Paul deLay

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The Paul deLay Band
General information
Genre (s) blues
founding 2002
resolution 2007
Website www.pauldelay.com
Founding members
Paul deLay
Keyboards , vocals
 David Vest
Guitar , management
 Peter Dammann
David Kahl
Jeff Minnick, Kelly Dunn
former members
Jim Mesi, Al Kuzen, Lloyd Jones, DK Stewart, Dover Weinberg, Clair Bruce, Don Campbell, Jimmy Lloyd Rea, Chris Mercer, Brad Ulrich, Joe McCarthy, Louis Pain, Dan Fincher, John Mozzocco, Mike Klobas

Paul Joseph deLay (born January 31, 1952 in Portland , Oregon , † March 7, 2007 ) was an American singer and harmonica player .

Life

He was born in Oregon , but grew up in a music-loving family in Milwaukee . He began playing the harmonica at the age of eight after listening to Paul Butterfield . His role models were Big Walter Horton , Little Walter Jacobs and later George "Harmonica" Smith and Charlie Musselwhite . He took piano lessons and wanted to teach himself guitar and drums, but he soon realized that the harmonica was his calling.

In the 1970s he played in a band called The Brown Sugar Band, which performed mainly in the Portland area. In 1978 he founded a band that performed under his name, with which he accompanied Sunnyland Slim and Hubert Sumlin, among others . In 1980 he devoted himself to expanding his knowledge as a songwriter. Throughout his career he avoided using blues clichés in his songs.

His biggest problem was his addiction, and when he gave up alcohol he turned to cocaine . He was arrested for drug trafficking and jailed for three years, where he wrote a large number of songs, which he released on some albums after his release in 1995.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he performed at the San Francisco Blues Festival , the Pocono Blues Festival, the Long Beach Blues Festival, and the San Francisco Harmonica Festival.

In 2007 Paul deLay died of leukemia and the long-term effects of his addiction.

Bands

  • "The Brown Sugar Band" (1976)

Paul deLay - harmonica, vocals
Jim Mesi - guitar
Al Kuzen - bass
Lloyd Jones - drums, vocals

  • "The Paul deLay Blues Band" (1980s)

Paul deLay - vocals, harmonica
Jim Mesi, Peter Dammann - guitar
DK Stewart, Dover Weinberg, Clair Bruce - keyboards, vocals
Don Campbell, Jimmy Lloyd Rea - bass
Chris Mercer, Brad Ulrich, Joe McCarthy - horns

  • "The Paul deLay Band" (1990s)

Paul deLay - harmonica, vocals Peter Dammann - guitar, management
Louis Pain - organ
Dan Fincher - tenor sax
John Mozzocco - bass
Mike Klobas, Kelly Dunn - drums

  • "The Paul deLay Band" (2002 to 2007)

Paul deLay - harmonica, vocals
David Vest - keyboards, vocals
Peter Dammann - guitar, management
David Kahl - bass
Jeff Minnick, Kelly Dunn - drums

Discography

Albums

  • Teasin '(1970)
  • The Blue One (1985)
  • American Voodoo (1988)
  • Burnin '(1988)
  • Paulzilla (1992)
  • The Paul deLay Band (1996)
  • Take It From The Turnaround (1996)
  • Ocean Of Tears (1996)
  • Nice and Strong (1998)
  • You're Fired (1998)
  • Delay Does Chicago (1999)
  • Heavy Rotation (2001)
  • Last Of The Best (2007) Billboard Top Blues Album # 7

Guest appearances

  • Kid Ramos Greasy Kid's Stuff (2001)
  • Alice Stuart Can't Find No Heaven (2002)
  • Untapped Blues Festival: 2004 Live! (2005)
  • Let the Good Times Roll : A NW Tribute to Ray Charles

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Skelly's biography on allmusic
  2. ↑ http://www.myspace.com/pauldelay
  3. ↑ Richard Skelly's biography on allmusic
  4. ↑ http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?psychicsearch=on&HT_Search=ARTIST&HT_Search_Info=Paul+DeLay&style=music&altsearch=yes
  5. ↑ www.soundunwound.com/music/the-paul-delay-band
personal data
SURNAME deLay, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DeLay, Paul Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and harmonica player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2007