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
Fromthe archives: in-depth Bob Weir interview
A lengthy 2001 interview with Bobby, when Ratdog was kicking hard. This interview appears in my Ebook, Reckoning: Conversations With the Grateful Dead, along with similarly extensive interview with Phil, Phil and Trey, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Warren Haynes, Mark Karan and Steve Kimock. It costs less than a latte. Check it out! A couple of […]
Local Boy Makes Good
Jeopardy practice host is my man Jimmy McGuire, good friend since third grade… Well, we did go through a big rivals phase in 4th/5th grade and had some good ol’ blacktop throw-downs… the kind of thing that would have us in front of child psychologists today, actually…Anyhow, go Jimmy!
I Was a Chinese Rock Star
There’s a very nice new story about me, the band and my transformation in China up on the new website, Second Act. Just click away and read.The writer, Kathy Lynch, lived in Beijing — in fact in Beijing Riviera — for three years. she left before I arrived, so we did not know each other, […]
Big In China — about the book video
The response has been great to this video. If you haven’t seen it yet, please have a look. If you like it, please spread the word. Post it on your Facebook, click on over to YouTube and “like” it and leave a comment. I appreciate your help pushing this out there.
Here We Go: My Steelers Essay on WSJ.com
How watching a Playoffs game in Beijing helped put my love of the Steelers into focus. Or, why the Steelers are a lot like Chinese New Years.
Where the real action is…
Just a reminder that while I’m still blogging away here, I have moved my real center of operation to www.alanpaul.net. Please click on over to stay updated on Big In China, upcoming appearances, and much more.
Just some great photos
My man David Kann is the greatest photographer, with a perfect knack for getting people to act nutty and express themselves, a great eye and a quick finger to capture the moment every time. He’s been getting his vast archive of photos of family and friends up. Here’s just a few of my favorites of […]
From the archives: john Stockton
Another Slam Old School classic I’m thrilled to see rise from the vaults: a tribute to John Stockton when he had his number retired. I love reading these pieces and recalling the process of reporting and writing them. This one was especially fun for me, because I scooted out to Utah two days early and […]
Another good review in — Booklist.
I added Booklist to the reviews page. As B.B. King once sang, “You better not look down if you want to keep on flying.”Please spread the word.