Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
8 Seconds Saloon
Wednesday, Dec. 28, $8, doors 7 p.m., 21+

"The biggest ingredient in our band is the dynamics. We’re sweet like honey and fierce like a tribe,” says Devon Allman when asked about his band’s name Honeytribe.

Devon Allman, the son of legendary musician Gregg Allman, knows what it’s like to have a 9-to-5 job. So he appreciates the fact that these days he can make his living with his music.

“I’ve worked in a steel factory, and I’ve sold insurance,” Allman says. “So I have a perspective on those kinds of life. What I’m doing now, I’m my own boss, and I get to pick up my guitar and play my music for people. It’s great!”

The younger Allman, a talented musician/songwriter in his own right, has learned one thing about the music business from his famous father: “He did tell me, ‘You gotta get out there and get [your music] in their face.’”

And that’s just what Devon and Honeytribe have done. The quartet has been on the road for two years, doing over 600 shows in 42 states and eight countries. They’ve also released a full-length “Torch” that captures their bluesy rock ’n’ roll sound.

“This has been my chance to make up for the time I was not on the road with the band,” Allman admits (he took four years off to be with his new son). “I’ve learned that sometimes you gotta kick people in the teeth to get their attention. We’re not on MTV or anything like that, so we have to go out and play night after night, and count on word of mouth to get our music heard.”

With a little over a week left in 2007, the band has three shows left to play before they take a well-deserved break from the road. 

“On the one hand you want it [the tour] to go on forever,” Allman says. “But on the other hand, you’re glad to get off the road, and spend time with your family and friends. In mid-January I’ll start going through my lyric ideas and making demos of songs. I hope we can start recording the next album in February, go back on the road in March, and have the album out by late spring.”