{"id":31539,"date":"2025-02-27T12:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sold-out-dickey-betts-tribute-concert-to-livestream-for-free\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:02:39","slug":"sold-out-dickey-betts-tribute-concert-to-livestream-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sold-out-dickey-betts-tribute-concert-to-livestream-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Sold-out Dickey Betts tribute concert to livestream for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-26\/M_dickeybettstribute_010825.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Art by Taylor W Rushing <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The life and music of <strong>Allman Brothers Band<\/strong>\u00a0guitarist and founding member <strong>Dickey Betts<\/strong> is being celebrated Friday with an all-star tribute concert, and now music fans at home will be able to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>The sold-out show, <em>In Memory of Dickey Betts,<\/em>\u00a0will livestream for free via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nugs.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>nugs.net<\/strong><\/a>. The concert is\u00a0taking place at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia, the birthplace of the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame band.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, hosted and curated by Dickey\u2019s son <strong>Duane<\/strong>, will feature a lineup that includes many musicians who\u2019ve been associated with the Allman Brothers over the years, including ABB&#8217;s <strong>Jaimoe<\/strong>, <strong>Warren Haynes<\/strong>, <strong>Chuck Leavell<\/strong>, <strong>Susan Tedeschi<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Oteil Burbriddge<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Gregg Allman<\/strong>\u2019s son <strong>Devon Allman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0portion of the proceeds from the show will go\u00a0toward the newly announced Dickey Betts Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston. According to a press release, the scholarship \u201cwill honor Dickey Betts&#8217; legacy by supporting talented and deserving students pursuing their musical dreams at Berklee.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to know that the proceeds are going to such a worthy cause,\u201d says Duane.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his guitar work for the Allmans, Betts wrote and sang two of their best-known songs: &#8220;Ramblin&#8217; Man&#8221; and &#8220;Blue Sky.&#8221; He also wrote their popular instrumental track, &#8220;Jessica.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Betts passed away April 18, 2024, at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art by Taylor W Rushing The life and music of Allman Brothers Band\u00a0guitarist and founding member Dickey Betts is being celebrated Friday with an all-star tribute concert, and now music fans at home will be able to enjoy it. The sold-out show, In Memory of Dickey Betts,\u00a0will livestream for free<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/sold-out-dickey-betts-tribute-concert-to-livestream-for-free\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}