Brian Setzer & Dickey Betts 11-20-84 PT 2 late night TV performance

Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers is joined by Stray Cat Brian Setzer, in part 2 of a performance filmed in Passaic, New Jersey 11-20-84 and later broadcast on late night TV. Also in the band is pianist and Allman Brothers vet Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, Sea Level), and bassist Kenny Aaronson (HSAS, Bob Dylan, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Rick Derringer). The BetaGems channel also has more from this same performance that you can find by searching "Dickey Betts & Brian Setzer 11-20-84 late night TV performance."

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BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.

In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.