For the love of rock
Vol X, Issue 5 – Bougainvillea (01 Sep 2025)
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Name of song– Bougainvillea
Band – Dickey Betts
Writers– Dickey Betts, Don Johnson
Album- Dickey Betts & Great Southern
Release year– 1977
Bougainvillea
“Dickey Betts”, more popularly known as the guitarist for “The Allman Brothers Band”, is undoubtedly the virtuoso guitar player himself. For many rock fans, it might be a surprise revelation – that the long jamming guitarist in The Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Blue sky’, also had side projects and is also a well-established singer and guitarist in his own right. Born and raised in Florida, USA, Dickey Betts had a family with musical background. He had started to learn various musical instruments from his early childhood days and ultimately stuck to guitars in his teenage years. In 1969, he cofounded “The Allman Brothers Band” and had a successful career as the guitarist. During the break up periods of “The Allman Brothers Band”, Betts engaged himself in his own band and released few notable albums. He had formed his own band named “Great Southern Band” in 1977 and had released an album named “Dickey Betts & Great Southern”. Although he could not achieve the name and fame with his solo projects in comparison to “The Allman Brothers Band”, his solo projects do play a major role in the seventies country and southern rock scene.
