Dickie Betts - Dickie Betts & Great Southern (1977) + Atlanta's Burning Down (1978) APE+Cue

Dickie Betts - Dickie Betts & Great Southern (1977) + Atlanta's Burning Down (1978) APE+Cue

Dickey Betts & Great Southern is the second solo album by Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded with his band "Great Southern" in 1977. The standout tracks are "Sweet Virginia" and the extended-jam "Bougainvillea", which was co-written by Don Johnson of Miami Vice fame.

Atlanta's Burning Down is the third solo album by Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded with his band "Great Southern" in late 1977, and released in early 1978.

Dickie Betts is best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.Recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time,he had early on in his career one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with the late Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping the traditional rhythm/lead roles to stand toe to toe".Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003, and #61 on the list published in 2011.

Track Listing

Dickie Betts & Great Southern

"Out to Get Me" (Betts) - 4:45
"Run Gypsy Run" (Betts, Jim Paramore, Curtis Buck) - 3:34
"Sweet Virginia" (Betts) - 3:44
"The Way Love Goes" (Betts) - 5:03
"Nothing You Can Do" (Betts) - 5:05
"California Blues" (Betts) - 5:04
"Bougainvillea" (Dickey Betts, Don Johnson) - 7:16


Atlanta's Burning Down

"Good Time Feeling" (Dickey Betts) - 4:31
"Atlanta's Burning Down" (Billy Ray Reynolds) - 4:33
"Leavin' Me Again" (Dickey Betts, Dan Toler) - 4:17
"Back on the Road Again" (Dickey Betts) - 4:13
"Dealin' with The Devil" (Dickie Betts, Dan Toler, Billy Ray Reynolds) - 3:46
"Shady Streets" (Dickie Betts, Dan Toler, B.Reynolds) - 4:30
"You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her)" (Willie Cook) - 3:53
"Mr. Blues Man" (Dickey Betts, Curtis Buck) - 4:12