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i was fortunate enough to be a driver for a 'anti-drug' (ha) concert at madison square garden in the 80's and told to go to studio instrument rentals and stay there until they're done and bring the guitars back to the garden--one by one they start showing up--wow, big room, had a basketball hoop, im shooting baskets with Butch--then I realize it's the Allman bros, Gregg, then Dickie and the others and they proceed to go over some songs--they play for about an hour--i'm the only one there watching the Allman bros rehearse, it was astounding---my man keep telling your stories, it's like listening to America!
That was an anti crack concert called crack is wack with many other Bands participating, and I was at that studio playing basketball with the boys and I believe that was at SIR Studios we were all playing basketball together and what an amazing time we had there.
yes, eventually i drove Santana, crosby and stills, buddy miles, and the best was me and paul butterfield to teterboro airport, we would have gone and shot pool but he had a plane to catch---during the grand finale im behind the stage with 6 metal steps leading to the stage and im trying to get the nerve to find a reason to just go up there, so i find a drumstick and a beet bottle and climb up off to the left and become percussive---it was incredible@@edwardstevenweissman9481
One other word about Dickey Betts. He did come to Gregg's funeral. I saw that myself. Later I read that him and Gregg had spoken with each other and that all was well with those two before Gregg passed on. I was glad Dickey did that, I knew he had reasons to be pissed for getting fired, but so happy him and Gregg were friends at the end.
He did have reason to be passed off too he practically carried the band for years look on records and cds and see wrote most of the material yeah could be difficult they could have sat him down and talked to him face to face and told him to straightened up not fired him by fax just saying not trying to start nothing,an ABB and GA and DB fan since the 70s. Peace and Love JayBird
My band opened for Dickey Betts and Great Southern in the mid - 80s for about a dozen shows. The first night I met Dickey he and I both had a black eye! It was funny! And I guess we sorta bonded over that. Anyway I had a 70s Gibson SG with a Harmonica bridge ( still have it ) and it was set up for slide and he used it a few times,in return,he let me set in several times,as far as his playing, some nights , he was merely great,other nights,his playing transcended words 0ne night at a half empty club somewhere in south Georgia he was standing at the front of the stage eyes closed, chin forward and playing " Blue Sky ",and myself and several others were in tears,Betts was capable of taking everyone who was really listening on musical journey somewhere this side of heaven. He deserves to be on the Guitar Mount Rushmore and he he probably would be, except he played in a band that didn't bear his name. Duane used to say " I'm the famous guitar player,but Dickey is the good one "The Brothers and Sisters album is the first one entirely without Duane and Dickey wrote and sang Ramblin Man, Southbound and Poneboy as well as the opus "Jessica "and was the only guitar player in the band 72 -77 and Gregg and Butch were in bad shape several of those shows. There is a tasty live album from that period called Wipe the Windows check the oil dollar gas that has Chuck Leavell piano and Lamar Williams bass that Jaimo said is one of his favorites ( one of mine too)Did that Chieftain also tell you " don't knock a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins "I saw Betts get mad a couple times too,but it was warranted. He also paid my band our 3 grand out of his own account when a promoter stiffed us. Does that sound like an a$$hole to you? Me neither. Yes Johnny Neel was with DBGS then great pianist and B3 player too and singer and harmonica player too great songwriter check .He was in the ABB on the Seven Turns album and wrote a couple of the tunes sings lead on one song nice guy too. Long time listener. Just don't agree all the time. But hey if we were all the same they wouldn't need some of us,huh? First time commenter cause they are always too long but I just had to tell what I know about the great Forrest Richard Betts. Peace and Love. The JayBird
Doesn't Greg Allman sing southbound on brothers and sisters or no
