Bio

Way back in the 1960’s, the boomer generation realized that music has the power to transform the spirit beyond just entertainment. Music made sense when nothing else did, as a voice to navigate the turbulence of the changing times.
For Paul, playing the guitar became the expression of creative freedom and escape from slavery to material desires. “Why do something you don’t want to do, just to get the things you don’t want?”, (oh, the tortured souls choking in the traffic jam). Music became the savior and companion that you can always turn to and it pulled him in. “Once you get that bug, you marry the Muse, “you have to play, you can’t not play”, there’s no turning back.  
Following the Muse out of the comfort zone, Paul engaged the free spirit “out of college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent”, and rode a  motorcycle across the country from the East coast to Oregon coast, guitar by his side. That’s when freedom from “the box” began. Outside in the wide open sky was nothing like working at a desk as an Aerospace Engineer under a room full of catatonic buzzing fluorescent lights. How much is a steady paycheck worth, compared to living the minimalist lifestyle, and exploring the Great Outdoors as an east coast liberated soul.

Good Morning Pickup Truck is Paul’s story of the land surveyor occupation:

Spending a lot of time in the Rocky Mountains hiking and living as a campfire crusader Paul eventually settled in Colorado taking the road less trampled, and maintained the outdoor lifestyle as a land surveyor, a mostly-steady blue collar job, where the songs grew out in the wild, just for the pickin’. Paying musician dues by playing and singing in noisy, smoky bars,  open-hearted  churches, and spiritual retreats, and the usual back-yard summer gatherings. With long-time musician friends, Barry Ebert, Craig Fisher and Tim McGraw, the band, Light Brigade, was formed to reach out to audiences hungry for meaningful entertainment.  An versatile group that could perform for listening-music coffee house venues or bar gigs extended Paul’s experience in live performance. Always with an ear out for a new song, Paul continues to use real-life experiences to hone his song writing creativity.