Entries by AlanPaul
Full Set Video – Tedeschi Trucks Band and Friends, Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Tedeschi Trucks Band & Friends, Tribute To Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Lockn’ Festival, Arrington, VA — 9/11/15 Introduction, The Letter, Darling Be Home Soon, Cry Me A River, Girl From The North Country, Dixie Lullabye, Bird On A Wire*, The Weight, Superstar*, Delta Lady#, Let’s Go Get Stoned @, Something^, Band Intros, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window+, Feelin’ […]
9-11 14 Years Later: Still Raw
Reposted as I will every year on this date. I don’t think the words will ever be any less true. The following summer I visited the Flight 93 crash sight in Shanksville, PA and paid my respects. All the same feelings… Fourteen years later, 9-11 is still very, very raw to me. In 2011, on the tenth […]
My Backstory Interview with Warren Haynes
I sat down with old friend Warren Haynes in front of about 100 people at AOL Build Studios in Manhattan for an hour-long live-streaming interview yesterday. We started off talking about his great new Americana album Ashes & Dust and then just kept going. I have probably interviewed Warren more often than anyone else… in fact, I’m […]
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan, gone 25 years
Twenty five years ago, we lost Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRV has played a large role throughout my career. Though I never interviewed him because he passed away before I started working for Guitar World, I have written many, many articles about Stevie, including a massive oral history which led me to interview almost everyone […]
RIP Darryl Dawkins
Oh no. I’m seeing confirmed reports online that Darryl Dawkins has died at age 58. The Chocolate Thunder — so named by Stevie Wonder! — was one of the great characters in modern sports and one of the first basketball players to go straight to the League from high school. The sad news inspired me to dig […]
Review of Live at the Fillmore East and West – by Bob Lefsetz
Bob Lefsetz writes a music industry newsletter I find consistently interesting and enlightening. I recommend subscribing and checking out his archives here. He reviewed a new book about the Fillmores. I have not read it yet, but am going to buy based on his review, which I present to you here. * “Live at the […]
Interview with Gregg Allman Band guitarist Scott Sharrard
My Gregg Allman Wall Street Journal interview kicked up a lot of dust because of what he said about Dickey Betts: “I would love to play with him again.” You probably already saw all that. The reason for the interview was Gregg’s excellent new live CD and DVD Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, GA CD and Blu-Ray and in talking […]
Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth plus other friends – DelFest 2011
In honor of the release of Ashes & Dust and the fact that I’ll be seeing Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth at New York’s Town Hall, I present to you the 2011 DelFest jam that unofficially launched his Americana kick. This is Warren’s entire 90-minute performance and also features bassist Ron Johnson, my man Ron Holloway and […]