“In late September of 2023, Devon Allman stood on the stage at Southern California’s BeachLife Festival, having just completed a massive summer tour, and setting a new world-record in the process. Flanked by his touring partner for the quest – Donavon Frankenreiter – as well as his reborn Devon Allman Project, Allman accepted an award for the monumental achievement of performing 50 concerts in the 50 states of America in 49 days. It was just the latest of Allman’s ambitious undertakings that have earned the veteran musician his place in the spotlight.

The quintessential modern American troubadour, Allman is a Texas-born, singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, producer, and record label chief who spent his early years raised by a single mother, dividing time between the Lone Star State, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. Allman began playing music as a youth, and was 16 when he first met his father, Gregg.

Gregg invited Devon on the road with The Allman Brothers Band, during the group’s Dreams reunion tour in the summer of 1989. Devon would frequently perform alongside his father, often sitting-in on the Brothers’ “Midnight Rider.” It would be just the first in an eventually long list of musical heavyweights Devon would join onstage throughout his career, including Les Paul, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Gibbons, Gov’t Mule, Blackberry Smoke, and Lukas Nelson.

He founded Devon Allman’s Honeytribe in 1999, recording two albums and touring the world intermittently over the next decade. In 2011, Devon 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, Devon was cultivating a prolific solo career, issuing Turquoise in 2013 and Ragged & Dirty (2014), garnering widespread critical acclaim as well as top Billboard positions, including #1 on the Blues chart for 2016’s Ride or Die.

In 2017, Devon assembled the Devon Allman Project, commencing a 2018-19 world tour with Duane Betts as a special guest. Following that successful run, he and Betts announced the formation of the Allman Betts Band. The group recorded two albums- 2019’s Down to the River and 2020’s Bless Your Heart – at the famed Muscle Shoals Sound studio. The ABB supported both with extensive touring, despite the challenges of the global pandemic.

Also in 2017, Allman founded, curated, hosted, and performed at The Allman Family Revival- an all-star tribute concert honoring his father’s life and music. The inaugural performance was held at The Fillmore in San Francisco, but the annual event subsequently grew into a three-week, coast-to-coast tour. In 2023, the flagship trek was rebranded as The Allman Betts Family Revival, with the Allman Betts Band serving as the performances’ musical hosts (and featuring Tal Wilkenfeld on bass) celebrating the legacy of The Allman Brothers Band. Notable Revival guests over the years include G. Love, Marcus King, Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, Sierra Hull, Anders Osborne, Robert Randolph, Eric Gales, Jimmy Hall, Donavon Frankenreiter, Alex Orbison, Samantha Fish, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Cody and Luther Dickinson, Lilly Hiatt, Lamar Williams Jr. and more.

Additionally, Allman has continued to devote time to the studio. For recent sessions at another venerated locale- Miami’s Criteria Recording Studios (home to Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs)- he enlisted Ivan Neville and George Porter, Jr. to guest on a forthcoming release; just one of several albums Allman has compiled, and plans to roll out in the coming months.

Allman founded his own record company, Create Records, in 2017, as well. The St. Louis-based label’s initial signings led to releases from River Kittens, and Devon Allman Project guitarist, Jackson Stokes. Also, he is a longtime member of the board for the National Blues Museum, helping to preserve and further the legacy of the American art form. When not touring or recording, he is an active cook and food enthusiast, as well, creating, marketing, and selling his trademarked Chipotle Blues Hot Sauce.