Phrase by 'Dickey Betts'
I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them: have-fun tunes to make you feel good.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianGood , Man , Sky , Blue
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianMusic , Child , Daddy , Ukulele
I have so many great memories of the Allman Brothers early days. It was an incredible time.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianTime , Great , Memories , Great Memories
Human nature is you work shoulder to shoulder in a real emotional kind of setting, and there are jealousies that come up. There's resentment, and resentment turns to just outright bad things.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianYou , Work , Bad , Nature
I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers tribute band.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianSay , Like , Band , Question
In 1969, I was playing guitar in several rock bands that toured central Florida.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianRock , Playing , Guitar , Florida
When I was a kid, my dad was in construction and used to move the family back and forth between central Florida's east and west coasts.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianFamily , Back , Dad , Construction
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't cool. We was rock n' rollers then: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis.
Author: Dickey Betts - American MusicianCool , Rock , King , Then