Dickey Betts - 1974-11-04 - Hempstead, NY (FM)

Dickey Betts 

with Vassar Clements

1974-11-04

Ultrasonic Sound Studios

Hempstead, NY 

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Instrumental Info

02. Interview with Dickey Betts

02. Old Joe Clark

04. Interview with Dickey Betts

05. No Hard Times

06. Interview with Dickey Betts

07. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

08. Sing Holy To The Lord

09. Foggy Mountain Breakdown

10. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

11. Interview with Dickey Betts

12. Pony Boy

13. Salty Dog

14. Blue Sky

15. Jambalaya

16. I Saw The Light > interview with Vassar Clemenst.

17. Carolina

18. Come Into My Kitchen

19. Long Time Gone

Dickey Betts - 1974-11-04 - Hempstead, NY (FM)

1974 - In September 1974, fresh off the chart topping success of the Allman Brother's album Brothers and Sisters, Dickey Betts released his first solo album entitled Highway Call. The album featured a more country sound, with Betts backed by legendary fiddle player Vassar Clements and acoustic guitarist Jeff Hanna. The disc was a commercial success, climbimg to #19 on the Billboard charts. Just about 2 months after the album's release, on Novemeber 4, 1974, 52 years ago today, Betts, accompanied by Clements, played a live set at Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead that featured tracks from the album alongside some Allman Brother's classics.  This FM broadcast captures that show, along with interviews with both Betts and Clements.

Dickey Betts - 1977-04-19 - Bottom Line, New York, NY (FM)

Dickey Betts 

& Great Southern

1977-04-19

Bottom Line

New York, NY

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. pre ramble

02. Blue Sky

03. Run Gypsy Run

04. Out To Get Me

05. Bougainvillea

06. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

07. Nothing You Can Do

08. Southbound

09. Jessica

10. The Way Love Goes

11. talk

12. High Falls

13. Ramblin' Man

Dickey Betts - 1977-04-19 - Bottom Line, New York, NY (FM)

Dickey Betts was elected to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995 as a member of the Allman Brothers Band. Betts entered alonside fellow bandmates Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, and Jaimoe Johanson Other entrants that year included Neil Young, Janis Joplin Frank Zappa, and the mighty Led Zeppelin.

This FM broadcast from the legendary Bottom Line in New York City captures Betts 18 years prior to his induction, and 49 years ago today, on April 19, 1977.  The Allmans had temporarily split up in late 1976 over Gregg Allman's testimony against the band's security guard Scooter Herring.  The rest of the band considered Gregg a "snitch" and refused to talk to him for almost 2 years.  In the interim, Dickey Betts formed the band Great Southern, and eventually released an album with them in October 1977.  The Bottom Line performance featured numerous tracks from that upcoming disc, including Run Gypsy Run, Bougainvillea, Nothing You Can Do, and The Way Love Goes, as well as several Allman Brothers Band classics.