RIP, legend. In my late teens, when life threw me some curve balls and I got a little angsty, the Allman Brothers Band became my shining light. Along with my new pals from UGA, I followed the ABB around the southeast, to concerts and festivals that made my heart beam. Although the band was full of uber-talented egos and misfits, Dickey Betts spoke to me most through his glorious blues riffs that I still hum along to even today. So it was with a heavy heart when I heard about his passing. With only Jaimoe left among the living from the original band, and his own slowing down of late, I realized that this was the end of hearing the original band play live again. There are so many wonderful songs and jams that Dickey wrote and played over 5 decades, but my favorite that never failed to get me going was “Les Brers in A Minor” from the Eat A Peach album. Enjoy (and sorry Universal made it impossible to embed the video, but click through to YouTube).