Devon Allman Exclusive Video Premiere April
15th on Relix.com
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
From Solo-Debut CD: Turquoise
Atlanta, GA-
Relix.com presents the exclusive premiere of the Devon Allman video, “Stop
Draggin’ My Heart Around”, from his Ruf Records release,
Turquoise, on Monday, April 15. A five day exclusive run will
coincide with him and his band, Royal Southern Brotherhood and their appearance
at the Wanee Festival on April 18th, ending on Friday, April
19th. This rock classic is a duet with label mate and Blues Music
Award winner, Samantha Fish, whose vocals are sassy and smart; melding with
Devon’s strong rich voice.
“Tom Petty
has always been one of my favorite artists,” says Devon. “This song totally
takes me back to my youth. I'm really pleased Samantha and I get to turn on a
new generation to this classic tune. We slowed it down a bit and made it a
little sexier. New Orleans is the most photogenic city in America, so the video
shoot was effortless.”
Directed by
Mark Bergeron with Nate Tape as Director of Photography and Arthur Reed as
producer, the three were able to use the city of New Orleans and all its romance
to give the desperate song some vivid color. For the video shoot, they took to
the streets of New Orleans, where the “romantic couple” are walking the streets
trying to find each other. They filmed it at various points, the famous Chickie
Wah Wah’s music club, a little streetcar riding and cameos were made by Royal
Southern Brotherhood members, Cyril Neville and Charlie
Wooton.
Turquoise was released on February 12 on Ruf
Records to glowing reviews from USA TODAY, Texas Music Magazine, Hittin’ the
Note, and of course, Relix. “These songs are very special to me,” says Allman.
“It’s part ‘dusty road driving music’ and part ‘tropical getaway’ music. These
are the stories, feelings and reflections from my last couple of decades of
forging my musical path.” The CD was produced and mixed by
multi-Grammy winner Jim Gaines and recorded at his Bessie Blue Studios in
Stantonville, Tennessee, as well as at Ardent Studios in Memphis. Ruf Records is
distributed by Allegro worldwide.
So tune in to
Relix.com come Monday for the Premiere of Devon Allman “Stop Draggin’ My Heart
Around”!
