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Allman Betts Band

“I think it’s apparent when you listen to Bless Your Heart that we’re having a love affair with being in this band together”
— DEVON ALLMAN

mystery about why Allman Betts Band’s 2019 debut, sounded like the work of a veteran group, though they had never played together as a unit before recording it. While the band was new, the core members had a connection that stretched back before they were born. Co-leaders Devon Allman and Duane Betts are the sons of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, longtime dual front men of the Allman Brothers Band. Bassist Berry Oakley Jr.’s namesake father was the Hall of Fame group’s founding bassist.

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