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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band Hardcover – February 18, 2014
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A New York Times Best seller!
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. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.
For 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. 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.
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.
- Print length464 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication dateFebruary 18, 2014
- Dimensions6.75 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches
- ISBN-101250040493
- ISBN-13978-1250040497
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“This pot-stirring oral history reads like a backstory of how musical lightning comes to be. All of the surviving band members get to have their say.” ―Rolling Stone
“Alan has a way with narrative that just draws you in without using the single-level storyline used by other writers who have attempted telling the Allman Brothers Band’s story. He gets right to the hows and whys that give his narrative real substance. Enjoy and become enlightened.” ―Butch Trucks, the Allman Brothers Band (From the Foreword)
“No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers Band better than Alan Paul.” ―Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band
“I learned so much reading One Way Out. If you want to know the real deal, read Alan Paul.” ―Oteil Burbridge, the Allman Brothers Band
“Allman Brothers, unvarnished . . . [Alan Paul]'s vast trove of interviews allows the band to tell its own story.” ―Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Alan Paul is one of America's foremost experts on the Allman Brothers Band. For the past twenty years, he has written informative, comprehensive articles on the band, and he truly understands the essence of their significance. It's great to see him release this chronicle.” ―E.J. Devokaitis, Curator / Archivist, Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House
“Alan Paul's One Way Out is a brilliantly detailed all-access pass to the Allman Brothers Band. Using his numerous personal interviews with the band members themselves--both past and present--as well as an almost endless entourage of friends, family members, roadies, managers, promoters, booking agents, record label executives, and fellow musicians, Alan Paul has successfully created the definitive ABB biography.” ―Randy Poe, author of Skydog: The Duane Allman Story
“One Way Out is perhaps the most in-depth look at one of America's most beloved, but thoroughly dysfunctional ensembles. Engrossing reading . . . Alan Paul has written about the Allmans for the last 25 years, and his depth of knowledge shows. The stories are salty, unfiltered, and straight from the horse's mouth. The word 'definitive' gets tossed around so often it has lost some of its meaning, but this 400-page journey into the heart of rock and roll darkness deserves the accolade.” ―Guitar World Magazine
“No matter what you think you know about the Allman Brothers Band, One Way Out is bound to be revelatory on many levels . . . This is essential reading that strips away the myth to expose all the moving parts in vivid detail.” ―Seattle PI
“Music writer Paul catches up with the legendary band in this entertaining, compulsively readable oral history of the Allman Brothers. Duane's ghost haunts the book.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Perhaps no music journalist has written as extensively about the Allman Brothers Band as Paul, who has tracked the rock group's career for 25 years. And his deep familiarity with the band and its music shows everywhere in this fluid account. Augmented by photos and fascinating sidebars, this candid oral history has appeal beyond the Allman Brothers Band's loyal fan base.” ―Booklist, starred review
“With this fine work, Alan Paul accomplishes the admirable feat of delving the depths of the Allman Brothers, a great aggregation of talent and artistry. He puts together the sweeping picture of how these gifted individuals with their special Southern stylishness created something utterly unique to the world. Rock on.” ―Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top
“Open this book to any page, start reading, and I dare you to stop. Alan Paul captures all the momentum and energy of the Allman Brothers' long, wild ride, which continues at a breakneck pace. One Way Out? There's no way out of this rollicking narrative until, with regret, you reach the end.” ―Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
“I was struck by the similarities between the Doors and Allman Brothers, especially in our origins--the Eureka moment of certainty amidst a jam. Alan lets the people who were actually there tell the story, and I couldn't put it down. Great read!” ―Robby Krieger, The Doors
“Like a master bandleader, Alan Paul orchestrates a bluesy, jazzy, rocking chorale of voices telling the tale of a brotherhood under stress and a band who got what they hardly realized they wanted, lost what they had and fought a decades-long struggle to get it back.” ―Charles Shaar Murray, author of Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop and Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker
“Paul's One Way Out is a fresh, intelligently arranged, and satisfyingly complete telling of the lengthy (and unlikely) history of the group that almost singlehandedly brought rock up to a level of jazz-like sophistication and virtuosity, introducing it as a medium worthy of the soloist's art. Oral histories can be tricky things: either penetrating, delivering information and backstories that get to the heart of how timeless music was made. Or too often, they lie flat on the page, a random retelling of repeated facts and reheated yarns. I'm happy to say that Paul's is in that first category.” ―Ashley Kahn, author of A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
“Though enough tomes have been published about the Allmans' troubled history to deforest half of Brazil, only Paul's book gets all the principal figures assessing and confessing. However open and moving Gregg Allman's autobio from 2012 may have been, Paul's book gives a much fuller picture of the dynamics that drive every member -- including why guitarist Dickey Betts remains so vexing.” ―New York Daily News
“Paul's book presents the most complete and detailed telling of the band's still-unfolding saga to date. Elizabeth Reed, Melissa and Jessica would also probably agree.” ―Houston Press
About the Author
ALAN PAUL is a senior writer for Guitar World magazine and has interviewed the Allman Brothers Band hundreds of times. No one has written more frequently about the band, and his work has earned the praise of Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Butch Trucks, and other band members. He is the author of Big in China, and his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, People, and ESPN.com among others.
