Dickey Betts Sits-In With Tedeschi Trucks Band On This Date In 2013

For a short period in 1999 and 2000 Dickey Betts and Derek Trucks shared the stage as the two guitarists in The Allman Brothers Band. Betts was dumped by fax in 2000 and was quickly replaced by Jimmy Herring and then Warren Haynes. The two one-time band mates were reunited in 2013 when Betts sat-in with the Tedeschi Trucks Band at The Beacon Theatre in New York City on September 21.

Dickey emerged toward the end of the TTB’s main set for renditions of Allman Brothers classics “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” and “Blue Sky,” (with a “Franklin’s Tower” tease!) both of which were penned by Betts. The legendary guitarist returned during the encore for a take on “The Sky Is Crying.” Tedeschi Trucks Band brought the evening to a close with their Sly Stone medley of “Sing A Simple Song” > “I Want To Take You Higher.”

Watch audience-shot video footage of the collaboration captured by Rick Randall below:

[In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed]

[Blue Sky]

[The Sky Is Crying]

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[Originally published August 28, 2014.]