Richard Betts Alembic

jorge_s · July 15, 2009, 05:12:47 AM

Found this at the library. Sorry for the poor quality

artswork99 · July 15, 2009, 06:23:53 AM

What an interesting piece of history!
Thanks Jorge

David Houck · July 15, 2009, 06:31:54 AM

Cool!

pauldo · July 15, 2009, 09:45:57 AM

Richard? Dick?
As in Dickey Betts?

artswork99 · July 15, 2009, 09:54:48 AM

Found a 2007 thread on the subject.

s_wood · July 15, 2009, 12:39:08 PM

Vintage Guitar Magazine did a story on this guitar a couple of years ago. Apparently, the current owner was given the guitar by Dicky Betts. I wish I had friends like that

cozmik_cowboy · July 15, 2009, 02:30:22 PM

Paul - Yeah, Dickey Betts; there was a period in the 70s when he tried to rebrand himself as Richard (even got mentioned as such in a Charlie Daniels song.)

Peter

bracheen · July 16, 2009, 03:53:08 AM

I don't know about Charlie Daniels but Richard is referred to by Molly Hatchet in Gator Country
Old Richard Betts will tell ya Lord he was born a Ramblin' Man.
Well he can ramble back to Georgia but I won't give a damn.

cozmik_cowboy · July 16, 2009, 04:29:31 AM

Quoth Charlie:
And all the people comin' form near and far
To hear Richard Betts playin' on that red guitar

The song was The South's Gonna Do It Again or something very close to that (it was a GF back then who was the CDB fan, not me, so I'm not sure - I only picked it up through absorption).

Peter

adriaan · July 16, 2009, 04:30:00 AM

Lyrics | http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dukesofhazzard/thesouthsgonnadoitagain.htm>The Charlie Daniels Band - The South?s Gonna Do It Again lyrics

bracheen · July 16, 2009, 04:37:42 AM

Oh yeah that song! (slapping my forehead)