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Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: jorge_s on July 15, 2009, 05:12:47 AM

Found this at the library.  Sorry for the poor quality(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/67430.jpg)

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: artswork99 on July 15, 2009, 06:23:53 AM

What an interesting piece of history!  
Thanks Jorge

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: David Houck on July 15, 2009, 06:31:54 AM

Cool!

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: pauldo on July 15, 2009, 09:45:57 AM

Richard? Dick?
As in Dickey Betts?

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: artswork99 on July 15, 2009, 09:54:48 AM

Found a 2007 thread (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=1847) on the subject.

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: s_wood on July 15, 2009, 12:39:08 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

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 15, 2009, 02:30:22 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

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: bracheen on July 16, 2009, 03:53:08 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.

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 16, 2009, 04:29:31 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

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: adriaan on July 16, 2009, 04:30:00 AM

Lyrics | http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dukesofhazzard/thesouthsgonnadoitagain.htm>The Charlie Daniels Band - The South?s Gonna Do It Again lyrics

Title: Richard Betts Alembic
Post by: bracheen on July 16, 2009, 04:37:42 AM

Oh yeah that song! (slapping my forehead)