Entries by AlanPaul

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Eric Clapton with the Allman Brothers 3/19/09

It’s March 19. On this day in 2009, Eric Clapton played the first of two nights with the Allman Brothers Band, the emotional and musical climax of an incredible 40th anniversary Beacon run. I was in the house for night one, one of the handful of most exciting concerts of my life. I have often […]

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A Brief History of the Allman Brothers’ At Fillmore East

In honor of the 48th anniversary of the final night of the magical Fillmore East turn that produced the epic album.  I present the following excerpt from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. This is a partial, very abridged version of Chapter 8. To read the full story of the making […]

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Celebrating Eat A Peach on its anniversary

In honor of the 47th anniversary of the release of Eat A Peach — it came out February 12, 1972 —  I present the following excerpt from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. This is a very partial, very abridged version of the story, with materials from Chapters 11 — 13. […]

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Butch Trucks gone two years today

Wow. It’s been two years since we lost Butch Trucks.  Below is a verbatim repost of what I wrote the next day in a haze of sadness, confusion, anger and exhaustion. There are some edits I would normally make, but I think it best to let the rawness stand. I was operating on no sleep […]

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Gregg Allman’s haunting tribute to MLK

Every year on MLK Day I share “God Rest His Soul,” Gregg Allman’s beautiful tribute to Dr. King, which he wrote and recorded in 1968, shortly after the assassination. Gregg Allman wrote this song for Dr. King but it was never on any of his proper releases. He’s said that he never intended to release it and just […]

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Capturing that moment when Derek got some ink

  Four years ago I as honored to sit in for several of the rehearsals for the Allman Brothers band’s final shows. It was incredible then and is more incredible now, on reflection. Wow. Did that happen? Even more remarkable was being in the room when Derek Trucks decided to get the famed mushroom tattoo. […]

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The Allman Brothers band’s final bow – four years ago

Four years ago today, the Allman Brothers Band played their final show at the Beacon Theatre. You can order a CD of the final show right here. I covered the final shows every which way, posting on Facebook, covering immediately for Billboard, with a story I had to get up and write with about two […]

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9/11 17 years later – still raw

Reposted today, as I do every year on this date. I don’t think the words will ever be any less true. Last year, I took the whole family to visit the Flight 93 crash sight in Shanksville, PA and paid our respects. All the same feelings… Seventeen years later, 9-11 is still very, very raw to […]