Biography
Duane Betts is an American singer and guitarist. The son of Dickey Betts (founding member of The Allman Brothers Band), he leads Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel, and is a co-founding member of The Allman Betts Band. He was guitarist and singer for Dickey Betts & Great Southern (led by his father). He was previously a member of several other groups, including Backbone69, Whitestarr, Brethren of the Coast, Dawes, Jamtown, and Duane Betts & the Pistoleers.
Betts initially learned to play drums, then switched to guitar at age 12. At 16, he appeared onstage as a guest with The Allman Brothers Band on June 24, 1994, at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre in Vail, Colorado. Later that summer, he played with the band during its appearance at the Woodstock '94 music festival.
Betts released his debut EP, Sketches of American Music, on 26 April 2018.
Betts released "Wild & Precious Life" in July 2023. He and his band - Johnny Stachela (guitar), Berry Duane Oakley (bass), John Ginty (keyboards), and Tyler ‘Falcon’ Greenwell (drums) - recorded the tracks at Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi’s Swamp Raga studio in Jacksonville, Florida.
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