<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Dickey-betts ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/dickey-betts Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:34:11 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “There are three notes that make the harmony weird, but if you don’t know that, it sounds great.” Warren Haynes reveals the imperfect secret behind the Allman Brothers Band’s guitar magic ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/there-are-three-notes-that-make-the-harmony-weird-but-if-you-dont-know-that-it-sounds-great-warren-haynes-reveals-the-imperfect-secret-behind-the-allman-brothers-bands-guitar-magic Up5WZ6xrMBEaTRqqT9PnW Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:34:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had this reverence for Duane Allman’s playing — but I wanted to make it my own as well.” Warren Haynes on the advice Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman gave him when he joined the Allman Brothers Band ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/i-had-this-reverence-for-duane-allmans-playing-but-i-wanted-to-make-it-my-own-as-well-warren-haynes-on-the-advice-dickey-betts-and-gregg-allman-gave-him-when-he-joined-the-allman-brothers-band P7Y9hE4WyS2PE5sT5WoX53 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:06:32 +0000 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was going to put together his own band and continue on.” Les Dudek on playing “Ramblin' Man,” co-writing “Jessica” and making plans with Dickey Bettsafter Duane Allman died ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/behind-the-allman-brothers-ramblin-man-and-jessica-with-les-dudek Q9FF7Bu5LLCRbDeGk6LJch Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He had that flowing melody thing that feels like you're singing along with the music." Warren Haynes talks Dickey Betts' influence as he prepares to honor the Allman Brothers Band giant in a star-studded concert ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/warren-haynes-on-dickey-betts-influence DY8CwhuwAFaDFEZaSjgKHj Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:46:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He approached a dreadnought much like he did a Les Paul, attacking leads and muscling the strings to achieve bends and vibrato." These Allman Brothers songs explain why Dickey Betts was a legend on acoustic as well as electric ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/six-songs-that-demonstrate-dickey-betts-acoustic-genius bgSdTNMYgFMrVcaAiGAeUm Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:06:18 +0000 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:44:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I was 3, I saw Dickey Betts at a blues festival and was mesmerized. I put out my first album at 11 and toured heavily, mostly on school vacations”: Buddy Guy-backed Quinn Sullivan is spreading his wings on his fifth album – at the age of 25 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/quinn-sullivan-salvation CbZTtmjozguSCRShRjvWES Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:33:53 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was uncomfortable, but if we were going to play those songs, then I had to play them”: Dickey Betts initially “hated” having to play Duane Allman's slide parts ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/dickey-betts-duane-allman-slide-parts XRAHSjD3f3RWkZrPrWpGuK Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:42:20 +0000 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:53:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/features/dickey-betts-interview-2019 rjFcNSRpYBwFQSv47RnWKH Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:23:30 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/features/allman-brothers-dickey-betts-ramblin-man-recording-sessions P7JV9u9vSsjze3hUGGasuA Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:31:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Discover Dickey Betts’ Inspired Guitar Playing Approaches on the Allman Brothers Band’s Best-Selling Studio Album, ‘Brothers and Sisters’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-brothers-and-sisters kTJdBUTBhyB6vv4W5JiuGS Sat, 22 Jul 2023 15:15:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We Tracked Everything Live and Kept Whichever Takes Had the Magic”: Duane Betts Steps out Solo With ‘Wild & Precious Life’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/duane-betts-wild-and-precious-life-solo-album-interview 4nLXR4s2vkc6UUcPDZ7QuR Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:33:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Duane Betts Salutes His Father Dickey (with Some Help from Derek Trucks) on Soulful New Song, Stare At The Sun ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/duane-betts-salutes-his-father-dickey-with-some-help-from-derek-trucks-on-soulful-new-song-stare-at-the-sun vyv7yqoSHwiaWupfbYSoYK Mon, 22 May 2023 21:40:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Best Guitar Moments of 1972 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/the-best-guitar-moments-of-1972 5TQE9E3iu9Ri79wgXwpKX9 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:05:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Definitive Allman Brothers Band Biography, ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ Set for July ’23 Anniversary Release ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/definitive-allman-brothers-band-biography-brothers-and-sisters-set-for-july-23-anniversary-release TG7UKVs7HHN9euZCAufsxU Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:48:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Telecaster Master Jim Weider Drops New Album with the Weight Band ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/telecaster-master-jim-weider-drops-new-album-with-the-weight-band 6rwvNXgLoSJt3WH4cAmauU Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:54:28 +0000 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:28:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We Went from Rags to Riches”: The Incredible Story of the Allman Brothers' 'At Fillmore East' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/we-went-from-rags-to-riches-the-incredible-story-of-the-allman-brothers-at-fillmore-east DW7DShTmYphqhJgDSVvGmQ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:10:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Why the Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East’ Still Holds Up 50 Years Later ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-the-allman-brothers-bands-at-fillmore-east-still-holds-up-50-years-later 7qXNh96FhuieqnrXYyaJbj Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:31:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Tones: "Statesboro Blues" – The Allman Brothers Band ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/classic-tones-statesboro-blues-the-allman-brothers io2JXXa9MeV9WCL72sn4qc Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:06:52 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:16 +0000