Interviews and insights, about rock, blues, the Allman Brothers. expat life and sports from 3X New York Times best-selling author Alan Paul. “A one-man music mag from rock’s finest narrative storyteller.” – Ted Drozdowski, Premier Guitar
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Why Joe Walsh, Mike Campbell and Ringo Starr all love this “Redneck Mother.”
Ray Wylie Hubbard was among my favorite of the hundred of interviews I did for Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and that surprised me. Ray is a singer/songwriter legend whom I associated more with Guy Clark, Townes Van Z...
"Filling up my passport excites me." Catching Up with Derek Trucks in Shanghai
Watching Eric Clapton join Tedeschi Trucks Band on stage to play “Layla” at the Crossroads Festival stage got me thinking about one of my favorite stories I ever wrote over decades of Guitar World journalism. That was in 2007 when I was liv...
Thanks, I needed that. Gov't Mule warms up a frigid New York night
I needed my Mule, so I skipped out on two other obligations to drive to the southeast tip of Manhattan to see Gov’t Mule and Ziggy Marley last night. It was time and effort well spent, except for my rookie mistake of underdressing. The upsi...
Duane Betts was named after a legend. On Isle Of Hope, he's writing his own story.
This profile of Duane Betts first appeared in Guitar World. I have added a couple of clips from our interview here. Stay tuned for the full video.
Duane Betts’ new album, Isle of Hope, is his most intimate, personal work to date. After alm...
Marcus King Sends Out An SOS
“The more we speak about it, the more open we are about it, the less stigma there is to it. It’s really important to speak to these things and to share your own journeys, and to have an open ear and an open heart to other people’s journeys....
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