If you're looking for a description of this short set you could say it's a blending of "Ramblin' Man, "Jessica" and Asleep at the Wheel. ![]() With Betts performing at the top of his game he decided it was time to make his first solo record and Highway Call was the result. It's the rollicking, seven and a half minute instrumental, "Jessica," also written by Betts who was listed at #58 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. What is probably the band's second most famous song is also on Brothers and Sisters. The smash hit soared to #2 and was only kept out of the top spot by Cher's "Half Breed." He wrote and sang lead on "Ramblin' Man," the only Allman's single to ever crack the top 10. He was responsible for four of the seven songs on Brothers and Sisters, their first album without brother Duane who passed away in a motorcycle accident before their previous album, Eat A Peach, was completed.īetts was the man who brought the country music influences to his famous outfit. After Duane Allman died, it could be said that Forrest Richard (Dickey) Betts saved The Allman Brothers Band.
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