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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — Rock and roll guitar legend Dickey Betts has passed away. The 80-year-old was the co-founder of the Grammy award-winning band, The Allman Brothers Band , and was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His long-time manager, David Spero, lives in South Euclid.
“His style of guitar playing that kind of jazz rock, mix no one had ever done that before,” Spero said.“It's really the music world's loss because he was such a front runner in what he did,” Spero said.We just laughed and laughed and laughed and then we said goodbye,” said Spero, “I really loved him a lot and I am going to miss him terribly.”
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