The Dickey Betts Band was an American rock band formed and led by guitarist Dickey Betts (died 2024) that released the album "Pattern Disruptive" in 1988. For the album, the band comprised Dickey Betts (guitar, lead vocals), Warren Haynes (guitar, vocals), Johnny Neel (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Marty Privette (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Abts (drums, backing vocals).

In 2001, the band released "Let's Get Together". The band line-up for the album was Dickey Betts (guitar, vocals), Mark May (guitar, vocals), Matt Zeiner (organ, piano, vocals), Kris Jensen (tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone), David Stoltz (bass), Mark Greenberg (drums), Frankie Lombardi (drums, percussion, backing vocals).

The band subsequently re-assumed the name Dickey Betts & Great Southern and added Betts' son Duane (named after Duane Allman) on lead guitar.

In 2018 The Dickey Betts Band name was re-assumed with a line-up of Dickey Betts (guitar and vocals), Duane Betts (guitar), Damon Fowler (guitar and vocals), Mike Kach (keyboards and vocals), Pedro Arevalo (bass), Frankie Lombardi (drums), and Steve Camilleri (drums). The live album "Ramblin’ Man: Live at the St. George Theatre" was released in 2019.

Dickey Betts joined The Allman Brothers Band as second lead guitarist and singer in the late '60s. In addition to matching bandleader Duane Allman lick for lick, Betts also wrote such memorable songs as "Revival" (number 92, 1971) and the instrumental tour de force "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." After Duane Allman was killed in a road accident in 1971, Betts and Allman's brother Gregg shared leadership of the band, with Betts writing and singing the group's biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man" (number two, 1973). Members of the band began solo careers in 1973, and Betts released his first solo album Highway Call, in 1974. The Allmans split up in 1976, and Betts formed Dickey Betts & Great Southern. The Allmans reformed in 1978, with Betts contributing "Crazy Love" (number 29, 1979), "Angeline" (number 58, 1980), and "Straight From the Heart" (number 39, 1981). But they split again, and both Betts and the Allmans were inactive for several years. Betts returned with The Dickey Betts Band and Pattern Disruptive in 1988, and in 1989 he and a couple of members of his backup band joined a second, more permanent re-formation of the Allmans. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.