Paul began playing his father's old mandolin in 1965.  He took up
guitar in 1969, and in 1974 he got his first fiddle.  During his high
school and college years he had the chance to hear and play with
local old-time and bluegrass musicians at dances, festivals and
front porches in Ohio, New England  North Carolina and upstate
New York.  After college he spent a year in the west of Ireland,
learning dance tunes on the fiddle.  Upon his return he completed
an internship at the Folk Music Archive at the Library of Congress
blossoming traditional music community in the Pacific Northwest.  
In Seattle he has played in old-time and Irish bands, and in
Balkan performing and dance groups.  

In 2005 Paul teamed up with local singer and guitarist Sally Rose
to play old-time harmony duets and fiddle tunes.  They have a
website at  with sound samples, biographies and booking info; see
 their Myspace page.




Paul also recorded a CD, "Our Last Goodbye," in the winter of
2004.  It too is available from   www.cdbaby.com.   It features 13
songs and instrumentals of Paul's own composition, on which he
plays acoustic, electric and resonator guitars, fiddle, mandolin,
banjo and bass.
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Their  2007 CD, "Old Time Songs and Fiddle Tunes," is
available from  www.cdbaby.com.