Ellis Paul is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting. Paul had released 19 albums by the end of 2014 and received 14 Boston Music Awards.
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Ellis Paul is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting. His pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television, bridging the gap between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Paul had released 19 albums by the end of 2014 and received 14 Boston Music Awards, considered the pinnacle of contemporary acoustic music success by some. He has published a book of original lyrics, poems, and drawings and released a DVD that includes a live performance, guitar instruction, and a road-trip documentary. In 2014, his children’s CD Hero in You was published as a book by Albert Whitman & Company. Paul plays almost 200 live shows a year. Paul was inducted into thepresque Isle High School Athletic Hall of Fame on January 11, 2013. Paul’s family had strong connections to the potato industry – his father, Ed Plissey, was Executive Director of the Maine Potato Commission and his grandfather owned a 140-acre potato farm. Paul majored in English at Boston College where he continued to participate in track. His best time in the 10,000 meters remains the fourth best men’s outdoor record in Boston College history. Paul is married to the former Marilyn Bonney, a University of Maine graduate and was an extension agent for northern Arostook County.
In the 1960s, Mrs. Bonney produced her own television show which aired every third week on Presque Island television station WAGM-TV. Paul has a daughter, Emma, who is a junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Paul and his wife have a son, James, who lives in Boston and works as a bartender at a local sports bar. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter-in-law, both of whom live in New York City, New York and Washington, D.C. The Pauls have three grandchildren, a boy, a girl, and two step-grandchildren. Paul also has a step-great-grandchild, a great-grandson, a grandson and a great great-great grandson. He is a member of the Boston Acoustic Underground songwriter competition and gained national exposure on a Windham Hill Records compilation which helped him choose music as a career. In an interview with FolkWax journalist Arthur Wood, Paul stated: “I started playing and learned a few songs by other writers to begin with. My songs kept getting better and better. When I graduated, I started playing at open mics in bars in Boston. Eventually discovered that there were folk clubs where people were actually listening, not drinking and carousing while not drinking.” Paul was particularly moved when he heard Bob Dylan singing “The House of the Rising Sun’”. Paul was introduced to the music of Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson.
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