About

Paul Black

Born and raised in Terrace BC, Paul Black inherited his first guitar— ‘abandoned’ as money owed to his father — at 16, but didn’t pick it up until he was 18; he hasn’t put it down since. Growing up, gospel and country music dominated the household and his musical imagination. Conversely, Black played rock. When his mother ran errands, Zeppelin, forbidden, ruled the record player. From barn to stage, Black— who became a vocalist, by default, when his singer walked off— blew the barn doors open to rock out his original songs to live audiences all over Canada. The defining moment: one dry, hot summer his cousin gave him a ticket to Stevie Ray Vaughn, and from then on it was nothin’ but the blues. Head first, he plunged into the likes of Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters, and Black emerged as the dirty, aggressive, exciting musician we hear today. After moving south to Vancouver Island, Paul Black formed various blues bands until releasing an album titled “Paul Black and TAXI”. Their debut CD won Black and TAXI a spot on the Rocktoria (Victoria, BC) compilation CD (100.3 the Q FM). From there, Black, wi... more...
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Paul Black
guitar/vocals