Entries by AlanPaul
Ween! A day in New Hope with Dean and Gene
The mighty Ween is returning from several years of breakup with three shows this weekend in Bromfield, Colorado. They are promising one massive 94-song set with no repeats = plus fan requests. I know they are an acquired taste and many friends who I’ve turned on to them look at me blankly. But if oyu get […]
An Interview with Leon Russell
When Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi first began working together as the Soul Stew Revival in 2008, Kirk West gave them a copy of Mad Dogs & Englishmen and suggested that was the kind of rock and roll circus they should aim to create. I really don’t believe Susan or Derek had ever listened to the album. […]
Derek Trucks 2006 interview: “It’s really nice to get away from the kid thing.”
In honor of the release of the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Let Me Get By, which I believe not only represents a quantum leap in the band’s development but is the great Derek Trucks studio statement we’ve all been waiting for, I present this 2006 Guitar World interview. It has never been published, as it got turned […]
RIP Glenn Frey – isolated vocals, “Take It Easy,” “Hotel California”
Glenn Frey (November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) Well,this has been a hard week. David Bowie, now Glenn Frey. Glenn and the Eagles were not without their controversies and they sure had plenty of critics, but the music was the soundtrack for so much for so many of us. If you want to understand the […]
Honoring Dr. King with Gregg Allman’s haunting “God Rest His Soul”
Please pause to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) today. Today is the 30th time that we as a nation have taken a day off to officially celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. anyone my age or older remembers what a struggle it was to get that law passed — eventually signed by […]
Photos of David Bowie in Russia, 1976
How awful to wake up this morning to learn that Dvid Bowie has died at 69. He did a masterful job keeping his illness secret, right through a flurry of press attention for the release of last week’s Blackstar album (which features Tedeschi Trucks Band bassist Tim Lefebvre). Two years ago, I wrote the following […]
Jimmy Rogers, 1924-1997
Jimmy Rogers was a seminal guitar player -whether or not you’ve ever heard of him. I never did a massive interview with him, which is endlessly annoying, because I was supposed to do so several times. Circa 1995, I spoke with him several times and even set up a photo shoot with Danny Clinch, who […]
Allman Brothers at American U. 12/13/70 Review
I reviewed the Allman Brothers Band at American University 12/13/70 for Guitar World when it was released by the band in 2002. **** THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND American University 12/13/70 The Allman Brothers Band Recording Company Though he died at the tender age of 24, Duane Allman left a tremendous mark on the musical world. In […]