Great new Led Zeppelin book

Guitar World Editor Brad Tolinski, my longtime friend and colleague  has a great new book out, Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page. It is a must-have for any and all fans of Led Zeppelin. If you are one, go get it. If you know…

Django Reinhardt, 1910-1953

I just came across this tribute to the great guitarist Django Reinhardt I wrote long ago for Guitar world. It inspired me to listen to his timeless music and share it now. Django Reinhardt 1910-1953 When 18-year-old Gypsy guitarist…

9-11 11 Years Later: Still Raw

Eleven years later, 9-11 is still very, very raw to me. Last year on the tenth anniversary, my whole family visited the Statue of Liberty and we went up in the crown. The security was tight. There were helicopters flying overhead. And…
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Warren Haynes likes One Way Out

As I get ready to head to Scranton for the first annual PeachFest, here's another reason  to go spend a lousy 3 bucks on One Way Out: An Oral History of the Allman Brothers Band: "No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers…

Four years later, looking back at the Beijing Olympics…

Wow, it's been four years... I was in the middle of the Beijing Olympics in a most profound way, writing the Destination Beijing blog for NBC.com. Sadly, the material is all long gone from the site, which is, of course, now all London…

One Way Out and other updates

I am pleased to say that  One Way Out: An Oral History of the Allman Brothers Band has been picked up and re-released by Amazon Singles. That doesn't mean much to you - it's the same Ebook - except a lower price. They dropped it to $2.99.…

A Panda Dad Father’s Day on CNN

Panda Dad woke up from hibernation to appear on CNN Sunday Morning on Father's Day. Have a look. I think I did pretty well considering I woke up at 6 am, gulped a cup of coffee in the back of a Town Car and was on live at 7:20 am.

An interview with Dick Latvala: Dick’s Picks and more…

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tricky Dick In this 1997 interview, Dick Latvala, Grateful Dead tapemaster and father of Dick’s Picks, reflects on how he turned his hobby into a job. I conducted the interview…

Kirk West, music photographer – great pics by a great friend

  Many know my dear friend Kirk West as an Allman Bros expert. He is also a killer photographer. His great rock pics are coming online - and will finally be able to be viewed and purchased. A fully interactive website with a vast collection…
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One Way Out – Jamming with Andy Aledort

Andy Aledort has been my friend and Guitar World colleague for almost 20 years. He has also been one of my very favorite guitarists - and that's no hyperbole. He has been Dickey Betts' indispensable right hand man in Great Southern for almost…