Betts had an image as just some kind of outlaw cowboy country boy, and yet wrote this elegant, sophisticated, complex modern symphony, equal parts rock, jazz, blues and country, greatest masterpiece of modern American music imo.

[@chrisgiebler6779]

Dicky betts amazing talented guitar player always in duaines shadow my favorite

Outlaw cowboy country boy,in a Kimono shirt.Too cool

[@rodneybohin6551]

My favorite of all time!

[@antserf1231]

Yes, in total agreement

[@evewhite613]

Amen, brother. Never tired of listening.

[@RobertWMann]

Give Dan Toler credit for being a "Badass!" Thank you.

[@WreckinballRick]

Yeah! I remember Dan and Frank from Sarasota, and was happy he got to hit the big stage. Those brothers also died way too young.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

They didn't call him "Dangerous Dan" Toler for nothing!

[@peterconefry9490]

Total Badass

[@bradmay1240]

Dickie Betts - filling our lives with music for so many years. RIP.

[@michaelgavin4568]

How good was dangerous Dan!! RIP !!!

[@gmanning4881]

w/ dangerous dan toler, underrated in his own right.

[@terrencedeagle4429]

Those guys were both great. What tremendous teamwork.

[@gogoyubari366]

He's so underrated I've never even heard of him.

[@MimiLutkemeier-jq9te]

Precies wat er staat. Natuur Lijk staat daar bovenaan aan de top Dickey Betts zelf. Maar vlak Dangerous Dan niet uit. Volg ook Dickey Betts and the great Southern. He L

[@jonRboy]

In this clip, I swear, Dan Toler gave a masterclass in how to construct a guitar solo.

[@ilalapinski6146]

My favourite song by them. Learning about Dickey Betts' passing really hurts. Thank you for the beautiful music!

[@russellh6287]

Man, Danny Toler was a great, great guitar player. A Killer solo from him. Dickey chose guitarists who could push him and Danny, Jack Pearson and Warren Haynes prove that. This is terrific mid-ABB version.

[@loucontino4804]

The only issue with Dickey though was that when he was hammered he abused the daylights out of Warren and constantly physically fought with him accusing Warren of showing him up on stage. Dickey was asked to take a very long hiatus from the ABB and unfortunately never returned. Though he remains still an honored Brother. It's just him and Jaimoe left now and both are not in the best of health due to age. Hey it happens to us all. But this tune is the diadem in the crown of tunes by The ABB, because it essentially allows the spirit to soar. Oh there are another 50 tunes I love by them since I am a fan since 1971, but this tune has a special place in my heart.

[@OfficialZombieStrats]

@@loucontino4804 where’d you get that info pal

[@DarkeningSkies1]

I definitely heard he was a problem when drunk, never heard the professional jealousy thing with Warren. Hell, Warren was in Dickey’s band first.

[@tawannayelton2160]

@@OfficialZombieStrats ?

[@OfficialZombieStrats]

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[@SkelatorRevisited]

Sad Day but what a Terrific Life. God Bless Richard Betts

[@calvinlewis8924]

In 1971 this group of musicians were ahead of time then and since then they have become eternally ledgendary thanks to men like Dickey Betts. Thanks!!!

[@PhukIT1865]

all of us that lived thru this era with the Grateful Dead and Allman Bros were really lucky. I don't know if the USA will ever see something like this ever again....

[@PhukIT1865]

all of us who know this music need to educate those who don't even know about it.

[@charlesryan427]

Amen

[@edwinjones1000]

Nope.....Never again.

[@audreyann1975]

Omg You are soooooo lucky to have lived through this time in the 60s and the 70s. It says something about the kids of that era.... the music you guys had was the real deal!

[@mark-fu9fe]

@@audreyann1975 Thanks that was the era to be alive.

[@1coopjsn]

Dickie with those harmonics - what a cool sound.

[@garygerkin9988]

Ladies and Gentlemen....the undeniable, unstoppable, incomparable Dickie Betts

[@mark-fu9fe]

Thanks for not calling him "underrated" Your words are so descriptive, and so true. Everyone over uses underrated, not sure which way to go with that word anyway. A good or bad compliment?

[@bobby-gs9wn]

I loved the tone of Dickey’s guitar. He was an incredible talent. Thanks for the memories RIP.

[@henryjewell3900]

Dangerous Dan Toler is right there with them.

