Betts, Dickey

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Dickey Betts & Great Southern New - LP - AL 4123 Sealed 1977 Original. Tint Saw Cut. “Three Years After The Issue Of His Landmark Solo Recording, Highway Call, Guitarist, Singer, And Songwriter Dickey Betts Released The Debut By His "Other" Band, Great Southern. Attempting To Capture The Loose, Easy Feel Of Highway Call And Combine It With The More Blues-Driven Sound Of The Allmans, Betts Was Largely Successful Though The Record Does Suffer A Tad From Overly Slick Production. Evident From "Out To Get Me," The Very First Track, Is Betts' Trademark Slide Guitar Burning A Hole Through The Center Of The Mix. The Undertone Of The Album Is The Shuffle, Both Country And Blues, Aided In Large Part By Topper Price's Harmonica And The Able Second Guitar Of Dan Toler. But The Feel Is All Betts. He Stretches Out The Stinging Boogie Of "Run Gypsy Run," With Dual Leads, A Killer Pre-Verse Riff, And A Solid "Ramblin Man"-Style Melodic Line In The Heart Of His Blues. Perhaps The Hinge Piece On The Album In On Its Third Track, "Sweet Virginia" (Not A Cover Of The Rolling Stones' Track). Here, Betts' Slide Work Is Easily And Lilting As It Undergirds A Sleepy Country Tune With A Killer Backbeat. Nostalgia, Or At Least The Previous, Is The Backbone Of Betts' Sentiment As His Vice Rings Through The Guitars And Rhythm Section With Conviction And A Sureness That Only Comes Out Of The Finest Country-Rock Music (Think Creedence Clearwater Meets The Allmans). Ultimately, This Album, With Its Funky New Orleans Basslines And Second-Line Percussions, Is Another Restless Country-Soul Set From Betts. And Though More Guitar Driven Than Highway Call, Its Songs Hold As Much Soul And Aplomb If Not The Same Deeply Held Convictions That Made The Previous Album The Classic It Is. Nonetheless, Great Southern Is A Very Fine Album That Despite Its Polish Holds A Wealth Of Fine Songs And Truly Astonishing Playing Within Its Grooves.” – Thom Jurek, All Music Guide more
	Highway Call Used - LP - CP 0123 1974 US original Santa Maria pressing with company inner. No poster. "After the runaway success of the Allman Brothers' classic Brothers and Sisters LP -- an album on which Dickey Betts virtually architected the open loping country sound with his newly found singing voice and easy, slimmed down guitar style -- the guitarist decided to try his hand at a solo album. Highway Call is, in essence, the second chapter in Betts finding his own voice as not only a singer, but also as a songwriter as well. At a brief half-hour in length, Highway Call is nonetheless an emotionally powerful slice of small country life offered with a vast emotional landscape. The tone is nostalgic in that each of the songs here reflects memory and the yearning for a simpler, less cluttered life lived in the open spaces, away from the chaotic roil of rock stardom and all of its trappings. The title track reflects an acceptance of Betts' life as an itinerant musician, destined to play out his hand on the road. There isn't a hint of regret in the ringing, slippery guitars and harmony vocals, but there is a sense that life could have been different. On "Let Nature Sing," Betts calls forth the spirits of America, from its rock and crags, its lakes and panoramic vistas, and from the ghosts of the people who've traipsed through Betts' life, leaving an emotional and indelible impression upon him. Each song here, such as "Rain," with its sideways pedal steel, or "Long Time Gone," with its runaway slide, or even the aforementioned "Let Nature Sing," with its glorious dobro and fiddle (courtesy of Vassar Clements) underscoring Betts' lead and the ringing pedal steel of Jon Hughey is a testament to the pastoral in American life. And for Betts, the rambler, gambler, and hard living guitar man, there is no contradiction. All of his cards are on the table in "Hand Picked," a nearly 15-minute country swing romp through Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, the Allmans, and bluegrass, Betts creates the ultimate road instrumental. The listener can hear Clements and Betts roaring down the two-lane blacktop on the back of a flatbed truck, ripping this one out with easy abandon. Highway Call stands as the artist's finest solo moment, one that holds his true voice easily expressing itself far from the madding blues wail of the Allmans, deep in the center of a Georgia holler with the sun beating down on the peach trees or on the incessant babble of a backwoods creek calling his listeners to the mystery inherent in simple living and in playing honest, heartfelt music." All Music Guide - Thom Jurek. more
	Live From The Lone Star Roadhouse New - LP - ROC-3420 Sealed 2018 Limited Edition 2LP Blue Vinyl Release. This Cover Has The "November 1, 1988" Date On It; The Original RSD Release Had "January 11th, 1988". Dickey Betts May Not Have Had The Name But He Was A Co-Founder And The Ongoing Heart And Soul Of The Allman Brothers. With The Deaths Of Duane And Then Gregg, Dickey Slipped Into Semi-Retirement. This Show Was Recorded In August, 1978 With His Back-Up Band, Great Southern, At The Lone Star Roadhouse In New York City And Simulcast On Wlir On Long Island. Dickey Betts And Great Southern Riffed On Some Of The Allman Bros. Best Known Hits: "Blue Sky," "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed," "Jessica," Statesboro Blues," "One Way Out," "Southbound" And Other Gems. Dickey Is Backed By Warren Haynes- Guitar/Vocals, Johnny Neel- Keyboard/Vocals, Matt Abts- Percussion And Marty Privette- Bass. Special Appearances By Rick Derringer, Jack Bruce And Mick Taylor. It Was Just Announced That Dickey Was Embarking On His First Tour In Some Time, Touring With His Son Duane, Sharing Lead Guitar. more
	Live From The Lone Star Roadhouse Colored Vinyl - New - ROC-3420 Sealed 2018 Limited Edition 2LP Blue Vinyl Release. This Cover Has The "November 1, 1988" Date On It; The Original RSD Release Had "January 11th, 1988". Dickey Betts May Not Have Had The Name But He Was A Co-Founder And The Ongoing Heart And Soul Of The Allman Brothers. With The Deaths Of Duane And Then Gregg, Dickey Slipped Into Semi-Retirement. This Show Was Recorded In August, 1978 With His Back-Up Band, Great Southern, At The Lone Star Roadhouse In New York City And Simulcast On Wlir On Long Island. Dickey Betts And Great Southern Riffed On Some Of The Allman Bros. Best Known Hits: "Blue Sky," "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed," "Jessica," Statesboro Blues," "One Way Out," "Southbound" And Other Gems. Dickey Is Backed By Warren Haynes- Guitar/Vocals, Johnny Neel- Keyboard/Vocals, Matt Abts- Percussion And Marty Privette- Bass. Special Appearances By Rick Derringer, Jack Bruce And Mick Taylor. It Was Just Announced That Dickey Was Embarking On His First Tour In Some Time, Touring With His Son Duane, Sharing Lead Guitar. more