@markoverman2250 Yes he does Mark good catch I saw that after I hit send and I am glad you pointed it out,you must be as big as an ABB fan as I am. Are you familiar with this Wipe the Windows check the oil dollar gas album? I love that album partly because it has Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams in the band
No I never heard of that album I'm 55 and just now digging into the Allman Brothers I started checking out a lot of it after talking to Chuck levall at Stones shows a couple times..but I am fucking hooked completely on the musical prowess these guys were kids basically with the skills of men who had lived forever
@markoverman2250 Dig in man there is a lot of great music there ww ctoil gas has a lot of Brothers and Sisters stuff on it and win lose or draw is spotty I would suggest you skip forward to 1990s Seven Turns when Warren haynes and Allen Woody joined the band Johnny Neel the keyboard guy that Otis couldn't think of was on that he also played harmonica and sang one was in on writing a couple too but let him go after 1 year the next album shades of 2 worlds was even better than 7 turns IMO then in 94 they did Back Where it all Began It is very good too it has a live sound to it but it was recorded in the studio on a Soundstage that belonged to Burt Reynolds ! Then 2 live albums called An Evening with 1 and 2 I liked the 1st best but they are both good and that's the last one with Dickey Betts but I really envy you man getting to hear this great music for the 1st Time!! Do you play an instrument? PS also check out Gregg Allmans. 1st solo album "Laid Back "from 1973 it is great different but great he re - does "Midnight Rider " and he it is better than the ABB s version IMHO and Dickey Betts did 2 albums in the late 70s called Dickey Betts and Great Southern and Atlanta s Burning Down I like those too and don't forget the ABB s first 4 LPS I am sure you can find all of these albums on CZcams if you ask for "full album " Let Me know what you think about this music
I play the guitar but I'm sitting at the piano the last few weeks trying to play along with southbound and must of done somebody wrong I've only got an acoustic guitar so trying to copy the guitar parts is tough but I'm probably equally bad on the piano but I don't care I'm loving it and in my head I'm at Fillmore with the band
Hey Otis. Love the channel. Never met Dickey. However, I'm or around 1998 I was at a Brothers show at the Rivera Ballroom in Chicago. At the end of the 2nd tune he flung a pick out to the crowd, didn't see him do it but it hit me right in the face. "WTF was that?'I said to myself. Looked down, Guitar pick w Dickey Betts scrolled on pick in elegant cursive. Met Warren outside Buddy Guys Legends when I was 20. Knocked on Mukes bus for am autograph. The door opened. Mr Haynes was the coolest fuckin gentleman on the planet amd signed mybt shirt. He didn't have to. But he did. Crazy.
Good morning Otis. Having my coffee and listening to your stories. Love the smooth delivery and soothing voice of the stories on hand. Great stuff!.
Glad you're not the one enjoying your crickets and watching.. 😆
Otis, the Cherokee story was beautiful!❤ Thank you Otis my freind❤ Your heart is so full!!
I admire your holding back on your more negative story telling, the world has enough negativity. That said, ive been writting a book for a couple years, this book started over an experience i had in the military. The project quickly turned into much more. I explained my project to my service buddies and could hear the concern through the phone and cryptic texts. I explained this book project was not to put anyone person or what they've done out there. Everyone was relieved, i tell some good natured events we survived, as well as one major dangerous event that changed many of us. The only questionable stories are of myself. I believe ive wztched you over these years to listen to positive life stories. Rock on Ottis 🤘
This video title scared the crap out of me this morning, Otis. Dickey's okay, y'all!
Thank you so much for being so positive, scholarly, and cool, Otis. You are always a great hang😊
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IMO, the best post-1975 Allman Brothers song might be Dickey’s “Seven Turns”. It’s about a Native American philosophy as well.
Alan Paul sending you a copy of his book is a testament to you and your channel. Speaking of Johnny Neel, Warren Haynes tells a story about being in a van with Neel and The Beatles come on the radio. Johnny listens a announces that " that bass player is out of time." Warren says, "Johnny, that's Paul McCartney", to which Johnny replied, "I don't give a damn who it is - he's out of tune". Keep 'em comin' Otis!
Love All Around, Otis! You are clearly feeding the right wolf.
