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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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Mist over the Great Wall

It felt like time to repost this timeless-feeling video. Original music by Woodie Alan — “Lonesome.” this is a rough rehearsal take of the first time we worked out this intro arrangement for Bob Dylan’s “you’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.”

April 18, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

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From the Archives: Bob McAdoo

In honor of the impending NBA Playoffs, I present you with one of my favorite Slam Old School stories… an interview with the mighty Bob McAdoo, now in his 16th year on the Heat bench. meaning this story originally ran in 1998, in Slam #24. I remember researching Mac’s numbers in the Ann Arbor PUblic […]

April 14, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

Ann Arbor

Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor tonight at 7 pm

I am returning to another one of my ancestral homelands today — Ann Arbor. I am meeting with writing students at U-M’s Residential College this afternoon, paying a visit to the mIchigan Daily where I met Becky and we both launched our careers and then reading at Nicola’s a 7 pm. If you are in […]

April 14, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

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Japan disaster relief, an inside, first hand view

My Pittsburgh childhood friend Douglas Schafer has lived in Osaka, Japan for many years. He has been going into the tsunami zone on some relief missions. His posts about this situation are insightful, quite moving and well worth a read. Click on through.

April 12, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

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Wikipedia Page

A new Wikipedia page about me has popped up and it is remarkably accurate. There were a handful of small errors, and I have been correcting them. If anyone notices anything else, let me know.

April 11, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

Rebecca Blumenstein - my wife

Rebecca and her Women’s conference

My wife Rebecca Blumenstein wrote this brief summary of the Women’s Conference she organized and ran in Palm Beach last week. I mean, The Wall Street Journal Task Force for Women in the Economy. I’m very proud.

April 11, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

beijing, Expat Life

Dumpling Master

A nice post about dumplings and me. Includes one of my favorite videos… sadly, this was the only video I did to accompany a column from china. Stupid, stupid, stupid. But glad I have this one.

April 10, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

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T-Bone Walker, 1910-1975

Guitar World had an End Page feature for several years, which was basically a one-page obit with a picture of late, great guitarists’ final resting places. I wrote quite a few and will be re-posting some of my favorites. We start with one of the real pioneers of the electric guitar…. T-Bone Walker 1910-1975 Some […]

April 10, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

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Good to be home

I’m still basking in the glow of a great night in Pittsburgh, not to mention A rocking good time in Carlisle, where I read then jammed with the great Andy Aledort and the mighty Stamper Lumber. I made it home feeling like a zombie last night and fell into a deep, deep sleep. Think hibernating […]

April 10, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul

Big in China book, Dixie Doc

A banner day in Pittsburgh

The Store treated the hometown boy very nicely. Yesterday was one of those days that I will always remember, one of the moments from this book tour that will stand out and stand the test of the time. Thank you Pittsburgh. I’ll begin at the end — with a jam-packed reading at Barnes and […]

April 8, 2011/0 Comments/by AlanPaul