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Stevie Ray Vaughan with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Toy Caldwell… “Breeze”

Well, this was kind of a wild thing to stumble upon. So much interesting music and cool collaborations came out of the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jams. Here's Stevie Ray Vaughan playing "Call Me The Breeze" with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie and…

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!

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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…

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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…

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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…