Happy birthday to Forrest Richard Dickey Betts (born December 12, - TopicsExpress



          

Happy birthday to Forrest Richard Dickey Betts (born December 12, 1943). He is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his instrumental Jessica in 1996 Recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, he had early on in his career one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with Duane Allman introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping the traditional rhythm/lead roles to stand toe to toe. Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003, and #61 on the list published in 2011.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:07:40 +0000

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