Alan Paul
@alanpaul.bsky.social
3 x NYT best-selling author, Brothers & Sisters, One Way Out, Texas Flood, Big in China/ Friends of the Brothers/ http://alanpaul.substack.com
My Watch Worried About My Heart During the Steelers/Lions Game
And this is why we love sports! A trip to Detroit brought me to one of the wildest, most fun events I've ever attended.
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And this is why we love sports! A trip to Detroit brought me to one of the wildest, most fun events I've ever attended.
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My Watch Worried About My Heart During the Steelers/Lions Game
And this is why we love sports! A trip to Detroit brought me to one of the wildest, most fun events I've ever attended.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My Watch Worried About My Heart During the Steelers/Lions Game
And this is why we love sports! A trip to Detroit brought me to one of the wildest, most fun events I've ever attended.
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And this is why we love sports! A trip to Detroit brought me to one of the wildest, most fun events I've ever attended.
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Video Interview with Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud
Sheryl Crow guitarist and bandleader Peter Stroud discusses his work with her, Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and more. Plus Close Enemies, his new band with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.
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Sheryl Crow guitarist and bandleader Peter Stroud discusses his work with her, Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and more. Plus Close Enemies, his new band with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.
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Video Interview with Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud
Sheryl Crow guitarist and bandleader Peter Stroud discusses his work with her, Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and more. Plus Close Enemies, his new band with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Video Interview with Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud
Sheryl Crow guitarist and bandleader Peter Stroud discusses his work with her, Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and more. Plus Close Enemies, his new band with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.
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Sheryl Crow guitarist and bandleader Peter Stroud discusses his work with her, Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and more. Plus Close Enemies, his new band with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.
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Thank you to the outpouring of love since I shared the story of Meimei, who we said good bye to this week. I wasn’t trying to make anyone cry, just be honest. I’m glad my family’s love and grief came through. Have a great weekend.
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RIP Meimei. Saying goodbye to the family's best friend.
We had to say good bye to our family dog. Her story, and some reflections on how these furballs burrow so deeply into our hearts.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thank you to the outpouring of love since I shared the story of Meimei, who we said good bye to this week. I wasn’t trying to make anyone cry, just be honest. I’m glad my family’s love and grief came through. Have a great weekend.
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"It was an #AllmanBrothers show and Dickey and Gregg were both terribly late. ... The roadies came to us and said, ‘They’re starting to throw things. Can you go out and do something?’”
– #ChuckLeavell to @alanpaul.bsky.social on the origins of ABB offshoot Sea Level
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– #ChuckLeavell to @alanpaul.bsky.social on the origins of ABB offshoot Sea Level
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Chuck Leavell Reveals How Gregg Allman & Dickey Betts' Lateness Spawned Sea Level & More With Alan Paul [Watch]
In a new video interview with journalist Alan Paul, Chuck Leavell tells untold stories about his time with the Allman Brothers Band and more.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"It was an #AllmanBrothers show and Dickey and Gregg were both terribly late. ... The roadies came to us and said, ‘They’re starting to throw things. Can you go out and do something?’”
– #ChuckLeavell to @alanpaul.bsky.social on the origins of ABB offshoot Sea Level
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– #ChuckLeavell to @alanpaul.bsky.social on the origins of ABB offshoot Sea Level
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All hail MeiMei, gone but not forgotten. A celebration of my dog. And all dogs!
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All hail MeiMei, gone but not forgotten
We had to say good bye to our family dog. Her story, and some reflections on how these furballs burrow so deeply into our hearts.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All hail MeiMei, gone but not forgotten. A celebration of my dog. And all dogs!
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Thanks for the great story about my interview with Chuck Leavell, Live For Live Music!
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Chuck Leavell Reveals How Gregg Allman & Dickey Betts' Lateness Spawned Sea Level & More With Alan Paul [Watch]
In a new video interview with journalist Alan Paul, Chuck Leavell tells untold stories about his time with the Allman Brothers Band and more.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thanks for the great story about my interview with Chuck Leavell, Live For Live Music!
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Today, 12/8, should have been Gregg Allman’s 78th birthday. Excellent time to re-share my interview with Jaimoe talking about GA.
Jaimoe remembers Gregg: "There's not anybody I ever heard who sang with more truth and passion than Gregory."
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Jaimoe remembers Gregg: "There's not anybody I ever heard who sang with more truth and passion than Gregory."
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Jaimoe remembers Gregg: "There's not anybody I ever heard who sang with more truth and passion than Gregory."
Gregg Allman, 12/8/47-5/27/17 - gone 8 years ago today. The week he passed away, I spoke to Jaimoe for Rolling Stone. Here's our conversation.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today, 12/8, should have been Gregg Allman’s 78th birthday. Excellent time to re-share my interview with Jaimoe talking about GA.
