RIP Dickey Betts

[aphineday]

rip dickey.

there was a lot of urban legend about Dickey in Richmond when i lived there.
Rumors of him living there under an assumed name when he was in trouble around 93 i think.
IDK.. maybe it was real.. i swear we chilled with him getting high once or twice.

anyway, i recently had a renewed appreciation for Dickey after the watkins glen anniversary stuff, and talking about how jerry influenced playing and that they really were the most comparable to each other at the time.

What a story to tell though. Damn.

[VA $l!m]

random side note:
first time i saw the allmans in 92 was my freshman year at William and MAry and we drove back to richmond to see them.
i didnt have pot at the time and some dude on the lawn walked up to me and gave me a joint and walked away.
by the time we were headed home i was crawling the ceiling of the car and thought i was batman.
90% sure it was laced with pcp.