I was very embarrassed because it was such a flattering thing for Bob Dylan to mention you in a song.” Hear Bob Dylan and Dickey Betts Play ‘Ramblin’ Man’ in Tampa in 1995 ...

Also recognised for his unpredictable, hellraising rock-star behaviour, Betts was the inspiration for the character played by ...

A bunch of wildly talented Florida boys including Dickey Betts, the guitar-wielding hellion from Bradenton, formed the Allman Brothers Band in Jacksonville in 1969. They were rock stars in the ...