[@ericwood2466]

So incredible and sooooooo underrated ❤️🙏❤️

[@herbwag6456]

I've loved this haunting tune since the release of the Filmore East Live album. This version is also top notch!

[@roymoore3156]

I used to have a record player next to my bed as a youngster, I’m 67 now, and I’d go to sleep EVERY night listening to this side of live at the Fillmore album! Never tire of this great album. It’s in my group of five that I’d take with me if I ever were to be stranded on a desert island...Frampton live; the White album; Chicago CTA; live at the Fillmore east, perhaps all of Stevie Wonders albums(counts as one)...oh well it’s a start.

[@calvinlewis8924]

This rock tune will never grow old. Thanks for the memories!!!

[@henryjewell3900]

I met Dan Toler at a Gregg Allman solo concert.He was very nice.Gregg was cool to meet also.

[@willowspringfarm6526]

Even at 12 minutes ... it's still not long enough !

[@jerrellhelms8378]

Saw them in 71 at Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. People were literally in the rafters it was so packed. Not a rock band, not a southern rock band, not a jazz or blues band. An Allman Brothers Band, a genre unto themselves. How good are you when Dickie Betts is the number two guitarist in the band? They were still awesome with just one Allman Brother.

[@arlenesheffield1136]

Dickie Betts is the man. His guitar and mind seem as one. I love his interviews he's so laid back. Still water runs deep.

[@tommathews3964]

I made that Foster Auditorium show as well! And Boutwell in Bham too. It was such fun to cruise around and get in on the concert action in those days! So much less complicated! No Pre Sales, Ticketbastard, Stub Hub, etc. etc. etc. Few bucks at the local record store or box office and you were in! Damn I miss those days!

[@ewokwarrior2656]

The whole band was awesome. I always liked the sound of a dirty blues organ. The guitars are awesome especially the unison playing. So right. The piano just perfect. What amazing synergy. How these kindred spirits found each other over the arc of time was a blessing to all of us listeners and fans.

[@richarddouros7280]

In my life I got to see the Dickey Betts band and the Gregg Allman band and the Allman brothers band 65 times starting in 1981 and my last show was 2012 I'm 51 years old. And they were the best live band I ever saw

[@johnvickery8554]

Amen, brother!

[@deniskostic1502]

Man , Richard than you are close friend all in the band, are you part of rowdys or whatever !!!

[@irishmermaid4]

I have played this masterpiece almost everyday for my grandson since he was born. He is now 4 years old and is picking up the guitar. Yes!

[@robertforrest9021]

Words cannot describe the memories this song brings back to a 60 year young old hippy, so much fantastic music came from our 70s heros of Southern Rock. It WILL never be replaced just kept alive by the likes of Dereck Trucks and so many others. RIP brother Gregg!

[@edwinjones1000]

I still have their " Live at Fillmore " double album from college in 1971. That's my Favorite version of " In Memory Of E Reed "

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

RIP Dangerous Dan

[@shannonk.6528]

@@robertwhitcomb6105 The Toler Brothers were great! RIP to both.

[@mark-fu9fe]

Were you in Douglas, AZ?

[@lestersmith493]

lol this is what keeps you young

[@suzyq6406]

BEST BAND EVER!!! Dickie Betts best guitarist ever!

[@kingheart912]

Smooth and haunting. Takes my mind to peaceful places. They are normally bluesy but this is jazzy. Very ambidextrous band.

[@JRussUT]

Play on, Dickey. No one can stop you now.

[@CakewalkHootenanny]

That piano solo was incredible

[@nancykelley9541]

That is Chuck Leavell. No one better!!

[@davidmccall4776]

​@@nancykelley9541Chuck's Grand Larceny organ solo in the post Allman band Sea Level is one of his best. My favorite keyboard player, along with Chester Thompson of Santana. None better!

[@rhondawebb7985]

Chuck Leavell is a badass on the ivories! Love the spin off band from ABB - Sea Level.

[@shannonk.6528]

Dickie Betts is a genius!! In my opinion one of the best of all time! He wrote a lot of the Allman Brothers big hits as well.

[@shable1436]

Gimme some skim broette you got that right

[@keithmoister3477]

They were far better than most people realise !

[@jimmaidlow4359]

Yes, you are right there! They were much better than people realized!

