Richard Betts Alembic

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Author Message jorge_s Intermediate Member Username: jorge_s Post Number: 184 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 5:12 am:    Found this at the library. Sorry for the poor quality artswork99 Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 753 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 6:23 am:    What an interesting piece of history! Thanks Jorge davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8373 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 6:31 am:    Cool! pauldo Intermediate Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 189 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 9:45 am:    Richard? Dick? As in Dickey Betts? artswork99 Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 754 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 9:54 am:    Found a 2007 thread on the subject. s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 301 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 12:39 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 Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 519 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 2:30 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 Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1475 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 3:53 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 Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 520 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:29 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 Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2270 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:30 am:    <br><object><embed></object><br>Lyrics | <a href="http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dukesofhazzard/thesouthsgonnadoitagain.htm">The Charlie Daniels Band - The South’s Gonna Do It Again lyrics</a> bracheen Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1478 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:37 am:    Oh yeah that song! (slapping my forehead)