The Dickey Betts Band - Ramblin Man door morrisanddylan
Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals, Duane Betts - guitar, Frank Lombardi - drums/vocals,Michael Kach - organ/vocals,Pedro Aravelo - bass,James Vanardo - drums,Andy Aledort - guitar
"Ramblin' Man" was first created during songwriting sessions for Eat a Peach. An embryonic version, referring to a "ramblin' country man," can be heard on the bootleg The Gatlinburg Tapes, featuring the band jamming on an off-day in April 1971 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.[1] Betts continued to work on the song for a year, but the lyrics came together in as little as twenty minutes. "I wrote "Ramblin' Man" in Berry Oakley's kitchen [at the Big House] at about four in the morning. Everyone had gone to bed but I was sitting up," said Betts in 2014.[2] Trucks noted that the band acknowledged it was a good song but were reluctant to record it, as it sounded too country for them.[3] New member and keyboardist Chuck Leavell enjoyed the song, noting, "It's definitely in the direction of country but that didn’t bother me in the least […] I think our attitude was, 'Let's take this thing and make it as great as we can.'"[2] The song was inspired by a 1951 song of the same name by Hank Williams.[4]