[@petewood3211]

This song speaks of pathos, loss and finally overcoming heartbreak. Yes, Dickie Betts is one heckuva guitar player.

[@lkr1956]

I always heard it was about graveyard fucking......

[@garygerkin9988]

@@lkr1956 not exactly, Duane and Dickie used to jam in a cemetery and there was a tombstone that read in memory of Elizabeth Reed

[@lkr1956]

Ah, so that was just an old myth....@@garygerkin9988

[@garygerkin9988]

@@lkr1956 it's still cemetery related

[@yvonnelaurenty6427]

Some of y'all got it partly right. Duane told it like this: "Fkn Dickey wrote this fkn song about fkn a girl in a fkn cemetery." And to Dickey's chagrin, Duane spilled the beans on who was that girl - Carmella, Boz Scaggs' women, whom he later married. During one of their trysts, Dickey looked up to see the inscription on the tombstone: tIn Memory of Elizabeth Reed." Dickey told the Sarasota reporter, Wade Tatangelo, that he couldn't exactly call this song Carmella since he was slipping around with her. So people, it is basically a love song for his "beautiful Italian" lover.

[@wilfredoragos9860]

My favorite song from the Allman Brothers Band, one of the greatest guitar solos of all time

[@mikeb9555]

Out of ALL the Allman Bros songs, this one is the best.

[@joerectifier]

Dan Toler’s solo here is so fun and nice to hear

[@bobgreen1236]

I saw The Brothers at Bonaroo, long after Dickie's exit. It was then I realized my favorite songs of theirs were the ones they weren't playing.....Dickie's songs.....

[@Knight14649]

One of rock’s best songs ever

[@lisalee7063]

Only "The Allman Brothers" could rock so hard on a twelve minute instrumental. Superior performance and endurance.

[@PhukIT1865]

they were great no doubt about it

[@thomasfoss9963]

When I saw one of their 70s show in Fla--they played this for 40 mins!!!!

[@norcaldigger348]

Chills.... Rest in Paradise Dickey.

[@rustymacneil3227]

Still the best sounding Les Paul I have ever heard!!!

[@donnamarchina7604]

Omgoodnessssss the PIANO alone- WOW-- SO POWERFUL!!! MY Ears really appreciate such great music!!!! Every day is an ALLMANBETTES DAY!!!!🐲🍀🌳😎😍

[@tram84mvp]

Chuck's piano my favorite part too.

[@MimiLutkemeier-jq9te]

Chuck surely ranks in the top three of pianist in the rockfield.

[@HoosierRooster]

Numerous people in & out of the group through the years...but all were more than capable of holding up their part....bravo...

[@davidkeep6526]

Is it legal to have that much talent on the stage at once ? Phenomenal guitar solos, killer bass, primo keyboards then 2 top shelf drums. Stop it !!!😎👍

[@Kots2016]

This has been my favorite song of all time since I first heard it in 1970. I have listened to this song hundreds of times. I will never get tired of it. I love The Allman Brothers. They are my very favorite band! I was lucky to see them twice.

[@keemosobby2633]

Never saw this version.Boy does it rock.What a superhero band.Just simply amazing.

[@dankaradave]

This makes me cry tears of joy

[@porcupineparty8598]

Dickey isn't just a Great guitar player but a great song writer as well

[@cindyc2216]

This is one of the most beautiful instrumentals EVER....brings back 70's memories big time.

[@dspreis]

Great playing by 'Dangerous Dan'.

[@iouel]

Love that solo so much; and all of it.

[@maxwelter8611]

Duane Allman and Betts are the reason I play the guitar.

[@garygerkin9988]

Me too!!!!

[@francescolauri2262]

Duane Genius

[@markheppleston1117]

A big part of why I play too!

[@ricklogan3328]

Max... Me also....

[@billdillon3886]

What a complex, intricate, time traveling, fusion of so many genres of music interpreted by a hell raising Southern rocker, artist, poet dedicated to the memory of a headstone in Rose Hill cemetery Macon, Ga....RIP DB

[@markgillespie7948]

Didn't realize Dan Toler had passed,an awesome guitar player, Dicky Betts at his best in this one.....

[@michaelgrillo4333]

Timeless for sure. So many different live cuts and each one a Timeless masterpiece.

[@micheallogan7651]

Dan Toler!!

