Entries by AlanPaul
Author tour events announced. Many more to come, but to start… Brothers and Sisters is out 7/25 and I’ll be at: -7/27- My hometown of Pittsburgh, Cinderlands Warehouse, with a special Brothers and Sisters beer. In conversation with WDVE’s Randy Baumann. Tickets coming soon. Almost free, but limited space. -7/28 — Atlanta’s City Winery with […]
I am so excited about my fourth book, Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Album That Defined the 70s , which will be released on July 25 by St. Martin’s press. Relix did a really nice write up about it here. -> https://bit.ly/3CDfYZq Introducing my fourth book, Brothers and Sisters.
Dion Still Sings of America
A pioneer of 1950s rock has a star-studded new album exploring religious devotion, friendship and racial injustice. This story originally ran in the Wall Street Journal on June 12 2020. It takes a rare artist to help define the early days of rock ’n’ roll and to still have the creative vitality to release a […]
An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter
Eyes of the World: An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter In Celebration of Hunter’s 78th Birthday today. My 2015 (?) interview. An edited version ran on WSJ.com as part of a preview for Hunter’s City Winery shows. Robert Hunter was a non-performing member of the Grateful Dead, as important as anyone else to […]
Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review: An Interview With David Mansfield
I eagerly watched Martin Scorsese’s new “documentary” Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, as soon as it debuted on Netflix. It’s an incredible movie, featuring footage from the legendary, always intriguing 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue tour. It’s a bit frustrating at times – because the concert footage is so great that it makes you […]
Happy Birthday Albert King! My interview with the blues giant
Albert King was born on this day in 1923. He’s always been one of my very favorites and writing Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan has only deepened and renewed my appreciation for him. He was Stevie’s number one influence. Let’s take another look at this old story, one of the highlights of […]
The Allman Brothers turn 50! The story of their formation
It’s March 26, 2019. Happy 50th birthday Allman Brothers Band! Let’s celebrate with an excerpt from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band detailing their formation. DICKEY BETTS: It says a lot that Duane’s hero was Muhammad Ali. He had Ali’s type of supreme confidence. If you weren’t involved in what he […]