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Mastering Dickey Betts With 5 Notes - Simple Moves That Make You Sound COMPLEX

He did all of that with 5 notes?! Here are some of my favorite Dickey Betts guitar techniques.
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  • @in2livinit
    @in2livinit3 ай бұрын

    A Master of Smooth vs "Flash" & showing off. Thanks Tom 👍 Rest in Peace DB ✝️🕊️

  • @coloaten6682
    @coloaten66823 ай бұрын

    Lost Duane Eddy 3 days ago too. Legends that both leave a huge legacy between them. Thanks for this, I needed simplicity :)

  • @joeylodes

    @joeylodes

    3 ай бұрын

    Had no idea. :(

  • @1satisfiedmind
    @1satisfiedmind3 ай бұрын

    I hate that it took Dickey's passing for people (not you) for Dickey to get his due. Not that he was not recognized for his gorgeous playing, but Duane's legend status and early death just seemed to overshadow Dickey with the uninformed. Loved Dickey's playing AND singing. That the Allman's had 2 amazing players in one band...well, it still blows my mind listening to them. RIP with your Brothers at Rose Hill, Dickey,

  • @keithtodd3762

    @keithtodd3762

    3 ай бұрын

    I have ALWAYS loved Dickey’s approach. I spend a lot of time trying to develop his style

  • @vicpnut1

    @vicpnut1

    3 ай бұрын

    Had a friend ( who passed himself ) who would go to every DB show anywhere near our area with a small group who were like minded … they apparently got to know Dickey some ,and would record the shows and hang with him occasionally…one of the stories he told me “in secret” was one of the guys in this group was asked and found some blow for dickey many yrs back…. I don’t know how accurate this is , but the friend i heard it from wasnt one for making stuff up and was hesitant to even tell me … though its 3rd hand info i found it interesting and amusing ✌️

  • @fredmueller9919
    @fredmueller99193 ай бұрын

    Hey Tom, I appreciate your passion and dedication for the Southern rock legendary bands that we all were lucky to have in our lives, I have always liked learning and applying all the Southern rock guitar players phasing, muting, picking tricks, and bending techniques in my own solos and improvisation. That style always felt natural to me, even though I’m from the Northeast. The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, ZZ Top, Blackfoot, 38 Special and especially Stevie Ray Vaughan, were huge influences on me as a guitarist. I’ll be 61 years old tomorrow May 3, and still love to play. I started playing guitar at nine years old which was in 1972 with a secondhand $25 guitar. I began to learning southern rock song parts and solos by age of 10 and started playing in my first band by age 12. The whole point to this story is It’s been a 52 years and it goes by super fast. Don’t ever give up what’s your love and enjoy. Thanks again for your content.

  • @bluesman75
    @bluesman753 ай бұрын

    I hear so many players that make fun of pentatonic scales. Or think you have to play a different scale over each chord change . Dickey kept things simple and was great blues rock player . I will always think of him and BB when I solo in Major

  • @gottadomor7438
    @gottadomor74383 ай бұрын

    Duane Allman: "Eric Clapton ain't got nothin; on ol' Dickie Betts." Can't find it right now but, I read this quote in one of DB's online obits. RIP legend. PS - I think Betts deserved a separate individual RRHoF for his instrumental compositions alone.

  • @philm22

    @philm22

    3 ай бұрын

    Eric Clapton has something on every other player. That said, Dicky was legendary.

  • @samstewart9249

    @samstewart9249

    3 ай бұрын

    I am not absolutely certain but I think Duane's comment was, Clapton is great but he's no Dickey Betts.

  • @BryanClark-gk6ie

    @BryanClark-gk6ie

    3 ай бұрын

    Clapton is overrated compared to several players and is not in the same class as Dickey Betts.

  • @gottadomor7438

    @gottadomor7438

    3 ай бұрын

    @BCe: Clapton is an icon & imho deservedly so - three solos: Crossroads, Badge, & Had To Cry Today - that said, is also the most overrated guitarist in Rock history.