[@dankaradave]

The Allmann Brothers are/were incredible American musicals (i dan’t spell)

[@cathystruska1558]

This sounds jazzy but we all know rock and roll will never die. Great music!

[@marKism69]

Dickey Betts always reminds of Dennis Hopper.. :-)

[@dspreis]

One of the best post-Duane renditions of Liz Reed that I've heard....although not crazy about having Gregg's solo first.

[@jeffkeogh1982]

37 year of age and I've just heard this for the first time. Amazing

[@joshuabest8224]

The tightest guitar harmonies and to nail them that in sync live!!!!! So damn good!

[@joelsimms4636]

If you listen hard you can hear Dickie cookin out on the rhythm guitar in the back. He and Johnny Winter do some of most amazing back ground guitar ever!

[@kennethhammond7653]

Great musician we lost he is with Duane Jamin now and will be missed

[@shanejones2600]

These guys defined so much about music, life, and just putting the "sunroof open and driving!" My go to music anytime in GA! Tammy

[@nevennekic5262]

Rock at it s most dramatic ever. Thank you Dicky and the guys.

[@blovedbrownsfan77]

Rest in peace, Gregg Allman.

[@jjkhawaiian]

In 2015, I gave him and his then-girlfriend-assistant a ride in my Uber to his gig in Daytona Beach. Apparently, picked him up from his grandma's house. I had a pic on FB somewhere. It was the highlight of the year though it lasted 5 minutes.

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

RIP Dangerous Dan

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

RIP Butch

[@willmpet]

For years I would whistle the beginning of this song as I pushed two wide dustmops down the wide hallway of the MN main library!

[@kathycuster1714]

The band is back together! RIP Duane, Greg and Dickey

[@thedrededquash]

Good Lord, every note is transcendent. That groove hits so effin hard layering in those guitar solos is just bananas. There is just no bad incarnation of this band.

[@davidlewisTN]

I was at this show. It was awesome. 🎸

[@iouel]

Greg Allman is an Angel. During his organ solo, he hides his left hand from view of the camera as it transforms into gold.

[@berretta9mm17]

Just...DAMN! When I was much, much younger, I played this song, and a good many others of extraordinary complexity and requiring an almost twin-like connection between the guitar players. While learning it (over 3 or 4 months of practice sessions), I remember thinking "Jesus, they made this look so easy!" It isn't. They were, as a band, so far ahead of their time, and as individuals so intertwined musically, that it was like listening to a single organism breathing, and running just for the joy of it.

[@drewcamero1489]

If All great music comes from within, these gentleman are one deep well.

[@stevensapyak7971]

drew camero 8.2.19. “Well put”™️ ......... 🎸

[@tedbissell7277]

Hat's off to Dickie Betts !!! Last man standing for this beautiful tune! Allmans gone but Betts wrote this one!!!!

[@cindyc2216]

This beautiful song brings back sooo many memories. Espeically the beginning guitar of Dickey Betts. He is a GREAT songwriter as well as Great Guitar master.

[@jward9637]

Dicky Betts is probably the most over looked guitar player in the history of rock n roll

[@SoulDaddy33]

Well, he's rated No. 61 of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time, so that ain't really too bad. www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/dickey-betts-20111122

[@soofitnsexy]

he is exactly where he needs to be 61. perfect.

[@sufyanmirza1201]

Rolling stones magaziney does not count for shit. And no he is not overlooked, he is credited for inspired many guitarists and writing fine music.

[@dantean]

Managed to land a fairly decent gig in spite of it, though, didn't he?

[@bcal4877]

So 51 spots behind Kurt Cobain? Yup, that's a joke. If Duane considered him his peer, then I really don't care what Jan Wenner thinks...

[@audreyann1975]

Dickey is amazing! He was also really nice looking. He still is!

[@McQ109]

Wow 30 years ago...and still just as good as it was in 1970. ....thank you for this post. ....

[@G1951-w1y]

Overlooked? Hardly. Those in the know have been appreciating him for over 50 years.

[@franklyterrence4860]

An amazing composition by Dickie Betts!

[@tram84mvp]

Chuck's piano really makes this one of the best versions ever

[@chrisbrown3549]

tram84mvp gregs sounds better

[@Mjr._Kong]

I have to agree, Chuck Leavell is both insanely talented AND has great feel and groove.