Otis - I had an employee a few years back who saw Dickie every chance he got- and had carte blanche for backstage. He was a tatoo artist named Neil Grant (Tatoo Neil) and he tatooed everyone in the Allman Brothers backstage at some point - even Greg Allman- who in turn, tatooed his autograph onto Neil's arm because he wanted to try out doing it. Neil followed Dickie after the "Cher" days and not Greg Allman, but he loved Dickie and called him his friend. I heard some pretty wild stories from him about backstage with that whole crew. Thanks for a great video - it brought back a memory of a great guy (now passed) that was Tatoo Neil
Thank you again Otis for what you do here. I want to ask a question. I have asked before but nobody knew I guess. Here is the background for the question. About 1970 in Water Valley Mississippi. A little place called Country Music World. Johnny Russell came from Nashville to play a show on Saturday night. Nobody there knew who Johnny Russell was at that point in time. Now here is real question. Johnny brought a man with him who was a great guitar player and Johnny introduced him as Dickey I believe. Dicky had a guitar that had a string bender mounted at the peg head. It bent the strings behind the nut and it had a rod that went down the neck almost to the body of the guitar. He operated this string bender with his thumb. He got some wild sounds out of his guitar and Johnny called him Wild Man. And wild he was. I hope somebody is familiar with this man and know who he was. This has been over 50 years ago so you are probably going to be about my age. I will be 75 next month. Thanks in advance for any comments.
You are a local treasure 💗. Your stories and your connections boggle the mind. Music cities modern-day Mark Twain with the most fascinating insiders and outsider scoops. Remember the saying, I'm sure you do. I'm not bashful I'm from East Nashville so I don't mind saying what you're doing with the stores you're telling is a beautiful thing. Fascinating and so educational.
"Best/worst qualities", Yeah man, it is a dirty stream, best to stay out of the turmoil. Great work!
My brother lived in Macon Ga his house was right down the street from the Almond Bros house.This was right after the drug bust and some nasty stuff that went on then. Never saw anyone hanging out or around the place.was not a good time for southern rock.
I’ve known Dickey since I was 16! I’m 71 now… I love Dickey. I accept him for who he is. Sure he almost punched me a couple of times, but that was a case of mistaken identity on his part..
Thank you Otis. The two wolves story is one I came across in, of all places, Facebook. It’s a wonderful metaphor.
Hey buddy I've seen him bad and good two times he was beyond fantastic I saw him in Woodstock NY bearsville inn walked right up front row and thanked him for contributing to the soundtrack of my life he said that you for saying so the other pokeepsie NY bardivon theater we had an extra ticket my two friends and I are big-time dead heads some longhaired dude walks up the line saying I need a miracle (code for single ticket ourɓuddy joegart sold him the ticket and said miracle as promised and said that ticket comes with a surprise as we walked in the usher walked him down to front. Row center he was jumping up and down screaming I can't believe it what we didn't know was he new every song every word literally the biggest Dickey great southern and Almans fan had no voice at the end of the concert so he whispered thank you for making my whole life now I do believe in miracles
Another word, but my last for sure. Red Bull is great for f**king up your blood/sugar levels later in your life. During a number of very stressful years, I did at least two in morning, another two at noon to keep going, or in my life, fighting to keep my head above water financially. Now 10 years down the road, I'm ok with the $$ but I'm paying a high price for my poor health decisions. Should have went with coke, but it costed too much, and I didn't need more trouble with the law than I already had. Have a great day, Otis.
I consider everyone on this channel to be a deep brother or sister to me. Family that understands what Otis is layin down.
Dan Toler was likely in his band at that time . Him and his brother were Connersville Indiana natives
Them Toler boys
In 88 Toler was playing with Allman ( No Angel tour) Haynes was playing with Betts (Patern Disruptive)
We all got our issues. Richard Forrest Betts has brought a lot of joy to a lot of people and has lived in Duane's shadow.
In terms of composition in rock music, a lot of people have gotten way more credit than they deserve than Dickey Betts has, which is a shame. People often mention how the original Allman Brothers established a template per the twin guitar harmonies, and they're right to. However, there aren't a lot of players from bands similar to the Allman Brothers who conceived instrumental pieces like "High Falls" "True Gravity" and "Jessica."
There is just simply no one like him and nothing like those pieces and the level of creative ambition it took to produce those compositions in American rock music. At all. They are outliers. It is truly deserving to call Dickey Betts' instrumentals "unmatched" in that respect. He is, in every sense of the word, an auteur.
I think the post-Dickey Allman Brothers were exceptional. But I would be dishonest if I pretended that there *wasn't* something fundamentally lacking after his ousting from the group, and I also think that, even worse, it affected his legacy and the recognition he got.