  • @bigkm1974
    @bigkm19743 ай бұрын

    Tom you got his sound down excellent ! Your awesome as always.. greetings from Conway SC! Btw

  • @mozark.hiker_
    @mozark.hiker_3 ай бұрын

    Yessss, I was just about to see if you would make a video on him. RIP, he was a legend. Huge fan of your channel, keep up the great videos

  • @chucklee347
    @chucklee3473 ай бұрын

    Hey man the more techniques and riffs and other things you teach. The better I get. And I know there's many more out there. Doing the same. Keep em coming.

  • @thegolfingmusician6345
    @thegolfingmusician63453 ай бұрын

    I watch your golf channel. Had no idea you had a guitar channel. 🎉

  • @AnthonyBurrito1313
    @AnthonyBurrito13133 ай бұрын

    Sublime better describes the simplicity of it all , also tone and his wonderful expression which isn't simple! Great stuff man

  • @jimbrown3511
    @jimbrown35113 ай бұрын

    You aren't half bad your self young man. Dickey was my favorite style player

  • @bills1779
    @bills17792 ай бұрын

    Excellent video again Tom!!

  • @80srocker65
    @80srocker653 ай бұрын

    Really cool lesson

  • @bluster27
    @bluster273 ай бұрын

    Tom - thanks for helping me slow the hell down. You are helping me realize I have more chops than I think I do. - I already know allot of this - but damn! Having someone break down one of my fav, most melodic players… invaluable my friend. Keep kicking it, you have no idea how much this helps young guitarists, and old ones like me, realize where the true gold is brother…. Soul does not require shred or speed… the inverse is true. Damn 🙏🎸

  • @meldeer6253
    @meldeer62533 ай бұрын

    Dickey was unmistakable i dont car how far you stoof from his music but you could tell it was him warren Derick Trucks to them guys got it down, there has been a tear in my eye for every member of them true ledgons so glad i lived in this era of time and music thank you for your lesson iv been playing the exzact same riffs and developing my own styl thanks to you all

  • @user-jz6to8md3c
    @user-jz6to8md3c3 ай бұрын

    Awesome vid love dickey betts R.I.P dickey betts.

  • @CosmicCharley11
    @CosmicCharley113 ай бұрын

    No way! Guitar too? Awesome dude!

  • @christopherstone1083
    @christopherstone10833 ай бұрын

    Crispy!!

  • @ZiggyB-hw9sm
    @ZiggyB-hw9sm3 ай бұрын

    Tom You Do Rock!

  • @groovymoon
    @groovymoon3 ай бұрын

    I've seen him live several times in the 80's... While he was still in his prime. He is one of my "Obvious" guitar heros.

  • @stratstart
    @stratstart3 ай бұрын

    Nicely done! Thank you.

  • @Kenneth-qd3js
    @Kenneth-qd3js3 ай бұрын

    Dicky Betts and Ed King are very similar in their greatness and simplicity

  • @telefrk49
    @telefrk493 ай бұрын

    So killer! Thanks Tom!

  • @thebombu
    @thebombu3 ай бұрын

    Gotta love it...👍🎸

  • @vaughnwoodruff3609
    @vaughnwoodruff36093 ай бұрын

    Jezzuz you are a guitar savant too? My mind is blown.

  • @vicpnut1
    @vicpnut13 ай бұрын

    Whoa am i having an acid flash back of some sort? The guy who i get golf tips from on youtube is now a guy i can get guitar tips from too ….? 👍🏼🤘🏼✌️😬

  • @vicpnut1

    @vicpnut1

    3 ай бұрын

    I both suck and love each …so it seems tom teachings were meant for me lol✌️

  • @Boozetowne
    @Boozetowne3 ай бұрын

    Duane's tone was the main distinction (aside from the slide playing). They essentially played the same notes, with the same feel.

