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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Eight Years After Tree of Life, I’m Mourning Again. Donnie Iris Helped Me Then.
Today is the eighth anniversary of the anti-Semitic massacre of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life congregation in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh. (Two other congregations, New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, also worshipped in t...
A Downtown New York Almost Famous, With Nick Drake and Lester Bangs in the Cast
NOTE: Writer Will Hermes came up with the line, “a downtown New York Almost Famous.” I thought it was perfect. His full praise:
“A downtown NYC Almost Famous by a de-facto rock critic godfather, though he was other things, too. Literary, e...
Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds outlast Brooklyn: “We play as long as the curfew allows.”
I thoroughly enjoyed Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds at Barclay’s Center last Friday. So much so that I called up guitarist Laur Joamets to discuss the show and the band. I’ve gotten to know Laur since I reached out to him on social m...
RIP Mark Pucci, Music Publicist And Friend To All
I was truly sad to hear that publicist Mark Pucci has passed away. I’ll make this simple: Mark was one of the good guys, a tireless advocate for the artists he represented and the music and musicians he loved and a dear friend to any of us...
Laur Joamets’ Long Road From Estonia to Nashville
Estonian guitarist Laur Joamets left home more than a decade ago to take a shot at Nashville, walking off a plane and straight into Sturgill Simpson’s band. Now, reunited with Simpson as Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, the Telecaster a...
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