The story of the two wolves was great. I hope to find the text and share it with a family member who has been struggling. I have clicked on your affiliate links and recently purchased a Milton tire pressure gauge on Amazon. I don't remember if those were within 24 hours but, if so, I'm glad I contributed.
An line in a Irish song 'the Mary Elen Carter' , may be what Dickey found. It says ...with lying bastards smiling' at you every where you go'. May be? great one Otis.
Otis: You mentioned your boyhood fascination with Native Americans. If that interest abides, I highly recommend INDIGENOUS CONTINENT: THE EPIC CONTEST FOR NORTH AMERICA by Pekka Hämäläinen. Born 1967 in Helsinki, the author has been the Rhodes Professor of American History at the University of Oxford since 2012. This is a great and profound work of American history.
Got my coffee and it's 48F here in New Orleans this morning. Sun's trying to come out. Ok, all ears. Saw him and Allman Bros many times back in the day.
I'm glad you're here. I for one, would really love to see the multi-accordion polka band cover of Africa/Rosanna.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Otis and Amy. Great stories, you have one of my favorite channels on CZcams Otis. Keep those stories coming.
There's a print interview with Dickey from about 15 years ago where he discusses his exit pretty openly. When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, Dickey wanted the ABB to fill that spot as the top jam band. To that end he tried pushing the rest of the group towards his goal. However, the rest of the group was happy with the way things were going. This frustrated Dickey and led to the fool, as you said, coming out. And that ultimately led to his leaving the band.
Very interesting comment, thank you for posting it. It makes perfect sense that Dickey would want to plug into that (Deadhead) scene and why not; they are some of the most ardent fans you will ever find. I loved the Betts song “No One To Run With” and consider it one of not THE best latter-day Allman Brother song. And a perfect jam vehicle too!!
I got too smoke a joint with Johnny neel at a bike rally in Cookeville TN !it was awesome because the brothers are my favorite band
I can agree with what you said about the Bros and Dickey trying to keep the band going after Duanes passing. His contributions were enormous with the hits he provided to bring the band the success at that time. Id love to check out the new book you were talking about. CV.
Very much appreciate Otis and his videos, as well as his dedication to the music. Have to mention this regarding Alan Paul, the author of the new ABB book Otis has been speaking of. The ABB has been one of the loves of my life, and kind of emodies, for me, much of what is good in the world. The same for me goes for speaking up and remaining active about injustice in the world, especially when our own power and myriad influence is so consequential. What the hell am I talking about? I feel real funny about buying Mr. Paul's books when he's so adamant in supporting the ethic cleansing, apartheid and now genocide of the Palestinian people. Paul was effectively the ABB's media publicist for many years, and so I am having trouble reconciling his horrid - and embarrassing - positions on this ever more important and wide-ranging issue with such a beautiful thing in the world - the ABB's music. A shame that one tasked with representing such a beautiful thing, as he is, holds and publicly expresses positions which lack integrity. And by the way, an issue such as this is much more important than books, videos or the music. In any case, thanks Otis and best to all.
What the hell are you talking about?
Take another look and think about it, if you care to@@MDavidG1
When I made the decision to get into the business professionally back in the 90’s my mentor said it was going to be character building. Talk about an understatement…
Otis, one your best today! Thank you for lifting my day………..I have a good Dickey Betts story to share with you sometime……..your channel is so unique and I much dig that ……..keep it up and be safe…
I saw the Allmans in SF after Duane died and was fortunate to be close to the stage. Dickey was in the middle of a solo when the E string snapped but unfazed he kept going and played great until the end of the song which I can’t remember what the song was He’s a underrated player for sure
Saw Dickey with full band in a Tahoe Casino one night in a small bar. Pack tiny stage.
Made no sense. They have a huge concert room there.
Started the show saying relax we are going to play for hrs.
Play about 4 hrs
Talked to him off stage - super cool and kind.
I was blessed to see the Allman Brothers band at Lakewood amphitheater in Atlanta the night that a very young Derek Trucks sat in with the band for a few songs. I believe it was his first time playing with the brothers. It was pure musical joy. I had already seen Derek play solo three times, and I knew that something special was going to happen when Dickey called him out onto the stage.O What I remember the most other than the wonderful music was watching Dickie Betts absolutely explode in musical joy. He literally jumped for joy a couple of times and played his tail off. it is one of my best musical memories. As for me, the Allman Brothers are a lot like life.. There’s pain and joy, pain, and joy. I choose the joy.
