This is a great find!
Me, too. I've tried to steal licks en masse from only 3 guitarists: Mick Taylor, Brian Setzer and Dickey Betts with varying degrees of success. Figured those three covered a lot of bases: classic/blues rock, rockabilly and Southern rock/country blues. Dickey had a wonderful, expressive, melodic style that was never flashy just greatly enhanced every song. Any guitarist that wants to master the major pentatonic scale, there is no better teacher than DB. Unlike many, many guitarists who are very talented, Dickey's solos never sounded like they were a glorified technique exercise. His legacy will live on a long, long time.
He literally invented the "Allman Brothers scale" by adding the flat 7th note to a major pentatonic scale, thus giving those major key songs a little bluesy element... pure genius imho.
Jack is a PLAYER!
Would also throw in the 4th (Ramblin Man lick among others) to really give it what became the Southern rock sound. Just a wonderful guitarist. How good is a band when Dickey Betts is the 2nd best guitarist in the band (although I liked his style better than Duane, DA was regarded as a better player especially on slide)?
I have probably watched this 200x... this is how you play it... and that tone... maybe the best he's ever sounded... and that's saying a lot.
It's funny... I have seen ABB 7-8 times and just couldn't get into the post DB version. Derek (and Warren) are probably better players... but to my ears, something's missing.
Man I love that song. Makes me think about “Dreams I will never see” by Molly Hatchet. Listen to those two back to back. Thanks for posting.
