Bougainvillea

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Dickey Betts

Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his instrumental "Jessica" in 1996 Recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, he had early on in his career one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with the late Duane Allman introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping the traditional rhythm/lead roles to stand toe to toe". Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone'… more »


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2005
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Bougainvillea, sing your song 
For my lover, for my love 
I need 
Sweet Bougainvillea 
Let her wear your flowers in her hair 
You will always be 
Always be our love song 
She was so afraid 
To give her heart away 
Now before she even know 
I hold her close to me 
Sweet Bougainvillea 
Let her know, she's free

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Written by: DICKEY BETTS, DON JOHNSON, FOREST RICHARD BETTS

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