Thanks Otis, your insight is helpful. I we all have two sides and yes we must feed the good wolf … I love this video.
Good morning! Just got my dryer fixed. Now I can watch without thinking about all of the things that I should be doing.
There is a fool in the bottom of that bottle sounds like a good song to write. The two wolves fighting is a good song idea also. Sounds like one of your listeners has a farm pond and a couple kids to teach to fish or a pet lizard.
Devil in the bottle T.G. Shepard great song
Heck, not only that but the Patio stage is dedicated to Don Main. There is a small plaque screwed to the floor
Great having coffee with you Otis
I bought the book and read it after seeing your video ..a good read thanks
Good to understand how the link system works with Amazon and what it does for content providers like you. I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
Had to tell you, love your channel, I have a second-hand Betts story, he used to come up to Newfoundland I believe in the late eighties or early nineties to a hunting and fishing camp owned by a man named Horace Sutton. My old friend Rob Kinden, just a blues guitar hobbyist and enthusiast, who was local to the area and well-liked by all, was invited to the camp and had a chance to sit in on some jamming or playing. He couldn't say enough good things about the experience. Never thought he'd be able to sit down with one of his long time guitar heroes... of course, what happens up at camp stays up at camp, so I don't have any of the real details per se!
Heard the wolves story all my life being from WNC. Always loved that one. Some days we feed one some days we feed the other like Dickie. The AB had a local connection in the early 70s when they played Love Valley. I alway heard Dickies daughter lived in Love Valley and he visited often. Maybe even wrote some songs there.
There is a video of Dickey jamming some bluegrass on a front porch. I wonder if he was in NC when he was doing that? He was just playing an acoustic on the porch like all the good ole boys us southerners have known our whole life.
I think about him quite a bit. Hope he is doing well and has found peace in his life.
Yep, I feel the same.
Good morning Otis. We love your stories and your show. Greetings from New Mexico! Have a great day!
Probably 10 yrs ago I saw this Bluegrass group called "The Special Concensus" playing a Saturday Night show at Randy Wood's shop in Bloomingdale, GA. One of the guys said, "I make half my living from music. And the other half from nuthin'." I think that's pretty typical of 99% of people in the music business. It seems to take a series of very fortunate events to ever "hit it big".
Happy Thanksgiving Otis. That Cherokee parable is a really wonderful description of the inner life that we all have in common. Cheers!
Interesting musing on some perennial questions. I basically agree with you that positive and negative qualities are intertwined. Bobby Knight, though, never seemed to confront the tension between his qualities. He definitely fed his worst tendencies.
Anyway, Dicky had to deal with Greg, who probably didn’t have the temperament to keep things going
Neither Gregg nor Dickey was well suited to be a band leader. Duane Allman was the ultimate in that role. After he died there was chaos in the ABB for many years.
Good morning Otis. I've been following and enjoying your channel for some time now and have finally subscribed.
I saw the Allman Brothers play here in Oregon on Feb. 26th 1972 at the Salem Armory. This was after the death of Duane Allman and several months before Berry Oakley's passing. I was curious as to how Dickey Betts would handle both guitar duties and I can assure you, he was utterly incredible. I recall him pulling out the bow on his Les Paul for the opening of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. A stunning show.
Your interviews with musicians and others are some of the best I have seen on YT, especially with Kenny Vaughan and Joe Pug. I look forward to these every time. Thanks again!
You are already my hero. Otis
Otis your alright by me. If your attitude wasn't so positive & creative I would have stopped listening lo g ago. Thanks for what your doing.T.C.B. 🤟
Also Dickie wrote a couple of hits while dealing with Duane's death and being the new leader of the Brothers.
Awe I love you Brother, your an amazing orator on the music industry! I love Mr Betts also.
Dam good musicians all!
Happy Holidays Otis...
