Paul Abrahams (born 21 October 1958) is an Australian musician and

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for

the Reels The Reels are an Australian rock music, rock band which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976. It disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Its 1981 song "Quasimodo's Dream (song), Quasimodo's Dream" was voted one of the APRA Top 30 Australian ...

Biography

Abrahams joined the Reels in 1978 and recorded 2 albums and 1 EP between 1979 and 1981. The basses used on those recordings was a 1962

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and 1968

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fretless, he currently plays a 4-string Tony Franklin Signature

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. The Reels album Quasimodo's Dream and single of the same name was voted in 2001 by APRA in the Top Ten Most Influential Australian songs of the past 75 years. During the 1978–1981 period he worked as a session musician for MOJO Jimmy Sloggett with musician

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1980–1981 – Art and music experiments with Brett Cabot Artist. 1984–1988 – Recording and writing at Kings Lane Studios with Chris Betro engineer. 1984 played Drums for a trio called 'Rat Tat Tat' with

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Vocals, Geoff Stapleton on Bass from The Aliens (Australian band) and

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. During the Kings Lane Studio years, Paul Abrahams and Chris Bettro recorded an EP. Out of the many co writing ventures, one song, 'As we Speak' a co write with

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was recorded by

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on her first album Emigre. 1986–1988 Played bass for

in 'The Resurrection' with backing singer

Mark Punch Guitar, Hughie Benjamin Drums, and Peter Kekel Keyboards / Geoff Stapleton Keyboards. In 1991 played bass for

during her support tour with

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. In 1991 played bass for James Blundell, Mick King (guitarist),

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(keyboards). From 1991 to 2000 he spent some years away from the music industry and in 2002 made his way back into music via the

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now

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software, experimenting with loops and atmospheric sounds and website building using the SBI platform developed by Ken Evoy. 2003–2005 Taught Bass, Guitar and Drums. Remixed prerecorded CD's for

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performers, Glenhaven Public School Divisional, State and Australian Winners 2002–2004. Rejoined

The Reels The Reels are an Australian rock music, rock band which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976. It disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Its 1981 song "Quasimodo's Dream (song), Quasimodo's Dream" was voted one of the APRA Top 30 Australian ...

in 2008 who were invited by

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in 2010 to perform as part of circa 1979.Sydney Festival – Circa 1979
/ref> 2014–Present Currently working as a cinematographer and bassist for The Willing Ponies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrahams, Paul 1958 births Living people Australian rock bass guitarists Australian male bass guitarists Australian bass guitarists The Reels members