Piano lesson's started when Paul was four, Mrs Jeavon's did her best, but when the radio was left on one afternoon and he heard Lightnin' Hopkins playing the blues, that was it. "That sounds a lot better than 'The Jolly Farmer Went A Hiking Down The Country Lane' and other things that Mrs Jeavon's gets me to play".
Paul noticed that you can bend the notes on a guitar, "You can't do that on the piano, well unless you lift the lid and put your hand inside, but Mrs Jeavon's always had ornaments on top of her Piano, so that wasn't practical." Piano was quickly changed for guitar. It was daily practice on the guitar from then on, imbibing styles from guitar players like George Harrison, Ron Wood and Freddie King.
Paul registered himself self-employed as a musician. Touring and recording with a number of artists and bands, it was all good experience, especially playing at larger venues like the Royal Albert Hall. Paul did quite a number of gigs with the fine reggae drummer Conrad Kelly, who now plays with Steel Pulse. Playing with Afro/Caribbean musicians taught Paul a lot about accents and rhythm's which still surface in his songs today.
After four years of touring with bands, Paul was offered a recording contract by Big Feet Music who released his first album. That year Paul did over a hundred performances in his first year on the road as a Singer/Songwriter.
The first CD was called "I Think I'm Being Followed" which contained the popular "Strange People". Paul's song writing was filled with the grit and reality of life. No June, Moon, Spoon rhymes for easy lyrics but a point to each song. CSLewis has always been a big influence on Paul, and the concise style of Lewis made its way into his song-writing.
Paul started recording with Chapel Lane who had released stuff for, Bryn Haworth, Larry Norman and Stevie Wonder who dueted with Charlene. They had an excellent studio in the Herefordshire countryside and Paul recorded "Fallen People On A Fallen Planet", "Body & Soul" and "Soothing Saul". Pauls says Chapel Lane are a really great record company, putting no restrictions on studio time and are generally as helpful as an artist could want."
His band, The Paul Poulton Project (featuring the famous Joe Blanks on drums,) now takes up most of his time, they play all types of venues in the UK and US and the shows are fun and pretty much cook.
The latest CD is Dumb Dogs, it’s picked radio and TV play around the world.
So what of the future, well Paul heard someone once say that the quickest way to make God laugh is to tell Him all of your future plans.
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