![]() Crowe would later emerge as a top Hollywood filmmaker and following his blockbuster “Jerry Maguire” made the semi-autobiographical “Almost Famous,” which celebrates its 20th anniversary next month. The Allman Brothers were one of the biggest, best and hardest partying bands in America in 1973 when a 16-year-old Cameron Crowe joined them on tour that summer to write a Rolling Stone cover story. I’d been working for years before that, y’know? It was nice having big crowds and all.” Betts pauses for a moment and then adds, “It sure was a lot of fun.” “Well, I don’t know,” he says, “it kind of came on so gradually I didn’t notice it. ![]() Relaxing at home on Little Sarasota Bay, Dickey Betts laughs when asked what it was like to be a rock star in 1973. ![]()
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