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In honor of Dickey Betts, who died Thursday, we revisit his past interviews about writing five of The Allman Brothers Band's biggest hit songs.

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In honor of Dickey Betts’ birthday, I went back to the interview we did in August about the real Allman Brothers stories behind the film “Almost Famous” as well as past ones, including our lengthy conversation from 2014 that took place in Betts’ den over glasses of what he called “hippie wine.” One of these days, I hope to present all of the great quotes Betts has given me during the past decade as one (very) long Q&A. For now, though, let’s revisit Betts talking about�...