Michael Sean Allman (born July 3, 1966), is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman to the Michael Allman Band. He is the first-born son of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gregg Allman (founding member of the Allman Brothers Band). ^[5]

Michael Allman was born on July 3, 1966.

He was raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. His parents, Gregg Allman (legendary musician) and go-go dancer Mary Lynn Sutton met at a Maitland discotheque. ^[3]

Growing up, Michael Allman never really knew his biological father.

His original surname — Hendrick — came from the man his mother married to legitimize his birth.

After that brief union ended, his mother married Daniel Green, the man Allman originally believed was his father.

When Allman was 6 years old, Green died in a Learjet crash.

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As he was mourning Green's crash, his mother told him about his birth father, Gregg Allman.

Gregg didn't openly admit he is the father until 1985, 13 years after the crash and when Michael Allman was 19 years old.

Gregg Allman was settling a paternity suit before it went to trial and he agreed to pay $5,000 in back support and $10,000 in attorney's fees to Mary Lynn Green.

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Michael Allman feels closest to his musical half-siblings: Layla Brooklyn Allman, whose band Picture Me Broken won a regional breakout artist competition as part of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards; and Devon Allman, who heads the band Honeytribe in St. Louis. He is also the half-brother of Elijah Blue (son of Gregg Allman and Cher), who is a member of the heavy metal hand Deadsy. ^[5]

While the Michael Allman Band’s album Hard Labor Creek stands on its own merits, he isn’t ashamed of his heritage, and there are several references to his famous father. “Laid Back” written by Sonny Tackett, was inspired by Gregg Allman’s album of the same name. “If Dreams Were Money” was written for Gregg Allman years ago by veteran Boston musician Bruce Marshall. ^[3]

Still, the spotlight is firmly on Michael, who wrote four of the songs on the CD, and delivers each tune with the kind of thoughtful approach that squeezes the inner meaning out of every word.

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Many of the lyrics in his songs address universal topics like love and loss in a way to which any listener can relate.

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