Friends of the Brothers

Author tour events announced. Many more to come, but to start... Brothers and Sisters is out 7/25 and I'll be at: -7/27- My hometown of Pittsburgh, Cinderlands Warehouse, with a special Brothers and Sisters beer. In conversation…

I am so excited about my fourth book, Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Album That Defined the 70s , which will be released on July 25 by St. Martin's press. Relix did a really nice write up about it here. -> https://bit.ly/3CDfYZq Introducing…

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Friends of the Brothers Spring Tour!

Dion Still Sings of America

A pioneer of 1950s rock has a star-studded new album exploring religious devotion, friendship and racial injustice. This story originally ran in the Wall Street Journal on June 12 2020. It takes a rare artist to help define the early…

An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter

Eyes of the World: An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter In Celebration of Hunter's 78th Birthday today. My 2015 (?) interview. An edited version ran on WSJ.com as part of a preview for Hunter's City Winery shows. Robert…

Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review: An Interview With David Mansfield

I eagerly watched Martin Scorsese’s new “documentary” Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, as soon as it debuted on Netflix. It’s an incredible movie, featuring footage from the legendary, always intriguing 1976 Rolling Thunder…

Happy Birthday Albert King! My interview with the blues giant

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The Allman Brothers turn 50! The story of their formation

It's March 26, 2019. Happy 50th 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. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); DICKEY…

Eric Clapton with the Allman Brothers 3/19/09

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It's March 19. On this day in 2009, Eric Clapton played the first of two nights with the Allman Brothers Band, the emotional and musical climax of an incredible 40th anniversary…

A Brief History of the Allman Brothers’ At Fillmore East

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In honor of the 48th anniversary of the final night of the magical Fillmore East turn that produced the epic album. I present the following excerpt from One Way Out: The…