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- Publisher : St. Martin's Press; First Edition (February 18, 2014)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250040493
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250040497
- Item Weight : 1.6 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.75 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #391,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,092 in Rock Band Biographies
- #1,142 in Rock Music (Books)
- #3,511 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies
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About the author
Alan Paul's last three books have been instant New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s, Texas Flood: the Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan and One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. Texas Flood has been optioned and is being developed for both documentary and feature films. His first book, Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing, is about his experiences raising an American family, forming a band and becoming an unlikely rock star in Beijing.
He also founded Friends of the Brothers, the premier celebration of the music of the Allman Brothers Band, featuring members of the Dickey Betts, Jaimoe and Gregg Allman bands. He is a regular guest on radio shows and a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Guitar World, and other publications. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca Blumenstein. They have three children.
Please visit www.alanpaul.net or www.facebook.com/alanpaulauthor.
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By Bob Gelms
In this issue, dedicated to music appreciation, we have Jerry Lee Lewis, The Allman Brothers, and Joe Perry from Aerosmith. It’s time to rock on.
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is a mind-bending, wide-eyed, and slack-jawed appreciation of one of, if not THE originator of Rock & Roll. You can say what you want about Elvis Presley but if there was no Jerry Lee Lewis we would not have Rock & Roll as an art form today. What we would have would be safe for Mom and Pop and fathers of teen age girls. What Jerry Lee is, is most emphatically not safe. He and his music were and are dangerous. It has not lost its power over the years like Elvis has. Jerry Lee says this about his music, “I think my music is like a rattlesnake. It warns you, ‘Listen to this. You better listen to this.’” Then it strikes and the ecstatic liquor cascades through your body drowning every atom in a savage mixture of beat, emotion, and sex.
This book traces the beginnings of Jerry Lee and his music from the mud of the Mississippi River to the capitals of the world in venues with screaming girls ready to give up anything for The Killer – always the girls. Along with the girls were, of course, the drugs: the drugs to get you high, low, and everyplace in between. The book shies away from neither topic. It is Jerry Lee Lewis warts and all. It’s also a riveting story of a cultural icon who, by the way, is still with us. If I could give the book 10 stars I would. It is that good. Jerry Lee is an amazing man and by consequence this book will amaze you.
One Way Out: The Inside Story of the Allman Brothers Band is a story of fulfilled promise of one of the most successful bands in the history of Rock & Roll. Recently they passed two very significant milestones. One is the 42nd anniversary of Duane Allman’s death. His influence has waned not a bit in the 42 years since he died. You could go see The Allman Brothers play today and hear Duane’s slide guitar tearing through the songs, that is, if they were playing anywhere, which brings us to the second significant event. The band has hung it up. They played their last show at the Beacon Theatre in New York on October 28th and it looks as though they might not come out of retirement.
It’s all in the book which is done with the cooperation of the band. And, yes, there were girls and a veritable pharmacopeia of recreational drugs Ingested in super human quantities. It is nothing short of a miracle they didn’t have any OD’s. They had deaths though. Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident just prior to the release of the greatest live album ever recorded, At Fillmore East, and their bass player, Barry Oakley, was killed a short time later in another motorcycle accident very near the spot where Duane was killed.
