Devon Gilfillian

About

Devon Gilfillian was born in a humble town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, also a singer and musician, immersed him in the sounds of Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and Otis Redding from an early age. Although he sang almost all of his life, it wasn’t until the age of 14 when he would decide to pick up the guitar and fall in love with the instrument. “Diving into Jimi Hendrix and Allman Brothers records is how I really learned how to play guitar, and the blues.” Gilfillian decided to make the move to Nashville in 2013 to serve with AmeriCorps, which conveniently put Music City in his back yard. He first got his feet wet with the delta blues cover band “Black Cat Crossing” for whom he sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar, covering Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williams, and other great Blues idols. However, he quickly realized that covering other artists' songs was not enough. Pulling from his blues and soul roots, Gilfillian took his ideas to the woodshed and is put together his self-titled EP that is now available for all ears.