Betts quickly filed suit against the other three original Allmans and the separation turned into a permanent divorce (Haynes permanently replaced him following a stand with the band at the Beacon Theatre in March 2001). Betts quickly formed the Dickey Betts Band in 2000 and toured that summer. He now tours under the name Dickey Betts and Great Southern, which has recently added Dickey's son, Duane Betts, on lead guitar.
In 2005 Betts released the live DVD "Live from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame".
In the early days of the Allman Brothers, Dickey played a 1961 Gibson SG, which he gave to Duane Allman in 1971 to use as an all-slide guitar. Dickey then started to use a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Dickey would become famous for using a Goldtop, naming it "Goldie". He has recently painted it red. Dickey has also been seen playing Fender Stratocasters occasionally, and has been an on-and-off endorser and player of PRS guitars
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