After the Allmans fell apart in 1976, Betts released more albums, starting with Dickey Betts & Great Southern in 1977, which featured the hit "Bougainvillea", co-written with future Hollywood star Don Johnson.
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Betts's first solo album, Highway Call, was released in 1974, and featured fiddle player Vassar Clements.
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Jessica was inspired by his daughter, Jessica Betts, born on May 14, 1972 to Betts' third wife, Sandy Bluesky Wabegijig, a Native American whom Betts married in 1973.
On July 16, 1972, the Grateful Dead played in Dillon Stadium and were joined on stage by Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley and Jai Johanny Johanson of the Allman Brothers.
Dickey Betts wrote Blue Sky in the living room and Ramblin' Man in the kitchen of the Big House.
James Dickey | Edward Betts | Dickey Betts | R.A. Dickey | Jay Dickey | John Sloan Dickey | Dickey | Torben Betts | Steven Dickey | Richard K. Betts | Leonard Betts | Kim Betts | Dickey Nutt | Thomas Dickey | Stephen Betts | Roland W. Betts | Richard Betts | Richard A. Betts | Peto, Brassey and Betts | Melvyn Betts | Leah Betts | Ladell Betts | Jonathan Betts | John Edward Betts | Doug Dickey | Doris Betts | Dickey Lee | Dickey Kerr | Denis Betts | Dave Betts |
Produced by Chips Moman, it was a departure from his standard honky-tonk fare, as it features Southern rockers Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Mike Lawler, Bonnie Bramlett (from Delaney, Bonnie & Friends), and Randy Scruggs.
The two most prominent of these were "Midnight Rider" and "Revival", the latter of which, in conjunction with the instrumental "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", foreshadowed the impact of Dickey Betts' songwriting ability upon the band.
Peakin' at the Beacon was the first Allman Brothers Band album to include Derek Trucks on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass, and the last to include founding member Dickey Betts.