Wayward soul, troubadour, vagabond, hobo, wayfarer, and wonderer are just a few of the synonyms for a ramblin’ man. The figure who falls under all of these adjectives has been a recurring theme in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bunch of wildly talented Florida boys, including Dickey Betts, the guitar-wielding hellion from Bradenton, formed the Allman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Allman Brothers Band frontman Dickey Betts claimed he penned the group’s single “Ramblin’ Man” in roughly the same amount of ...

The “Ramblin’ Man” of the Allman Brothers was a Florida man, too. Dickey Betts, a founding member and a lead guitarist of the trailblazing Southern rock group he formed with brothers Gregg and Duane ...

The year 1973 was transitional for the Allman Brothers Band. On the one hand, 1971's At Fillmore East and 1972's Eat a Peach had both been successful, reaching No. 13 and No. 4 on the Billboard album ...

Lord he was born a ramblin’ man, and died one as well. Perhaps no song encapsulated a rock ‘n’ roll legend more than Dickey Betts’s 1973 “Ramblin’ Man,” a staple of classic rock radio stations across ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in The Palm Beach Post newspaper in 1995. Dickey Betts, who wrote and sang the Allman Brothers Band’s No. 1 hit "Ramblin' Man," died at his home in south ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By STEVEN WINE and RUSS BYNUM (Associated Press) Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ ...

As they continue to wind through a packed spring and summer tour itinerary, the Marcus King Band have sent a postcard from the road with a Red Rocks “Trail Mix Session.” Cut before King’s May 10 ...

A bunch of wildly talented Florida boys, including Dickey Betts, the guitar-wielding hellion from Bradenton, formed the Allman Brothers Band in Jacksonville in 1969. They were rock stars in the ’70s, ...