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jorge_s
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Post Number: 184
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 5:12 am:   Edit Post

Found this at the library. Sorry for the poor qualityRichard Betts
artswork99
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Post Number: 753
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 6:23 am:   Edit Post

What an interesting piece of history!
Thanks Jorge
davehouck
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Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 6:31 am:   Edit Post

Cool!
pauldo
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Post Number: 189
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 9:45 am:   Edit Post

Richard? Dick?
As in Dickey Betts?
artswork99
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Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 9:54 am:   Edit Post

Found a 2007 thread on the subject.
s_wood
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Post Number: 301
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 519
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 2:30 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 1475
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 3:53 am:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 520
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:29 am:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 2270
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:30 am:   Edit Post

<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
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Post Number: 1478
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 4:37 am:   Edit Post

Oh yeah that song! (slapping my forehead)

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