Doug😎
They're sayings in this world that you'll hear often used band then one day you hear it and it locks in your brain. I had heard " two things can be true at the same time" many times growing up, but then one day it just fit in a place in my brain and I not only understood it, but it became the way I viewed the world. I listen to all these stories about all these amazing artists that we deify oftentimes for devilish actions. I agree with what you say about the good and bad qualities being linked. That's certainly true for me. Unfortunately I've seen firsthand what a lot of these things do to the people around them so it's hard for me to champion addicts and alcoholics because I know how much pain they've inflicted upon the people that love them. However, it's that same internal struggle that led them to be an addict that generated so much amazing music. I wish that wasn't true but I don't think there's another way to see it.
Otis shares as well as anyone, but a bigger gift he has forged is a community which is stronger than any one person. Well done Otis. ☮
I love all these stories.
Thank you!
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Dang, Otis. You took me for quite a ride this morning.
Thanks and peace!!!!
ha ha ha good one brother otis the pruchasing list is hysterical i was listneing extra extra extra to see if my purchaes got read but im afraid a few times ive clicked and realizedd i couldnt spend the lot on something else i put in my list......but ill try toi buy something(s) when i can again to help ur kitties much love to YALL - SJOCR
Another good one Otis. Wish I'd known you were in my neighborhood, live between Eric Oklahoma and Lubbock
"a person's best qualities, the things that we see and believe are best positive, or often-times linked to their worst qualities - and you can't get rid of one, without losing the other .."
When you were talking about Andy Reiss in the Polka band, were you referring to Toby's House and they play once a month at the Bavarian Bierhaus. There is a recording of them playing Africa on CZcams, but it isn't live footage or video. You peaked my interest about a Polka band playing Africa so I had to do some research and it is cool. Love Saturday morning coffee with Otis.❤🤠
I think there’s a balance in life. In 100 years, people will still be discovering the Almond Brothers. Top Shelf music. Thank you for the stories
Great Talks & Show Otis ! DICKEY BETTS ( IS ) A Unique FORCE ! & DID IT !! ACCOMPLISHED NAVIGATION OF THE ALLMAN BROS BAND WITH HIS BRILLIANT COMPOSITIONS ,SONGS && Unique (GUITAR=LANGUAGE ) TAKE THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH
Rock on, Otis! Been a minute...Good to see you man!
Much love to you and yours always and thanks so much for being you and sharing all the good stuff. ❣️😎🖖
Thanknyou Otis for all you do. We got you.
I feel like there is a glass ceiling where above it the artists are more open and encouraging where below (where I am) ego and personalities get in the way of just playing together and improving. I have been in several bands where if it's not played like the record- you're out. My feeling is if it is an iconic song/riff; it needs to be precise. If it is a... top forty tune; there should be some license for expression and the moment. I listen to other players and go with them in the song. I have had players ask me what I am doing and they get frustrated when I don't stick to the recorded music. If the Lead player changes chord or key you need to follow- at least my ears tell me that. I feel like Dickey was the drill sergeant because of the drugs, alcohol and egos in the band. He had a goal and kept the band together by being a Dickey. lol
Do you ever get down and not play for a time because of the egos/situation you are in and what do you do the shake the funk?
Thank you-I am hoping to see you live someday and possibly shake your hand.
I saw the ABB 16 or 17 times from the 89' reunion tour to 2001. They were amazing shows. I only went to one show after Dickey was out and it just wasn't the same for me. Love Warren's and Derek's playing but there was a big hole missing for me. The last tour with JNeel was the Seven Turns shows and it has remained my favorite ABB show. Blues Travelers opened and they pretty new at that point and had just released their first album. Good times.
Same with me. I saw the ABB somewhere between 15-20x with Dickie and Warren. Those were such great shows. I also saw Derek Trucks come out a few times to sit in when he was 13-15 years old. It took me a little time to get used to seeing them without Dickie but eventually I got into it. Derek Trucks and Warren were an incredible combo and I'd have to say Derek is by far one of the best slide Gtr players out there. I saw them about the same amount of times with the ABB and it got better and better as time went on. I'm thankful I got to see The ABB so many times. Their Beacon theater shows here in NY were always incredible. And Warren is easily the Gtr player I've seen more than any other guitarist between all the ABB shows, a load of Govt Mule shows.. Esp at the old Wetlands club here, and a bunch of Power jams Warren put together at the Wetlands that always had amazing musicians show up to sit in. The last power jam he did was at the old Roseland ballroom and had so many people that I loved sitting in. It was phenomenal. I remember Trey and Mike from Phish sitting in, Dave Matthews before he was selling out arenas, Noel Redding,, and way more. I don't remember Dickie ever sitting in but that would have been amazing. I got to see Dickie one last time at one of the last shows he played about 5-6 years ago at the Peach festival in PA. He had his son playing as well as Berry Oakleys' son on bass. He got a huge reception from the crowd. It was a good performance but you could see that his playing sadly wasn't anywhere close to the level he used to have. But it was cool getting to see him one last time.
