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RIP Dickey Betts, a musical giant and guitar genius.
Forrest Richard “Dickey” Betts, December 12, 1943 – April 17, 2024
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March 2024

The Allman Brothers Band was born 55 years ago today, more or less.
Gregg Allman joined the rest of his brother Duane's new band in Jacksonville, Florida this week in 1969.
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Paying Tribute To An Unsung Blues Legend Who Mentored The Greatest
R.I.P. W.C. Clark, "Godfather of Austin Blues" and a very important person to Stevie Ray Vaughan
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February 2024

You never know where you'll learn something new! How I met the designer of the Allman Brothers logo at the New York Times' publisher's…
PLUS: The story of Enlightened Rogues, released this month, 1979.
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Brothers Of The Road: The Powerful Bond Between The Allman Brothers And The Grateful Dead
Digging into the two bands' deep friendship on the anniversary of an epic collaboration at the Fillmore East. A Brothers and Sisters excerpt.
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January 2024

A special interview with Wolverines coaching legend Bo Schembechler
I interviewed the late, legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler in 1997. With U-M football coaches in the news, it felt like a…
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Gregg Allman's Powerful Ode To Martin Luther King - and why he rejected the Confederate flag
Listening to Gregg Allman's "God Rest His Soul" on the 39th National MLK Day. PLUS: Gregg on the Confederate Flag: "Burn them All."
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The Night Jerry Garcia got stuck in an Ann Arbor riot celebrating a National Championship.
Toasting the University of Michigan's National Championship jarred memories of the last time students took to the Ann Arbor Streets. Let me tell you a…
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December 2023

Happy Birthday Dickey Betts!
Celebrating Forrest Richard Betts, lynchpin of the Allman Brothers Band sound, on his 80th birthday.
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Multi-Colored Man
A Brothers and Sisters adaptation about Gregg Allman and his struggle to find his path after Duane's death, on what should have been his 76th birthday…
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November 2023

October 2023

Masters of Space And Time. An Authors' Chat with Bill Janovitz
A conversation with Bill Janovitz. Leon Russell biographer and Buffalo Tom guitarist. We'll be talking in public Friday, October 27 in Pembroke, MA.
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