About AlanPaul
Alan Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band and the acclaimed memoir Big in China. He is also a singer and guitarist who fronts the Big in China band and Friends of the Brothers, the premier tribute to the Allman Brothers Band.
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Dean Ween’s Top 5 Records to “Party” With
I can assure you from personal experience that are few better people to party with than Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween. Some time in a dimly remembered past, I did a Guitar World feature with him, which spotlighted his 5 Favorite CDs to do listen to on drugs. Only we couldn’t say that, so we […]
Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth tour dates announced
Warren Haynes has announced new tour dates with Railroad Earth. The guitarist, who teamed up with the band for his upcoming albumAshes and Dust, has added a pair of June gigs in Nashville, as well as an appearance at Gathering of the Vibes and another stop in Baldwinsville, NY. One of those Nashville performances will […]
Gregg Allman Back to Macon – “I’m No Angel”
A preview of “I’m No Angel” from the upcoming Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, GA CD and Blu-Ray release. It’s due August 7, but you can click through to pre-order.
Steve Kimock and the endless quest for liquid gold tone
Amazon.com Widgets I just came across this Steve Kimock feature I wrote for Relix in 2005, just before moving to China. I thought it was pretty swell. Enjoy. * It’s 8:10 pm at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. Doors were supposed to open ten minutes ago and a few people are sitting on the grimy lower […]
Guitars That Jam – Blakesberg Available Now
My friend Jay Blakesberg has a great new book Guitars That Jam: Portraits of the World’s Most Storied Rock Guitars. It features a Forweord by Warren Haynes and pictures and the stories behind. Here is a sampling of the goodies therein. There are a few limited editions left. Only 150 were made. The limited edition is […]
PREVIEW “Spots of Time” – Warren Haynes Announces Details of Album with Railroad Earth
Warren Haynes has announced the details for Ashes and Dust, his new album with Railroad Earth, due out July 24 on Concord Record. I visited Warren in the studio during the recording and was able to hear rough mixes of over half the album. It sounds great. Ashes and Dust features plenty of new material, along […]
B.B. and Buddy – my story in the New Yorker
In 1995, I had dinner with BB King and Buddy Guy in an Austin, Texas studio. It was after rehearsal and before recording the Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan. As we ate, the two had the most incredible conversation, all captured on my tape recorder — the same one Clapton’s bodyguard wanted to lodge inside […]
Where Ya Been Frank Marino
Amazon.com Widgets In 2005, I caught up with Mahogany Rush’s Frank Marino for Guitar World. Just stumbled back across this story and enjoyed reading it I hope you do, too. After touring as the leader of Mahogany Rush for over 20 years, Frank Marino decided he had enough in the fall of 93. On the […]
B.B. King video lesson 2 – soloing
<A HREF=”http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Falanpaulinchi-20%2F8009%2F0ad1a364-a6ea-45f1-b346-dbdcd12f1e33&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> With the terrible news that B.B. King is in home hospice care, we will continue to celebrate his legacy as much as possible. Today, we have another video lesson, focusing on soloing. As noted yesterday, that’s my friend Askold Buk interviewing B.B. King in this great clip from the instructional videos they did together […]