Entries by AlanPaul
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 […]
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 […]