[@davidw994]

It is amazing to me that one band could accomodate and promote two virtuoso guitarists, like Duane Allman and Dickie Betts, an increadible voice and keyboard player like Greg Allman, and two drummers that each could have been masters in separate bands. IMO they are one of the best rock bands of all time. Others below have mentioned the many other players that came later in the band. Each of them were top notch. Imagine if they never would have lost Duane and Barry? I saw them several times and they were always as tight as their recordings. They were some of the best musicians in the history of rock music, IMO.

[@pamnichols7877]

yes.. Dangerous Dan greeted Gregg at the gates....just great that we have these videos...ugh.

[@richrol58]

Oh, I thought you meant that's how he got into the band--waited for Gregg at the concert venue---now I got you...:)

[@TheStompboxer]

Dan was great, but I’m pretty sure he’d have the class to leave the gate-greeting to Duane.

[@rhondawebb7985]

I believe you're right!!

[@corradodavanza8780]

A song Dickey Betts wrote for our second album

[@rhondawebb7985]

Probably my favorite AB songs...

[@stevensapyak7971]

Rhonda Webb 7.27.19. It “is” my Favorite ❗️🎸🎟

[@rhondawebb7985]

Indeed Steven! How could it not be, right?

[@stevensapyak7971]

Rhonda Webb. 7.29.19. That’s correct.......girl ❗️👌🏽😉

[@lloydstout4254]

In memory of Elizabeth reed, yall ready gentleman, 1 2.. 1234.....

[@JerzyBorowski-ot3ie]

DICKEY BETTS GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ nad GENIUSZAMI KOSMOS KOCHANI na zawsze dziękuję BARDZO

[@haroldkeil8582]

The 'Kings of Southern Rock"!!

[@phatboyzband831]

Better much better, he was the vocal and guitar sound of ABB

[@bobcorbin3294]

This is great but I was there three years later when they came back to Starwood with Allen Woody and Warren Haynes and played one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[@arlenesheffield1136]

Lucky you..

[@DeadDave50]

Too many people from this video gone too soon

[@ATLbench]

My first concert was the brothers in 1992 at Lakewood amphitheater in Atlanta I was 12 years old. I’ve seen them at least 5 times. God bless my parents.

[@victorav629]

I thank God every day, whoever be, for appreciate things like that in my time of life.

[@buckmelanoma5473]

F'n amaze-balls

[@MusicalManchild77]

This IS Music At Its Best! It don;t Get Better Than This!

[@dman4268]

I love Dan Toler. His solos combine speed, harmonization, and fluidity in a manner that consistently delights and surprises. He was a stone cold killer on guitar. So glad Betts hired him so we all could enjoy. Toler did some incredible work with Gregg also.

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

I saw Toler play with Gregg on the I’m no angel tour that same year in Phila

[@dman4268]

@@robertwhitcomb6105 Must have been a great experience. Toler's solo on I'm No Angel is incredibly beautiful with an intro that is a great and rhythmic hook and with a main solo that is beautifully melodic which demonstrates his versatility in contrast to his more harmonic and jazzy playing on songs like Elizabeth Reed. And his story of coming up from nothing to join the Allman's is inspiring.

[@halbertking2683]

October 15 , 1971 . The Syria Mosque , Pittsburgh , Pa. Two bucks to get in . The Allman Brothers .

[@MrJdsenior]

I never realized it until I watched this, but playing those two identical guitars in locked harmonies occasionally is what gives this band part of its unique sound. My ears aren't smart, but they know what they like. ;-( :-0 ;-) Great to listen/see some of this really good music again from my youth.

[@angierucker5505]

Yes indeed & it all started with Duane, it was his vision

[@lisamalone2647]

I did see them at the Macon Autorum possible same year.. Hey It's Chuck.. Love this Thanks for Sharing. ✌ ♥ ☺

[@ciao1944]

One of my All time favorite Allman Brothers!!!!!!...this and Jessica...these had to be about women in his life...Passionate .....

[@justDave3453]

Well I don't know about Jessica, but I heard the story about this tune is that they used to hang out in a graveyard in their home town, and one time Dickey was getting it on with a lady friend of his and looked up and saw the name on the headstone....

[@yvonnelaurenty6427]

You are correct sir. As for Jessica, it is about the littlest woman in his life, Dickey's toddler daughter, Jessica Betts.