Their music is timeless since it is based on the blues, a prime chunk of what goes into the very best Rock & Roll. It is not an idle coincidence that the very first song The Allman Brothers played at that very first rehearsal in Florida so many years ago was also the last song they played at The Beacon a few weeks ago, Trouble No More by Muddy Waters. I love The Allman Brothers and I loved this Book. It’s number one with a bullet in the Gelms’ household.
Another great American blues-based rock band is Aerosmith. Their lead guitarist, Joe Perry, has written an autobiography called Rocks. They rock hard and Joe Perry is the reason why. I like my Rock & Roll spiced with blazing guitars and blues riffs and Aerosmith does not disappoint. I never warmed up to their lead singer Steven Tyler. There was always something about his personality that rubbed me the wrong way. Well folks, read Rocks and you’ll find out why Steven Tyler rubs everybody the wrong way. I’m not sure why Tyler doesn’t have a perennial broken nose or a couple of black eyes. He is a compulsive liar and one of the worst egomaniacs in the business. He, more than anything else, was responsible for the breakup of the band. That, and a little arrogance on the part of Mr. Perry. Joe Perry is, however, mostly responsible for the band coming back together for their second wind.
It is interesting to note that Aerosmith has passed these forty-some odd years with the band lineup unchanged. I don’t think any band can top that. While Perry gives a mostly unvarnished view of the trials and tribulations of being in a drug satiated pressure cooker like a Rock & Roll band, it is evident he sees himself through rose colored glasses. Steven Tyler comes off very badly any way you snort it.
It’s a lot of fun hearing from the horse’s mouth where all those riffs came from. Rocks is a very enjoyable read and you don’t have to resort to counter culture party items to have a good time.
As someone who grew up in Macon when the band was starting up, it brought back many memories of the past
Good read
The Allman Brothers fuzzed rock, country, blues, and jazz for a sound that was revolutionary and completely new in 1971, and still is today.
This book tells the story of the band through interviews with band member, roadies (got to love Red Dog), other musicians, lawyers, wives, girlfriends,children, and other people who knew the Brothers through the years.
I love the way Paul takes interviews and puts them in easy to read blocks of prose.
Butch and Jaimoe were able to play off each other because they listen to one another. Butch was the driving force as a drummer and usually laid down the freight- train type beat; and Jaimoe, a jazz player, filled in the holes Butch left; together they were an unequaled dual force that hasn't been matched yet..
Greg is one of the best blues singers, player, that's ever played. (Black or white.) And his Hammond B3 playing was the gravy and dash of sat snd pepper on the remarkable sound of this band.
Duane's vision for his new band consisted of two drummers, two guitar players, a bass, and a organ player and a singer. As a slide player there's never been an equal to Duane's playing. (I mean the dude can make the guitar sing like a bird!) Listen to him do it on Mountain Jam.
He first met Barry Oakley, then Jaimoe and Butch Trucks.They began Jamming for free in the local parks and rehearsal halls in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969. They auditioned many players until Duane said after a lengthy jam session: "This is it . . . anyone who doesn't want to be in this band is gonna have to fight me to get out of this room.
There was only one ingredient missing: A lead singer. Duane called his 'baby brother' Greg who was out in California and told him he'd found the band he was looking for, and he (Greg) needed to get his ass down to Florida.
Greg Allman heeded his brother's call and the Allman Brother became a band in March of 1969.
Duane, who cared about the music more than he ever cared about the money or fame, did not want it called the Duane Allman Band.They tried out several names, and Duane finally relented, and the band was named the Allman Brothers Band.
When Duane died, the heart and leadership of the band was torn out of the group, but some how, they decided to keep going. And then Barry died in about the same way Duane did just about a year later.
Butch said that Duane had given them the religion, and they vowed to keep it going. And from 1971 to 2014 they did.
There was a lot of pain,drugs, new members, and great music that flowed under the bridge.
Bill Graham called them the finest players and music around, and rounded off the last set ever played at Fillmore East with the 'best band of them all--the Allman Brothers!'
I first heard them on my return from Vietnam in the early spring of 1970, and they changed me forever as a listener and a musician.
My biggest hope and desire is that younger folk listen to them and hear what inspired me for all these years.
I recommend this book because it brings a great understanding to this unbelievable band.
Pick up "At Fillmore East" and listen to a sound that was new and fresh when it first was released, and still is to this day. . . .
Play on forever, Brothers!.