<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Famed Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts, responsible for writing the group’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday at his home in Osprey, Florida. He was 80.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Betts&#8217; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">manager David Spero <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the rocker died from cancer and a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/arts/music/dickey-betts-dead.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reported.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He was surrounded by his whole family and he passed peacefully,” Spero told </span><a href="http://yahoo.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yahoo.com.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “They didn’t think he was in any pain.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C56GswQuAKR/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on his account said: “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) at the age of 80 years old.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The legendary performer, songwriter, bandleader and family patriarch passed away earlier today at his home in Osprey, FL., surrounded by his family,” the message added. “Dickey was larger than life, and his loss will be felt world-wide. At this difficult time, the family asks for prayers and respect for their privacy in the coming days. More information will be forthcoming at the appropriate time.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While never an actual sibling of the Allman brothers, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duane and Gregg Allman, the singer and songwriter </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">helped co-found the band and define the Southern Rock genre</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/entertainment/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-guitarist-dead-at-80/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a 1981 </span><a href="https://www.duaneallman.info/jasobrecht/dickeybetts/the1981dickeybettsinterview.htm"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Betts talked about sharing guitar duties with Duane.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was hard not to try and have just this complete contest all the time, trying to outdo, because we were both playing lead,” Betts said. “The only way that can work is if somebody lays back just a little bit.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If I had that jealousy and got involved in it too much,” he added, “it just wouldn’t have worked. So in that sense it was kind of hard. But, hell, I learned more through those years than probably any other period of my playing career.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He shared those lead duties with Duane until he died in a motorcycle accident in 1971. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before the band split up in 1976, Betts released several solo albums, including </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">1974’s “Highway Call” and 1976’s “Dickey Betts &amp; Great Southern.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1995, Betts and The Allman Brothers Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.</span></p>

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