Paul Williams (born Paul Nigel Vincent Yarlett; 19 September 1940 – 1 March 2019) was an English blues and rock singer and musician.

Career

During his early career he joined Zoot Money's Big Roll Band on bass and vocals, alongside the guitarist

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. He then replaced

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John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers were an English blues rock band led by multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter John Mayall. The band has been influential as an incubator for British rock and blues musicians. Many of the best known bands t ...

, while also recording with

Aynsley Dunbar Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, Shuggie Otis, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Mick Ron ...

and

Dick Heckstall-Smith Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most influential English blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for pr ...

. In 1970 he joined the band Juicy Lucy as lead vocalist and recorded the album '' Lie Back and Enjoy It''. This band included future

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guitarist

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and featured in the 1971 film ''Bread''. Williams later collaborated with Moody on the album ''Smokestacks, Broomdusters and Hoochie Coochie Men'' in 2002. In 1973 he joined the progressive rock group Tempest, led by

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on drums with Mark Clarke on bass and

Allan Holdsworth Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz and rock music, rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K. (band), U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre Moerl ...

on guitar. After relocating to the United States, he joined Holdsworth in the group known as I.O.U. and recorded the three critically acclaimed albums '' I.O.U.'', '' Road Games'' and ''

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''. His most recent touring band had been Blue Thunder, with release in collaboration with

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in 2018 of Blue Thunder 2.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''Delta Blues Singer'' (1973) * ''In Memory of Robert Johnson'' (1973) * ''Blues and Beyond'' with Blue Thunder (1998) * ''Smokestacks, Broomdusters and Hoochie Coochie Men'' (2002) with

With other artists

With

Zoot Money George Bruno "Zoot" Money (17 July 1942 – 8 September 2024) was an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. He was best known for playing the Hammond organ and for his leadership of the Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ra ...

* ''The All Happening Zoot Money's Big Roll Band at Klooks Kleek'' (1966) With

John Mayall John Brumwell Mayall (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and Rock music, rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of ...

* '' Looking Back'' (1969) * ''

Thru the Years ''Thru the Years'' is a compilation album of music by John Mayall released in October 1971 by Decca Records in the U.K. and London Records in the U.S.A. The album was the second compilation to be issued by Decca/London with Mayall's blessing, ...

'' (1971) * ''London Blues (1964–1969)'' (1992) With

* ''Blue Whale'' (1971) With Juicy Lucy * '' Lie Back and Enjoy It'' (1970) * ''Get a Whiff of This'' (1971) * ''Pieces'' (1972) With

* ''A Story Ended'' (1972) * ''Blues and Beyond'' (2001) With Tempest * '' Tempest'' (1973) * '' Under the Blossom: The Anthology'' (2005) With

* '' I.O.U.'' (1982) * '' Road Games'' (1983) * ''

'' (1985) * '' I.O.U. Live'' (1997, unauthorised)Milkowski, Bill (5 October 2005)
A Conversation with Allan Holdsworth
Abstract Logix. Retrieved 2017-05-06. * '' Live in Japan 1984'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Paul (British singer) 1940 births 2019 deaths British rhythm and blues boom musicians 20th-century English male musicians 21st-century English male musicians Tempest (UK band) members English rock singers