Jaimoe remembers Gregg: "There's not anybody I ever heard who sang with more truth and passion than Gregory."
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Jaimoe remembers Gregg: "There's not anybody I ever heard who sang with more truth and passion than Gregory."
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I really will never forgive the people who voted for this.
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I really will never forgive the people who voted for this.
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An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Thanks for your support of Low Down and Dirty. I am offering a Cyber Monday sale for all paid subs. Please take a look at what I've been up to and consider a free or paid sub.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thanks for your support of Low Down and Dirty. I am offering a Cyber Monday sale for all paid subs. Please take a look at what I've been up to and consider a free or paid sub.
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Chuck Leavell Reveals Untold Stories: Allman Brothers, Dr. John, George Harrison & More
Watch now | An exclusive Low Down & Dirty video interview with the Piano Man (who is also the Tree Man).z PM
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Watch now | An exclusive Low Down & Dirty video interview with the Piano Man (who is also the Tree Man).z PM
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Chuck Leavell Reveals Untold Stories: Allman Brothers, Dr. John, George Harrison & More
An exclusive Low Down & Dirty video interview with the Piano Man (who is also the Tree Man).
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November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Leavell Reveals Untold Stories: Allman Brothers, Dr. John, George Harrison & More
Watch now | An exclusive Low Down & Dirty video interview with the Piano Man (who is also the Tree Man).z PM
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Watch now | An exclusive Low Down & Dirty video interview with the Piano Man (who is also the Tree Man).z PM
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Book Review. "The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told" What Drove Their Music
Known for their ‘cool detachment,’ the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen. Bill Janovitz details it all in “Let The Stories Be Told.”
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Known for their ‘cool detachment,’ the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen. Bill Janovitz details it all in “Let The Stories Be Told.”
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Book Review. "The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told" What Drove Their Music
Known for their ‘cool detachment,’ the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Book Review. "The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told" What Drove Their Music
Known for their ‘cool detachment,’ the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen. Bill Janovitz details it all in “Let The Stories Be Told.”
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Known for their ‘cool detachment,’ the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen. Bill Janovitz details it all in “Let The Stories Be Told.”
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"We're not a makeup band." Catching up with Widespread Panic in 2003.
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"We're not a makeup band." Catching up with Widespread Panic in 2003
I profiled Widespread Panic for Guitar World as they prepared to release Ball, with new guitarist George McConnell. They were till mourning founding guitarist Mikey Houser.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"We're not a makeup band." Catching up with Widespread Panic in 2003.
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Exploring Duane Allman's remarkable longevity on his 79th birthday.
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Exploring Duane Allman's remarkable longevity on the 50th anniversary of his death
By creating a band that was larger than himself, Duane Allman guaranteed his own immortality.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Exploring Duane Allman's remarkable longevity on his 79th birthday.
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Billy Strings enters the pantheon
A review of Prudential Center, Newark, 11/15/25.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A Video Interview with Brad Barr of the Barr Brothers and The Slip
Dig into my conversation with The Barr Brothers' guitarist and producer Brad Barr.
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Dig into my conversation with The Barr Brothers' guitarist and producer Brad Barr.
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A Video Interview with Brad Barr of the Barr Brothers and The Slip
Dig into my conversation with The Barr Brothers' guitarist and producer Brad Barr.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A Video Interview with Brad Barr of the Barr Brothers and The Slip
Dig into my conversation with The Barr Brothers' guitarist and producer Brad Barr.
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Dig into my conversation with The Barr Brothers' guitarist and producer Brad Barr.
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Really interesting to dive back into my 2016 interview with Oteil Burbridge as he was settling into Dead and Company. Check it out.
“I’ve never felt something so strong coming off the audience outside the black church.”
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“I’ve never felt something so strong coming off the audience outside the black church.”
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An Interview with Oteil Burbridge
In 2016, as he settled into Dead and Company, the bass great reflected on the differences between the Dead and the Allman Brothers Band, how he learned to listen to lyrics and much more.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Really interesting to dive back into my 2016 interview with Oteil Burbridge as he was settling into Dead and Company. Check it out.
“I’ve never felt something so strong coming off the audience outside the black church.”
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“I’ve never felt something so strong coming off the audience outside the black church.”
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Happy Birthday Susan Tedeschi. I love the Playing for Change videos and love how she killed it on “When The Levee Breaks.”
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When The Levee Breaks | Song Around The World | Playing For Change
Legendary multi-instrumentalist, John Paul Jones , is accompanied by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction , Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and over 20 musicians and dancers from seven different countries...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy Birthday Susan Tedeschi. I love the Playing for Change videos and love how she killed it on “When The Levee Breaks.”
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Good Ol' Sunday Morning.
