in Macon at the Allman Brothers Band museum, and Thursday night at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. Paul will be in Georgia over the next few days for book signing events in Decatur’s Eagle Eye Books on Saturday, Sunday at 2 p.m.
The two writers recently shared a frank and wide-ranging email exchange that touched on the history of the band, the challenges of writing about the Allmans and the group’s place in the history of rock. The only other book on the Allmans was published in 1994 by ArtsATL deputy editor Scott Freeman, the best-selling Midnight Riders (Little, Brown & Company). Martin’s Press), documents the 45-year history of the band that rose out of Macon to become one of the most popular and praised groups in rock history.
Tracking the band's career from their 1969 formation to today, One Way Out is filled with musical and cultural insights, riveting tales of sometimes violent personality conflicts and betrayals, drug and alcohol use, murder allegations and exoneration, tragic early deaths, road stories, and much more, including the most in-depth look at the acrimonious 2000 parting with founding guitarist Dickey Betts and behind-the-scenes information on the recording of At Fillmore East, Layla, Eat A Peach, Brothers and Sisters, and other classic albums.The original Allman Brothers Band from a photo shoot in Macon in 1971.Īlan Paul’s new oral history on the Allman Brothers Band, the New York Times best-selling One Way Out (St. He has interviewed every living band member for this book as well as managers, roadies, and contemporaries, including: Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Butch Trucks, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, the late Allen Woody, Jimmy Herring, Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, and many others. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.įor twenty-five years, Alan Paul has covered and written about The Allman Brothers Band, conducting hundreds of interviews, riding the buses with them, attending rehearsals and countless shows. One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence.
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