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Dickey Betts
American
Musician
Born:
Dec 12
,
1943
Brothers
Guitar
Like
Me
Music
You
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Some people take me as being a rowdy, honky-tonk hero type. Some people see me as a quiet person. I guess I can be either one, you know, at any moment.
Dickey Betts
Me
You
People
Hero
Some People
Type
Guess
See
Some
Take
Know
Quiet
Person
Any
Being
Either
Moment
Ramblin' was in my blood.
Dickey Betts
Blood
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.
Dickey Betts
Music
Ukulele
Had
Along
Him
Been
Heard
Lot
Child
Fiddle
Fiddler
Daddy
Played
Our main thing we'd have to entertain us: All my uncles would come over, and we'd sit around the living room on a weekend night, and we'd play. That was a big event for me, getting to play. We never did have any percussion.
Dickey Betts
Me
Big
Sit
Living
Our
Entertain
Would
Percussion
Uncles
Weekend
Main
Never
Main Thing
Over
Come
Around
Big Event
Did
Any
Getting
Room
Us
Event
Play
Thing
Living Room
Night
I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.
Dickey Betts
Seven
Ukulele
About
Had
Around
Banjo
Mandolin
Then
Started
Playing
Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and taught each other a lot.
Dickey Betts
Music
Thoughts
Together
Will
Other
Musical
Enter
Berry
Record
Mental
Part
Learned
Makeup
Ready
Lot
Getting
Taught
Process
Anytime
Each
Play
Playing
It's hard for people to understand that when five or six guys are together working intensely, they can really get into some duels.
Dickey Betts
Together
People
Some
Guys
Understand
Five
Get
Intensely
Six
Really
Working
Hard
As far as the music goes, I like melody.
Dickey Betts
Music
Melody
Like
Goes
As Far As
Far
I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers.
Dickey Betts
You
Argument
Papers
Magnified
Sure
Printed
Up
Friends
Get
Your
In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know why.
Dickey Betts
Music
You
More
Almost
Know
Around
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Years
Five
Than
Roll
Being
Apologize
Why
Four
You can't play music and be mad at anybody. It'll show in your heart!
Dickey Betts
Music
You
Heart
Mad
Anybody
Your
Show
Play
Play Music
Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'
Dickey Betts
Best
You
Mirror
Say
Kind
Guy
Look
Likes
Oh
Who
Now
Our tunes aren't just sing-along tunes: they're very complex. After a few days of that, you gotta take a break.
Dickey Betts
You
Few
Our
Complex
Take
Days
Gotta
Very
Just
After
Break
Tunes
I like to play acoustic slide. I like that. I just... I can do it, you know. But it ain't my cup of tea.
Dickey Betts
You
Tea
Slide
Like
Know
Cup
Just
Acoustic
Play
My guitar has, like, become part of me, you know.
Dickey Betts
Me
You
Guitar
Become
Part
Like
Know
When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little first grader, I was gonna be a guitar picker on the 'Grand Ole Opry.' I just had it in my head that that's what I wanted to do, having no idea how it was done.
Dickey Betts
Me
You
Guitar
School
First
Kid
No Idea
Having
Had
Head
Idea
How
Opry
Done
Just
Wanted
Grand
Little
Mean
Gonna
Asked
Even
Ole
All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.
Dickey Betts
Musicians
Put
Got
Up
Times
Artists
Certain
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