Born Gary Allan Herzberg in La Mirada, California, he started performing with his father and brother in a family band called The Herzbergs in venues around Southern California. He recalled to American Songwriter magazine: "I got my start at age 11 singing in bars and town halls, playing bass in a country band with my father and brother. We did old school country. Eventually I started singing, too."
He received his first record deal offer at the age of 15. Allan's parents made him turn it down, saying he wasn't ready.
Allan got his first tattoo at the age of 15. His mom cried and said it made him look like a criminal.
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