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.
Entries by AlanPaul
Sound Opinions and other interview highlights
Things have been moving fast and furious and all in the right direction. One Way Out remained on the New York Times Best Seller’s List for three weeks, and is still selling very well. I’ve been wanting to post some of my favorite interviews and press links but everything has just been zinging too fast. […]
Allman Brothers band postpone final 4 Beacon shows
The Allman Brothers Band have postponed their final 4 shows at The Beacon Theatre due to Gregg Allman‘s ongoing struggle with bronchitis. Official Release: “As a result of Mr. Allman’s illness, the Allman Brothers Band is unable to perform at the level to which they aspire. All ticketholders should retain their tickets, which will be honored for the soon-to-be-announced rescheduled […]
One Way Out is a NY Times Instant Best Seller
Thank you everyone who helped One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band become a New York Times Instant Best Seller. I am humbled and honored to announce that the book debuted in its first week tied for ninth on the Hardcover Non-Fiction List. I thought all along that I was tapping into something bigger than […]
West Coast Book Launch – San Rafael
If you’re in If you’re in or around the Bay Area, come see me at the Terrapin Crossroads for my West Coast launch of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers. Sunday, March 2 4-7:30 PM. American Jubilee, Mark Karan and other special guests. Food, drinks, music, and of course, plenty of Allman Brothers talk […]
East Coast Book Launch for One Way Out with Videos
“Blue Sky”… the Big in China band featuring Andy Aledort: Saturday was the East Coast Book Launch for One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band and it was a great night in my hometown of Maplewood, NJ. We had a great crowd for the reading and signing at Words. I did not break […]
Maplewood Book Talk and Party TOMORROW night
I’m really looking forward to celebrating the launch of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band at home in Maplewood TOMORROW night. (2/22) As you know by now, book is the result of 25 years of reporting, interviewing, thinking.. so very satisfying to have it out there and being well received. It came […]
Promo video for One Way Out
Promo video made by my friend Brandon Findlay. All photos from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. “This pot-stirring oral history reads like a backstory of how musical lightning comes to be. All of the surviving band members get to have their say.” —Rolling Stone Photos by Kirk West, Twiggs Lyndon, […]
Lifetime Labor Of Love
There is no easy answer to the common question of how long it took to write One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. I worked on it full-time for about 18 months after signing with St. Martins and I worked for a good six months before that putting it into the […]