Guitar World Editor Brad Tolinski, my longtime friend and colleague has a great new book out, Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page. It is a must-have for any and all fans of Led Zeppelin. If you are one, go get it. If you know one, go get it for them for Chanukah, Chistmas, Kwanzaa or Election […]
I just came across this tribute to the great guitarist Django Reinhardt I wrote long ago for Guitar world. It inspired me to listen to his timeless music and share it now. Django Reinhardt 1910-1953 When 18-year-old Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt badly damaged two fingers on his left hand in a 1928 fire, he couldn’t […]
As I get ready to head to Scranton for the first annual PeachFest, here’s another reason to go spend a lousy 3 bucks on One Way Out: An Oral History of the Allman Brothers Band: “No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers Band better than Alan Paul.” -Warren Haynes, Allman Brothers, Gov’t […]
Tricky Dick In this 1997 interview, Dick Latvala, Grateful Dead tapemaster and father of Dick’s Picks, reflects on how he turned his hobby into a job. I conducted the interview below with Dick Latvala on the phone, in 1997. [NOTE: This intro was written in 2000.] We spoke for a long time and had a […]
Many know my dear friend Kirk West as an Allman Bros expert. He is also a killer photographer. His great rock pics are coming online — and will finally be able to be viewed and purchased. A fully interactive website with a vast collection of classic shots available for purchase is coming soon. He […]
Andy Aledort has been my friend and Guitar World colleague for almost 20 years. He has also been one of my very favorite guitarists — and that’s no hyperbole. He has been Dickey Betts’ indispensable right hand man in Great Southern for almost a decade now and has also appeared with the Allmans at the […]