Highway Call

Infobox Album |
Name = Highway Call
Type = Album
Artist = Dickey Betts


Released = November,1974
Recorded = 1974
Genre = Southern rock/Country rock
Length = 35:28
Label = Capricorn
Producer = Johnny Sandlin/Dickey Betts
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:s0d3vwrva9uk link]
Last album =
This album = "Highway Call" (1974)
Next album = "Dickey Betts & Great Southern" (1977)

"Highway Call" is the first solo album by Dickey Betts (under the name Richard Betts) of The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded in 1974 in Macon, Georgia at Capricorn Studios. On this album, Betts further develops and perfects the country sound that emerged on the Allman's 1973 album "Brothers and Sisters". The standout tracks are "Long Time Gone", "Highway Call", and the extended country jam "Hand Picked". Guest musicians include Vassar Clements on fiddle and Jeff Hanna on acoustic guitar.

Track listing

#"Long Time Gone" (Betts) - 4:31
#"Rain" (Betts) - 3:40
#"Highway Call" (Betts) - 4:26
#"Let Nature Sing" (Betts) - 5:10
#"Hand Picked" (Betts) - 14:20
#"Kissimmee Kid" (Vassar Clements) - 3:13

Personnel

*Dickey Betts - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro, lead vocals
*Vassar Clements - fiddle
*Chuck Leavell - piano
*Tommy Talton - acoustic guitar
*John Huhgey - steel guitar
*Walter Poindexter - banjo, background vocals
*Leon Poindexter - acoustic guitar, background vocals
*Frank Poindexter - dobro, background vocals
*Stray Straton - bass, background vocals
*Johnny Sandlin - bass
*Oscar Underwood Adams - mandolin
*David Walshaw - drums, percussion
*Reese Wynans - harmonica
*The Rambos (Buck, Dottie, and Reba) - background vocals

Production

*Producer: Johnny Sandlin/Dickey Betts
*Recording Engineer: Sam Whiteside/Johnny Sandlin
*Remixing: Johnny Sandlin
*Photography: Sydney Smith
*Liner Notes: n/a