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End Page: Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield, 1913-1983, helped create the music we love so much. Let's take a look at his life and his final resting place.
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Alan Paul
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Brothers of the Road: More on the relationship between the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead
On the anniversary week of two epic sit-ins, 7/16-17/72 in Hartford and the Bronx, a dive into the ties between the two greatest American bands of all…
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Mourning Good Friends: RIP Kery Murakami, Mike Hall, Tara O'Leary
Saluting three bright lights who are gone from this world but whose love of journalism, art and music will live on forever.
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Alan Paul
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Blues With Feeling: An Interview with Charlie Musselwhite
John Lee Hooker was his best man. He played with Muddy and Wolf. We met in Beijing. So much to talk about with the blues harmonica legend, a friendly…
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Alan Paul
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Happy 85th Birthday Ringo: An Interview
Ringo Starr is 85 today. Celebrating him with my 2021 profile in The Wall Street Journal.
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Alan Paul
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June 2025

The Final Concerts at The Fillmore East
Bill Graham's Fillmore East closed on June 27, 1971. This is the story of the final performance - by the Allman Brothers Band
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Alan Paul
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RIP Mick Ralphs - By Bob Lefsetz
Reposting Bob Lefsetz' tribute to Bad Company/Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, because I thought it was perfect.
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Bob Lefsetz
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Eyes of the World: An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.
Robert Hunter's incredible songs may just be why the Grateful Dead has such staying power 60 years on. A celebration of one of rock's great lyricists.
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Exclusive: Video Interview With Goose's Peter Anspach
Goose guitarist/keyboardist Peter Anspach on their new album Everything Must Go, touring with Trey Anastasio, how the pandemic helped them blow up - and…
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Alan Paul
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Happy Birthday Workingman's Dead
The Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead, one of my favorite albums, was released 55 years ago today. This is its origin story.
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Alan Paul
Exclusive: Video Interview with Blues Great Larry McCray
Larry has a great new Joe Bonamassa/Josh Smith produced album. We discussed that, his relationships with Warren Haynes and Devon Allman, his Mt…
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Alan Paul
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This is why sports matter
My father and my son were in the stadium for a landmark Andrew McCutchen home run and it got me thinking.
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Alan Paul
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