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How Paul T. Riddle Brought together Rock Royalty to Honor the Marshall Tucker Band's Toy Caldwell
The Toy Factory Project brings together Oteil Burbridge, Marcus King, Charlie Starr and Josh Shilling. An interview with original MTB drummer Paul T…
 • Alan Paul
A rock star in her prime: Brandi Carlile at MSG
A last minute trip to Madison Square Garden provided a little rock and roll catharsis.
 • Alan Paul
A Gathering of the Tribes: When the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead met on stage at the Fillmore East
How Bill Graham brought two of rock’s greatest improvisers together for a night of 'communal pleasure' and musical history.
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Nile Rodgers: What It Was Really Like Recording with Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nile Rodgers produced some of SRV's first and his very last recordings. Here he remembers the guitar great.
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Life in RatDog: Mark Karan Recalls Bob Weir’s "Loud and Clear" Devotion to the Songbook.
Continuing the Bob Weir appreciations with word from guitarist Mark Karan, who played with Weir for 15 years.
 • Alan Paul and mark karan
LET IT GO NOW: THE DAVID FORMAN STORY
The complete liner notes to the newly discovered 1977 album.
Published on RECORD LUNG • 
Inside the Mind of a Legend: Butch Trucks’ Personal Foreword to One Way Out
Honoring Butch's legacy with my thoughts and his own words.
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Jazz Inside The Jam: Exclusive Video Interview With Scott Metzger
The LaMP and JRAD guitarist on treating the Grateful Dead songbook like jazz standards, forming an organ trio, sobriety and much more,
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Gregg Allman's Powerful Ode To Martin Luther King - and why he rejected the Confederate flag
Listening to Gregg Allman's "God Rest His Soul" on the 41st National MLK Day. PLUS: Gregg on the Confederate Flag: "Burn them All."
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Oteil Burbridge on Bob Weir: "He was so unique as a human and a musician."
The Dead and Company bassist shared his thoughts on Bobby. I am honored to share them here.
 • Alan Paul and Oteil Burbridge
Warren Haynes on Bob Weir: "Bob was an enigma— a beautiful enigma."
Warren, who played frequently with Bob Weir, remembers the Grateful Dead guitarist. I am honored to share his words.
 • Warren Haynes
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Piano Man: A Conversation with Gabe Dixon of the Tedeschi Trucks Band
How he connected with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, his winter solo tour, working with Paul McCartney, the Hammond B3 in his childhood living room…
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That time Gregg Allman told me to always support the home team.
GA started telling me about his love for Jackson Browne, then evangelized about the need for friends to support one another, and ended up marveling at…
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The Guitar World Inquirer with Al Di Meola
I interviewed guitar great Al Di Meola for the Guitar World iNquirer feature in 2000 when he had just released The Grande Passion (Telarc), an acoustic…
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Low Down and Dirty
Interviews and insights, mostly about rock and blues music, but also sports, fatherhood and expat life 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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