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
I’m Baaaack
Well, it sure has been a while. Good to be back. If anyone’s still out there, I will get back to doing some more posting. I am working on outlines and rough chapters for a book I hope to write about my time in china and I have spent a good deal of time reading […]
I’m Baaaack
Well, it sure has been a while. Good to be back. If anyone’s still out there, I will get back to doing some more posting. I am working on outlines and rough chapters for a book I hope to write about my time in china and I have spent a good deal of time reading […]
Gig offer in China
I thought this email I received from a booking agent in Beijing was pretty warped on a few different levels. Read it over and see if you can see why. Dear Alan,How are you? I hope you are having a great summer! I am looking for musicians for a gig that might not exactly fit […]
Back in the Saddle
So I did my first proper performance in town on Friday. I have played with my friend Dave’s band a few times, but this was my gig. I had Dave Gomberg on lead guitar and Rick Wagner on bass — two of my best, oldest friends around here — and Bill Pearsall on drums. There’s […]
Letters from my last column
Because I really don’t have anywhere else to post them. When you sit around as a writer and send these things out into cyberpsace, there is nothing more satisfying than realizing people have actually read them and they have had some impact. I removed all last names. **Sadly, your last article was the first I […]