{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Finneran's Wake","title":"Blues Guitar, Communist China, SRV, and The Allman Brothers Band | Alan Paul","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/50c4eb64\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4186,"description":"Alan Paul is an author, a journalist, and a musician. \nHe was the founding member of the Beijing-based blues group, Woodie Alan, for which he served as the frontman. \nAlong with a delightful autobiography about his life as an expat living in China, Alan has written oral histories about Stevie Ray Vaughn and The Allman Brothers Band. \nHis latest work, Brothers and Sisters, covers the release of the Allman Brothers Band best-selling album and the ways in which it impacted American politics and culture in the 1970s. It’s available everywhere fine books are sold. \nIn this episode, Alan and I discuss: \nRock stars who died young; The greatest blues guitarists of all time; The essential blues songs you must listen to; How to appreciate music; Creativity; Life as an artist and a writer; Why the blues are universally loved; The state of China in 2008 v. 2023; Authoritarianism; Communism; Music as an expression of free speech; How music can reflect the “mood” of the nation; and MUCH more! \nLinks to Alan’s stuff: \nBrothers and Sisters(his latest book): https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Sisters-Allman-Inside-Defined/dp/1250282691/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NZNWTHW5EU6A&keywords=alan+paul&qid=1694986436&sprefix=alan+paul%2Caps%2C305&sr=8-1\nOne Way Out (an oral history of the Allman Brothers Band)https://www.amazon.com/One-Way-Out-History-Brothers/dp/1250040507/ref=sr_1_2?crid=NZNWTHW5EU6A&keywords=alan+paul&qid=1694986466&sprefix=alan+paul%2Caps%2C305&sr=8-2\nTexas Flood(an oral history of Stevie Ray Vaugn) https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Flood-audiobook/dp/B07TNQXX3X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8H2JZ02EE7OB&keywords=alan+paul+texas&qid=1694986504&sprefix=alan+paul+texas+%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1\nHis website: http://alanpaul.net/\n*** \nLinks to My stuff: \nCheck out my Instagram page for shorts from this and prior episodes: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/\nTwitter: @DanielEFinneran\nWebsite: finneranswake.com\nEmail me at finneranswake@gmail.com\nMy sister project, PNEUMA, on...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Mjg2YOtoqFAMoXapPvEHMLF467GES_LuwDbj9FrRp_8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iOGE2/NjBlMjFjNGU4OTYw/MTc3NjJkYTgxM2Yx/NjUxNS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}