THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND PERFORMED “MAGNOLIA ROAD,” “MIDNIGHT RIDER” AND “PALE HORSE RIDER” ON CBS THIS MORNING SATURDAY SESSIONS
                                                                NEW ALBUM BLESS YOUR HEART – OUT AUG 28 VIA BMG
WATCH THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND PERFORM “MAGNOLIA ROAD,” “MIDNIGHT RIDER,” “PALE HORSE RIDER” ON CBS THIS MORNING SATURDAY SESSIONS
PURCHASE/STREAM “PALE HORSE RIDER” AND “MAGNOLIA ROAD”
PRE-ORDER BLESS YOUR HEART
This past Saturday, The Allman Betts Band made their national television debut on CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions (July 25). The band performed two songs (“Magnolia Road,” “Pale Horse Rider”) from their forthcoming album BLESS YOUR HEART (BMG) as well as the Allman Brothers classic tune “Midnight Rider.”
The Allman Betts Band’s new album BLESS YOUR HEART is due out on Aug 28.
The Allman Betts Band is:
Devon Allman- guitar, vocals Duane Betts- guitar, vocals
Berry Duane Oakley- bass, vocals Johnny Stachela- guitar, vocals John Ginty- keyboards
R Scott Bryan- percussion, vocals John Lum- drums
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.
Over a week’s time, they recorded 13 songs at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studio on 2-inch tape, just as they did with Down to The River. In addition to the time in Muscle Shoals, Bless Your Heart saw additional tracking in Memphis and St. Louis. Within the eclectic repertoire are the familiar: stacks of guitars; electric, acoustic, and slide; a throttling, percussive rhythm section. And the fresh: Bassist and singer Berry Duane Oakley’s ABB vocal debut on his original song (“The Doctor’s Daughter”); Allman’s baritone vocal channeling Johnny Cash (“Much Obliged”); Betts extending the legendary family legacy of incendiary instrumentals (“Savannah’s Dream”). They tapped friends, as well, such as Jimmy Hall, Shannon McNally, Art Edmaiston, Susan Marshall, and Reba Russell for guest contributions. Then, emerged with an undeniable achievement of an album (what sophomore jinx?) worthy of its winking, unabashedly Southern title.
“I think we definitely challenged ourselves, pushed ourselves artistically, and widened the spectrum on all levels. We wanted something that was a little more sweeping. A deeper experience,” says Betts.
Says Allman, “I hope what people hear on Bless Your Heart is a band that’s having a love affair with being a band.”
THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND
BLESS YOUR HEART (BMG)
RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
TRACKLISTING
Pale Horse Rider
Carolina Song
King Crawler
Ashes of My Lovers
Savannah’s Dream
Airboats & Cocaine
Southern Rain
Rivers Run
Magnolia Road
Should We Ever Part
The Doctor’s Daughter
Much Obliged
Congratulations
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