  • @RickMcCargar
    @RickMcCargar3 ай бұрын

    Dickey played mandolin and then guitar in the family country band...later got into Davis and Coltrane...and turned Duane onto them/jazz.

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox38603 ай бұрын

    I found your guitar tone quite harsh but appreciated your Dickey technique. I can, and will, use it!

  • @stephenschutte7070
    @stephenschutte70703 ай бұрын

    Love that sliding lick...Skynyrd (Gary) plays that on solo in T For Texas!!!

  • @CountryHitsUSA
    @CountryHitsUSA3 ай бұрын

    Great Video! The more the merrier 🎸

  • @johnlowder3788
    @johnlowder37882 ай бұрын

    Great Video Tom. How have you been doing man? Let's get together soon and play some Skynyrd and Southern Rock.

  • @rydaug79
    @rydaug793 ай бұрын

    Tom Saguto, you're all like "Ooo look, gutar and golf are so easy. Just look how easy it is for me to do" But I can't do, Tom! I can't do!!! Guitar and clubs going in the lake!

  • @jeffro.
    @jeffro.3 ай бұрын

    Hey, Tom! Good to see ya back here! Didn't your say awhile back that you were going to be playing with a band? Howzat goin'? I think i see an improvement in your playing, your meter is much better, like i knew it would be. You're a fantastic guitar player, that was the only thing i noticed that could really improve, lol. Playing with a band will certainly have that effect on anyone! Anyway, i wanted to point out that Dickie played a lot of Major pentatonic, but he added the 4th interval. To me, it sounds happy, yet still "blues-y" and that's one of the things i liked about his music. He 2as my hero , too ("Jessica," & others.) His nusic reminded me of the Peanuts kid that plays piannee, i think his name is Linus. It just makes you feel good, and ya wanna get up & dance! Back in high school (69-73), i went to school in Atlanta, and he and the rest of the Allman Bros would play at Piedmont Park. I think they were "practicing," but it was basically a free concert, and they would just jam for hours! It was great. Anywhere was a great "seat," just layin' back in the grass, tokin' on a doobie! I wish I'd had the sense to approach him, or any of the guys, and get to know them. But i hadn't started playing just yet, it was a couple years after when i started. Who knows, if I'd gotten to know them early on, my whole life coulda gone different, because i got pretty good really fast! Oh, well. Alas.... (Then, after playing for about 10 years, when i met the woman who would become my wife, i abruptly stopped playing for 30+ years--all because of a miscommunication between us! The good part is that i did eventually start back, just shy of 2 yrs ago, because i still had music in my head all those years that wanted to get out!) Anyway, great to seeya in the video, hope everything is going well for ya! 👌 👍 🤪

  • @mikemorris2159
    @mikemorris21593 ай бұрын

    Love your golf swing !!! And now guitar??? What's not to like

  • @davidlind3237
    @davidlind32373 ай бұрын

    (Like surfing on a surfboard) 😆 Is there anything better than guitars and golf? Thanks for that insight. Love that guitar, it’s just like mine.

  • @michaelbrill6445
    @michaelbrill64453 ай бұрын

    Love the content, more Duane Allman content too!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @groovymoon
    @groovymoon3 ай бұрын

    EVEN I CAN PLAY THAT!!!!

  • @douggauzy6258
    @douggauzy62583 ай бұрын

    I just ❤️watching video where a player comes on just to play . No instruction. Just playing and talking how this or that has really improved their playing . This is skip video !

  • @drewmcduffee
    @drewmcduffeeАй бұрын

    Can you do Woman of Mine by Lynyrd Skynyrd?! It’s so great, and not a well known song

  • @Dan-zq5wt
    @Dan-zq5wt3 ай бұрын

    Dude! I watch your golf videos! Do you keep your right elbow tucked for maximum picking speed?😂. Golf and guitar are also my passions in life!!

