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(photo by Kendra)
Paul Gabriel is a singer-songwriter, acoustic
and electric blues guitarist, recording session musician
and an instructor. His professional career
began
in 1969 and has spanned forty one years
as a working artist.
Early in his career Paul Gabriel appeared on two albums
by singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, played slide guitar
on Rory Block's Grammy nominated "Mama's Blues", toured with Michael Bolotin (a.k.a. Michael Bolton), and eventually formed a number of his own groups, most notably The Paul Gabriel Band
and Blue In The Face. Blue In The Face recorded three highly acclaimed
albums, the first recieving a four star review from DOWNBEAT Magazine.
In 2001 Paul Gabriel released his first solo album
entitled FATE. This album is a transition recording
in the sense that it is the first release featuring Paul Gabriel
as a vocalist. Five years after it's release it gained international attention.
In September of 2006 Paul Gabriel and his Blues Band was formed. Further transforming into a complete artist, in
2007 Smoke Ring Records released two new CD's featuring Paul Gabriel as a mature
songwriter, vocalist and life-long artist. During 2008 -2009 the
new CD's garnered exellent reviews world wide as Paul Gabriel continues to perform his own brand of Blues, Jazz and American
Music into 2010.
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