There’s a lot to live up to when you’re the son of Gregg Allman, who performed with his brother Duane in the chart-busting Allman Brothers Band.

Based on his previous performances in Chestnut Hill, including several appearances at the Venetian Club, son Michael Allman is doing just fine.

Though he has written many of his own songs — he has three albums under his belt — Michael Allman is candid about his typical set list.

“When people hear the name ‘Allman,’ they want to hear Allman Brothers music,” he said, “so I give it to them. I give them plenty. I love doing it. And then I put in some of my own songs, too. With three albums, it’s pretty easy to pepper mine in. But I think people come to the door wanting to relive their days of Allman Brothers love. I think that’s more fun than forcing people to listen to my stuff.”

Chestnut Hill area fans will get their chance to hear those timeless Allman Brothers tunes when the Michael Allman Band performs for the Pastorius Park concert series on July 8. He will be joined on stage by his Philadelphia band, led by guitarist John McNutt, who lives in Chestnut Hill. The concert is sponsored by the philanthropic advisory firm Harp-Weaver. Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital sponsors the concert series.

Given his lineage, you might suppose Michael Allman has always been involved in music. Rather, he comes to the Michael Allman Band by a roundabout route. And it almost didn’t happen at all.

Michael’s mother was a waitress at a Daytona Beach bar. Her name was Mary Lynn Sutton. In 1965, Gregg had a brief fling with her and did not know a son was the product of that fling until 12 years later, when Sutton sent him a Christmas card with a picture of young Michael in it. At 17, Michael went to live with his father.

Early on, Gregg gave his son a bit of advice: Whatever you do, don’t get into the music business.

That advice didn’t take. He went on to sing with a band in the early 1990s. He was also a sound man and a DJ. As a singer, Michael had quite a vocal range.

“I had this young boy voice, and I loved singing along with Steve Perry records (Perry, of the band Journey), until all of a sudden, I couldn’t,” he said.

Michael’s ability to replicate Steve Perry’s vocal pyrotechnics didn’t last. He jokingly blames his discovery of whiskey and cigarettes, but he also doesn’t rule out the effects of just plain getting older. His singing voice just got lower. He’s now 60.

After a while, two sons of his own came along and he ditched the music career for more fiscally reliable gigs. He took construction jobs, and for a time worked as a framing carpenter and as an electrician.

But the siren song of … well, singing … ultimately lured him back into the business in 2009. He released the first album of his own songs that year and followed it up with the second in 2020 and another more recently.

In time, he formed the Michael Allman Band — in reality three different bands. One is based in Philly, another in northern Michigan, and one more in his hometown of New Port Richey, Florida, where he also owns the Michael Allman Music Emporium, The Half Eaten Peach, a museum of collectible and playable instruments and music memorabilia.

“It’s my man cave,” he said with a laugh.

Today, he continues to defy his dad’s advice — and that’s OK with him.

“It’s instilled in Americans to do as your father done,” he said. “Going back closer to the cave, kids followed their fathers into the job. It’s kind of an urge. And when you get older, you decide whether you do it or not. It’s just something that I wound up where I am.”

Pastorius Park is at 8177 Roanoke St. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.