Wish I'd seen them with Jack Pearson...
@@Thomas-xs2kq I saw him once as a rehab replacement for Dickey and once opposite of Dickey. He was a great player but just seemed really uncomfortable.
Thanks Otis! To hear Johnny all out, search Dickey Betts Band lone star roadhouse NYC. I caught them in Philly that year. No roof left.
gah damn Otis you are awesome. ❤❤❤❤
what incredible stories - The Smithsonian should archive your feed and stories/ interviews to make sure American history is documented and preserved, much love and, my coffee is cold by now, gettin some
Otis is keeping what John A. Lomax, Sr., and his son Alan Lomax began. Good work by all. ☮
My gut feeling is that Dickey's a nice guy and often enough a real nice guy. But like a lot of real nice guys if you get them to mixed up with hard alcohol they become not-so-nice
guys. Dickey's not unique there. I've known so many sweet guys when they're sober turn into raging jerks when they're drunk. Or even worse when they are living in an alcoholic daze from the day-by-day repeated addictive lifestyle. Watching Dickey's interviews he's a very easy person to like. It helps that everyone who I've seen interview him was very respectful.
I have seen Dickey VERY angry before but if I was going through what he was going through I'd be VERY angry myself.
Love hearing your stories Otis. I was a huge DB fan. And that polka place is like 15 min from my house! Keep it up man, it’s a great vibe.
in the end i found that a hole was in my bucket. like the song of fix it. our family friend wrote the Lakota books. mentioned. lame deer seeker of visions, last Lakota Woman.
God bless Dickey. He pulled a bunch of junkies into stardom on his own. His instrumemtals, and tunes like ramblin man, and blue sky brought the band to stardom. Dickeys music changed the world. I love Dickey, and all ways will.
been listening to Jack Pearson (did not know him) since that vlog, the guy is so awesome
Happy Thanksgiving, Otis! ☕️🦃🎸🐶
Your honesty and youre take on life and actions of how people should act is rite on point in my opinion brother…. Enjoyed this channel.. so thank you
Having worked on film sets for years, I appreciate this! ❤
Love this, Otis. Well stated.
That room has a nice reverb
He has always been very nice to me
Even though it didn't end well for Dickey as far as the ABB was concerned, they would have broken up after Duane's death if not for him.
I recall Gregg talking about Dickey. Gregg wasn't mean but he wasn't kind, either.
Wish I had known you was in Lubbock I would have come to town and met ya!
Don’t stop the introspective….thats what we come for. From your friends AND you.
Red Bull reminds me of sweet tarts, I don’t mind the sugar free version. I used drive truck and I fished bass tournaments, couldn’t wait for coffee to kick in and my doctor told me to lay off the vivarin I’ll see if I can get my wife to buy that book and you’ll make a killing for the next 24 hours on her Christmas shopping on scamazon.
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Thank you so much and please continue sir. (edit) 2:15 am and I still like you....and a hand full of peanut to shell B-).
Otis,always a calm great story teller you remind me of Arlo G who I got to meet as a young boy talk about No drama,as for the Allman Brothers A great band well oiled machine but did they enjoy it look at Jack Pearson playing with them you never saw that smile and when hes playing without the machines you know hes in tune with it all just buy that smile ,a good heart that loves to share his craft with no thought to being some kind of idol like you and of course Arlo. Maybe try to hooking up with them for a video some day ?, it would be like real cool ha?
Thanks Otis....You're appreciated.
We all have less and Best qualities. Human
I’ve always believed that the Bong is Better than the Bottle..✌🏼❤️
There’s a story I read about how Dickey had to focus on slide playing after Duane’s death so as to carry on the songs. Man , talk about pressure.