Big congrats to my friend Duane Betts on the release of his debut EP Sketches of American Music. You can buy it from Amazon here, or stream it on Spotify here. The collection features five original tunes with echoes of country and blues lacing the roots rock. Great stuff. Proud of Duane. We’ve been buddies since he […]
Roots Rock Revival, an annual instructional music camp in the Catskill Mountains, will return for its sixth year this August with an all-star lineup of musicians including hosts Oteil Burbridge and North Mississippi Allstars brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson. The trio were the first artists to join Roots Rock Revival when the camp was founded […]
You can make a strong argument that Bill Russell is the greatest NBA player ever. I watched less NBA this year than any year in decades, but have already been digging the Playoffs, which inspired me to post this interview I did with Russ for Slam. All hail a brave, complex, misunderstood man. by Alan […]
Today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder. Another good opportunity to share “God Rest His Soul,” Gregg Allman’s beautiful tribute to Dr. King, which he wrote and recorded in 1968, shortly after the assassination. Gregg Allman wrote this song for Dr. King but it was never on any of his sanctioned releases. […]
It’s March 26, 2018. Happy 49th birthday Allman Brothers Band!Let’s celebrate with an excerpt from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band detailing their formation. DICKEY BETTS: It says a lot that Duane’s hero was Muhammad Ali. He had Ali’s type of supreme confidence. If you weren’t involved in what he thought […]
It’s March 20. On this day in 2009, Eric Clapton played the second of two nights with the Allman Brothers Band, the emotional and musical climax of an incredible 40th anniversary Beacon run. The night before, I was in the house for night one, one of the handful of most exciting concerts of my life. […]
In honor of the 47th anniversary of the first night of the magical Fillmore East turn that produced the epic album. I present the following excerpt from One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. This is a partial, very abridged version of Chapter 8. To read the full story of the making […]