The book has been optioned by A-list directors for both documentary and biopic films. Paul and his co-author Andy Aledort interviewed those who knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Double Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and countless other close friends, family members, girlfriends, fellow musicians, managers and crew members. It tells the gripping, cinematic story of the guitar legend who almost died from his addictions before cleaning up and returning with a new found focus, only to die in a senseless helicopter crash at age 35. Texas Flood is the definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, providing the unadulterated truth about one of the greatest and most misunderstood musicians of the last 40 years. Rolling Stone’s David Browne said, “ Though they honor the music, Friends of the Brothers never feel like a ‘tribute band.’ They play the songs as if they’d written them.” The latter is the premier tribute to the Allman Brothers Band, featuring members of the Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts and Jaimoe bands. Paul is also the leader of two bands, Big in China and Friends of the Brothers. That band’s debut CD Beijing Blues was an East/West fusion that earned praise from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and the Allman Brothers Band’s Warren Haynes. It was optioned for film development by Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Productions. His first book, Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues and Becoming a Star in Beijing was hailed by USA Today as a “big–hearted memoir with emotional depth.” It is about his experiences raising three American children in Beijing and Paul’s unlikely journey to becoming a Chinese music star, fronting the blues band Woodie Alan, Beijing’s 2008 Band of the Year. Martin’s, 2014) both were NY Times instant bestsellers, debuting in the Top Ten of the Non Fiction Hardcover Best Seller’s List. Martin’s, 2019) and One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band (St. The oral histories Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan (St.

His last two books were New York Times Best Sellers. Alan Paul is an author, journalist and musician.

One Way Out by Alan Paul