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Devon Allman

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Singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and producer

Devon Allman spent his early years dividing time between his home state of Texas, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. Raised by his mother, it wasn’t until he was 16 that he first met his famous father, Gregg. Gregg invited his musically-inclined son on the road with The Allman Brothers Band, during the group’s Dreams tour in the summer of 1989, where he first met fellow ABB progeny Berry Duane Oakley and Duane Betts. He would occasionally sit in with the Band, often performing “Midnight Rider” alongside his father. He founded Devon Allman’s Honeytribe in 1999, recording two albums and touring the world intermittently over the next decade. In 2011, Allman paired with Cyril Neville to form Royal Southern Brotherhood. The supergroup released a trio of albums, won a Blues Music Award, and culminated their world tour with an appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Concurrently, Allman was cultivating a prolific solo career, issuing Turquoise in 2013 and Ragged & Dirty in 2014, garnering critical acclaim and high-flying Billboard positions, including the top spot on the Blues chart for 2016’s Ride or Die. In 2017, Allman assembled the Devon Allman Project, commencing a 2018-19 world tour with Duane Betts as a special guest. He and Betts then formed the Allman Betts Band, reuniting with Oakley and releasing two CDs to date. Another current project is the Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter

See it All American Tour, where they will attempt an official world record of playing 50 shows in 50 states in less than 50 days. See history being made! More at allmanbettsband. com.

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