Published Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
Updated Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
Former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts has died at his home in Osprey, Florida, according to his manager. Betts had suffered from cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Betts was 80. He cofounded The Allman Brothers Band and helped create the double lead guitar sound with Duane Allman. Betts wrote and sang lead on the band’s only top-ten hit, “Ramblin’ Man.” He also wrote the instrumental “Jessica” and named it for his then-infant daughter.
DALLAS (AP) – The original model of the USS Enterprise used in the opening credits of “Star Trek” has been located, decades after it disappeared. Roddenberry Entertainment CEO Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, says Heritage Auctions of Dallas returned the three-foot model last week after it popped up on eBay last fall. The sellers say they found it in a storage unit and contacted Heritage about authenticating it. Rod Roddenberry says returning the model was the right thing to do and he rewarded them for doing that, without going into details. The model was loaned to the makers of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” in 1979 and disappeared. Rod Roddenberry says he feels “vindicated” because for years rumors went around that he threw it in a pool as a boy.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Trey Anastasio of Phish considers it his purpose in life to come up with ways to amaze their fans. Anastasio says he loves getting up in the morning and “creatively thinking of another cool thing to blow people’s minds.” That’s why Phish is playing in Las Vegas this weekend at the Sphere, a venue with a stage that wraps around the audience. That’s not all Phish has in mind, though. Anastasio says they are also working on ideas for their summer festival that he describes as “so cool.”
NEW YORK (AP) – Dennis Quaid plays a golf coach in the movie “The Long Game,” which is based on a true story about five Mexican American teens in the 1950s who created their own golf course. Quaid says he had the pleasure of meeting one of them. Quaid says the guy is now in his 90s and is a veteran after fighting for the U.S. in Vietnam. “The Long Game” is in theaters now.
