12/12/1943 – Dickey Betts, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, The Allman Brothers Band, who had the 1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man’. Betts is recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, with one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony which “rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together”. Betts died of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Osprey, Florida, on April 18, 2024, at the age of 80.