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall3 ай бұрын

    Soundings great . Loved him since middle school. ❤ thank you

  • @navymark101
    @navymark1013 ай бұрын

    Great video Tom. Y'all should check out my new favorite southern rock band, The Curt Towne Band, all I have to say is wow...

  • @recvehicle8888
    @recvehicle8888Ай бұрын

    When does Tom Saguto sleep??

  • @kevincox1367
    @kevincox1367Ай бұрын

    Can you teach me guitar like you did golf?!

  • @doovie101
    @doovie1013 ай бұрын

    Have you ever played guitar on psychedelics? Whoa baby.

  • @johnlilley9363
    @johnlilley9363Ай бұрын

    Are you saguto golf?

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram89073 ай бұрын

    What do you mean that Dickey Betts slanted the guitar pick, for what reasons?

  • @boomersdelightvv7201

    @boomersdelightvv7201

    3 ай бұрын

    It’s like he is not in the woods chopping wood, he is picking like crispy fried chicken!!😊

  • @johncarlo7395
    @johncarlo73953 ай бұрын

    Never heard of him, is he famous?

  • @TheMrShagnasty
    @TheMrShagnasty3 ай бұрын

    That's the old joke: The best Allman Brothers songs were not written by an Allman.

  • @wingnutt4200
    @wingnutt42003 ай бұрын

    You sure do have a long head but your guitar skills are great.. 😂

  • @Ingchao

    @Ingchao

    3 ай бұрын

    He's got a big brain!

  • @damonkatos4271
    @damonkatos42713 ай бұрын

    Make sure to make a full back swing before you dive into the Allman Brothers.

  • @onlymelbourne2842
    @onlymelbourne28423 ай бұрын

    there sounds like a lot of octopusses garden in there ala george harrison

  • @joewalsh8217
    @joewalsh82173 ай бұрын

    5 notes ya say? Hahah almost reminds me of a certain scale

  • @jonRboy
    @jonRboy3 ай бұрын

    Simplicity is great and all of that, but after awhile it gets tedious when you can sort of tell what someone is about to play before they play it. The playing just seems to be full of cliches and tendencies and becomes boringly predictable. And it's also like someone with an annoying verbal tic. Example: Someone that is constantly saying 'you know' after every sentence, paragraph, or statement, you know? :-) I'm just bringing this up to play 'devil's advocate'. I like simplicity too, and like Dickey Betts' playing as well. However, since I discovered the Allman Brothers way back when, I've grown to appreciate players that draw from a larger musical palette of notes. I guess I could analogize with food: There could be a chef who was great at making simple comfort food like mac 'n cheese and BLT sandwiches and burgers, and chili. You know, great simple stuff, we all love, including myself. But, hey, there is nothing like a great chef who is highly trained who works in a 5 star restaurant who can make classic high-end dishes and innovative new stuff with combinations of flavors you never could have imagined. Btw, my favorite snippet of Dickey Betts' playing was his solo on 'Stormy Monday' on the Live at Fillmore East Album...brilliant.

  • @southboundguitar
    @southboundguitar3 ай бұрын

    Are you making this video at work, lol?

  • @jwhitty14

    @jwhitty14

    3 ай бұрын

    Looks like the hallway outside his work office. Lol…

  • @alanoliver5762
    @alanoliver57623 ай бұрын

    pfffft. 😂

  • @Strat.1
    @Strat.13 ай бұрын

    Lose all the dumb making faces crap. You will go far.

  • @eaglesonmusicgroupltdeagle8138
    @eaglesonmusicgroupltdeagle81383 ай бұрын

    Simple. Dont quite describe dickie at all. Lets hear you place his open tuming delta slide and fingerpickimg jack.. Playin the notes of a trill. Dont mean its with soul. Plus dickei got some serious chops as well as s mean vibrato. Clean crunchy tone and precise picking. So. Simple my ass.

  • @leadfoot64

    @leadfoot64

    3 ай бұрын

    Easy there cowboy.. he’s a nice guy and doin a pretty good job. Who pissed in your cornflakes?

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