Sarasota, FL – Florida officials are reviewing a proposal to name a portion of U.S. Highway 41 after Dickey Betts, the Allman Brothers Band co-founder and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist.
Sarasota County commissioners plan to submit a formal request to the Florida Department of Transportation.
Betts, who died in April 2024 at age 80, lived for decades near the highway he referenced in his song “Ramblin’ Man,” which includes the lyric, “I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus rollin’ down Highway 41.”…