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The Allman Betts Band

When The Allman Betts Band released Down to the River in June of 2019, the debut album represented not only the first time the group had recorded together but, in fact, the first time the seven-piece ensemble had ever played together. If Down to the River was the sound of the band’s combustible sparks igniting, then Bless Your Heart is their bonfire, built for the summer of 2020 and beyond; a double-album follow-up fueled by road-forged camaraderie and telepathic musical intensity, vibrantly reflecting the individual and collective experiences of these seven, all drawing inspiration from the band’s symbolic hometown- a place Devon Allman calls “the United States of Americana.”

A conflagration of influences and invention, confidence and ambition, Bless Your Heart captures a vast, panoramic scope throughout a baker’s dozen of modern rock. Ragged and stomping. Heady and frayed. Soaring and scorching. Generational and genteel. West Coast scenes and Gulf Coast shores. Gateways of the Midwest and swamplands of Florida. Wyoming’s Big Sky. New York’s Big Apple. Chicago’s Broad Shoulders.

Among the fiery set is "Magnolia Road," a semi-autobiographical overview of Allman and Duane Betts written, ironically, by Vaughan alone, and a tie-dyed contender for summer festival favorite. The single, "Magnolia Road" is OUT NOW, "Pale Horse Rider" OUT NOW, and the Bless Your Heart album arrives 8/28. https://theallmanbettsband.lnk.to/PaleHorseRider https://theallmanbettsband.lnk.to/BlessYourHeart

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