Last night, Tedeschi Trucks Band helped celebrate Joe cocker's induction into the RRHOF. This performance of "The Letter" with Leon russell is why, more or less. so cool they did this and the album and video of it is terrific.
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Last night, Tedeschi Trucks Band helped celebrate Joe cocker's induction into the RRHOF. This performance of "The Letter" with Leon russell is why, more or less. so cool they did this and the album and video of it is terrific.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell – “The Letter” [Feat. Susan Tedeschi]
YouTube video by Tedeschi Trucks Band
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November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Good Ol' Sunday Morning.
Last night, Tedeschi Trucks Band helped celebrate Joe cocker's induction into the RRHOF. This performance of "The Letter" with Leon russell is why, more or less. so cool they did this and the album and video of it is terrific.
m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Last night, Tedeschi Trucks Band helped celebrate Joe cocker's induction into the RRHOF. This performance of "The Letter" with Leon russell is why, more or less. so cool they did this and the album and video of it is terrific.
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Photo Finish: hot rod shopping with Jeff Beck.
In 1968, Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman took the guitar legend car shopping in San Francisco. This is the story and photos.
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In 1968, Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman took the guitar legend car shopping in San Francisco. This is the story and photos.
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Photo Finish: Jeff Beck and his hot rod
In 1968, Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman took Jeff Beck hot rod shopping in San Francisco. Here's what happened.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Photo Finish: hot rod shopping with Jeff Beck.
In 1968, Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman took the guitar legend car shopping in San Francisco. This is the story and photos.
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In 1968, Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman took the guitar legend car shopping in San Francisco. This is the story and photos.
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Light My Fire: Guitarist Robby Krieger on every Doors album.
The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career, including the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison. Part One: The Doors and Strange Days.
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The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career, including the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison. Part One: The Doors and Strange Days.
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Light My Fire: Guitarist Robby Kreiger on every Doors album
The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career, including the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison. Part One: The Doors and Strange Days.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Light My Fire: Guitarist Robby Krieger on every Doors album.
The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career, including the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison. Part One: The Doors and Strange Days.
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The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career, including the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison. Part One: The Doors and Strange Days.
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King of the Uncool. Celebrating the release of Cameron Crowe’s memoir with the inside story of how his experience with the Allman Brothers Band became Almost Famous.
Photo of Cameron and Gregg Allman - Neal Preston
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Photo of Cameron and Gregg Allman - Neal Preston
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King of the Uncool: Inside the real story of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous
Celebrating Cameron Crowe and his memoir, The Uncool, with a Brothers and Sisters excerpt.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
King of the Uncool. Celebrating the release of Cameron Crowe’s memoir with the inside story of how his experience with the Allman Brothers Band became Almost Famous.
Photo of Cameron and Gregg Allman - Neal Preston
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Photo of Cameron and Gregg Allman - Neal Preston
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Phil Lesh: Professor of Improvisation
The Grateful Dead bassist, who died one year ago today, mentored younger players and led one of the most influential jam bands of the early 2000s.
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The Grateful Dead bassist, who died one year ago today, mentored younger players and led one of the most influential jam bands of the early 2000s.
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Phil Lesh: Professor of Improvisation
The Grateful Dead bassist, who died one year ago today, mentored younger players and led one of the most influential jam bands of the early 2000s.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Phil Lesh: Professor of Improvisation
The Grateful Dead bassist, who died one year ago today, mentored younger players and led one of the most influential jam bands of the early 2000s.
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The Grateful Dead bassist, who died one year ago today, mentored younger players and led one of the most influential jam bands of the early 2000s.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Saxophonist Kebbi Williams on how he joined TTB, his charity Music in The Park, how Col. Bruce Hampton babysat him, why he started out as Oteil Burbridge’s tour driver and how his uncle Milan helped write “Brick House.”
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Another Video Exclusive: Kebbi Williams of the Tedeschi Trucks Band
Saxophonist Kebbi Williams is a founding member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. We wpoke about that, his awesome charity org Music in The Park - and the fact that Col. Bruce Hampton babysat him.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Tedeschi Trucks Band Saxophonist Kebbi Williams on how he joined TTB, his charity Music in The Park, how Col. Bruce Hampton babysat him, why he started out as Oteil Burbridge’s tour driver and how his uncle Milan helped write “Brick House.”
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John Tesh welcomed the NBA back to NBC this morning am on the Today Show by playing his iconic theme song live FOR THE FIRST TIME. He insisted on a real string section and I love him for that. My boss wife Rebecca filmed this.
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
John Tesh welcomed the NBA back to NBC this morning am on the Today Show by playing his iconic theme song live FOR THE FIRST TIME. He insisted on a real string section and I love him for that. My boss wife Rebecca filmed this.