C. Paul Buckles- guitar, vocals, songwriter,
Dinah Pollard- vocals on 'The Lady of the Lake',
Rick Alengi- snare and cymbals on 'Taking Time',
Rod Guinn- Co-songwriter on 'All I Want Is You',
Influences
mostly.................... ".......rainy days......"Buffalo Springfield-Beatles-Niel Young-Chicago-pre"Lamb Lies Down" GENESIS-Loreena McKennitt -Sérgio Méndes and Brasil '66-"........ocean surf/waves......"-Lisa Loeb-Jellyfish-Pilot-Tommy James and the Shondells-The Beach Boys-Ambrosia-XTC-The Records-Chelsea-Wings-"..........twilight........"-Strength In Numbers (Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor)-The Style Council-Aqua Velvets-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-"...........flowers........."
Sounds Like
Acoustic guitar voices singing love songs in the clear purity of atmosphere, breathing and listening to emotions' encompassment!
C. Paul Buckles
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b. October 24, 1951
Austin, Texas
1968 -Began playing the electric bass by ear and with help from bandmates
Feb 1969 -First professional gig $11.25
1972 -Recorded single "Truckin' it Home" b/w "Pay Attention" released on Topaz Records, Albuquerque, New Mexico
USA with the group CODY. Wrote 'A' side, co-wrote 'B' side. Learned to play rhythm guitar
1973-1974 -Studied and taught (at King Music Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA) "The Electric Bass, Volumes 1 & 2"
by Roger Filiberto, Mel Bay Publications
1975-1976 -Co-founded and performed with Latino pop group BROWN SUGAR, which continues to record and tour
the Southwest today
1978 -Moved to Denver, Colorado USA. Toured rock nightclub circuit in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona,
Texas, New Mexico and Nebraska with the rock groups KICK and THE SCANDAL playing covers
1982-1985 -Co-founded power pop group THE RUMBLE which recorded a killer demo and payed concerts at The
Mercury Café, The Rainbow Music Hall, Walabi's, Mr. Lucky's, The Blue Note(in Boulder, Colorado) Aspen
City Limits, etc. and opened for international acts such as THE CHURCH(Australia) GENERAL PUBLIC
(England) SACRED COWS, JACK MACK & THE HEARTATTACK (USA) and THE SUBURBS
1993-1994 -Worked as a 'bassist-for-hire' clients included: country and western band WAY OUT WEST, Nashville
recording artist/fiddler extaordinaire CHRIS DOERING (who also appears on 'Old Friend' released in 1996)
funk trio MOTOR BOOTY, a bluegrass trio TWO BROTHERS and jazz pop singer/songwriter DONNIE
SCOTT
1994 - Began working exclusively with my own songs as a 'performing songwriter' singing and playing
acoustic 6 and 12 string guitar and mandolin and ocassionally dobro
1996 -First solo release "Old Friend" on Cottonwood Shade Recordings (cassette only ..CWS1CS)
1997 -Gigged regularly @ The Glory Café, 76 S Pennsylvania in Denver and La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde
Wadsworth Blvd in Arvada, worked on next solo release "Lady of the Lake" (which is currently(2006)
slated to be included in The Butterfly Project with an optimistic release of summer 2007) always playing
open mics around the Denver and mountain areas
1998 -Two weeks in Hawai`i at Waikiki....experienced the spirit of Aloha, fell in love with Hawai`ian music, began
learning slack key guitar upon return to the mainland incorporating open tunings into original material
21OCT1999 to
10FEB2000 -Guitarist for jazz outfit A TRIO BY DANA, featuring the fabulous sax of Dana Singleton
2000-2005 -Apparently "...found a niche..." in Bossa Nova according to close friends, associates and opinion lenders
Began using Spanish guitar (i.e. classical nylon string guitar) to play Bossa Nova giving it an authentic voice
continued to expand the repertoire, backround in Romance languages (Spanish, French and Italian)
aided in learning the Portuguese lyrics, continued with open tunings in song composition (even
transposing older songs to open tunings) as well as learning new slack key guitar pieces
2006 -Released cd 'BossaNovaNights' a live recording from 2005 at The Walnut Room in Denver and "Old Friend'
(on cd for the first time) on Cottonwood Shade Recordings. Set up a web site and extended availibility
of recordings to CD Baby and iTunes. Began producing 'The Open Mic Diary' a 30 min video podcast of
local Denver and surrounding areas' open mics.......(posted on web site and iTunes)
2007
-February: Episode Seven at The Java Creek Café made available.
-March: 18 'The Butterfly Project: The Early Recordings'[...now called, 'Lady of the Lake'] released on Cottonwood Shade Recordings being the first of four, five song CD's in 'The Butterfly Project' series. 30: Episode Eight of 'The Open Mic Diary' shot at the Java Creek Café (All Episodes available for free on iTunes)
-December: finishing work on side project called 'Sandy and the SurfSonics'/Oceanica, surf rock instrumentals (my first love in music)
http://www.myspace.com/sandyandthesurfsonics
i have a new sharing with you , i just now released my new music named "the distance" , i roughly composed it about 3-4 years ago , then modified several times , this is first time to perform in public , for me , this is a challenge of dream , i sincerely invite you to listen , maybe you can give me some opinions , i hope my dream in music will not be your nightmare :)
if you have listened before my invitation , i have to say "thanks a lot" again & again for your warm support
also feel free to visit my newest "the distance" blog to discuss with me about where is your distance..
blessings & have a great day !
((( dreamer school ))) music , make dreams come true !
Thanks for adding me....Hey, my pard Molly Moon and I will be performing in Denver next month..Tenn Street Coffee...Fri, 7/18 from 7-9...would love it if you could stop in and catch our show. All the best to you Riely
How’s it going! Do you dread working out at the gym like I do? The only thing that seems to help me stay on that treadmill is some great music on my ipod that I can workout to. At least it helps the time go by faster, otherwise it feels like a torture session rather than a workout session lol. And speaking of dance music : )…. if you’re looking for some new music to enjoy on your ipod, then I’m just stopping by to remind you I’ve got a new dance-pop/electronica CD out called ‘Dance With Me’ !! ; ) You can buy it at www. cdbaby. com/cd/raine and/or download the mp3 files via itunes. The CD was recently selected for airplay on the fitness television show ‘The Art of Building Bodies’ on E! Entertainment and Men TV. And by the way, if you don’t workout and your exercise of choice is exercising your index finger by clicking your mouse as you cruise the internet, then I hope you will click on the link to my CD above lol. Anyway, thanks for being my myspace friend : ) Please keep in touch!
whats up? i found this site and thought i'd tell everyone, it shows you if anyone at school likes you. i dont know how it works but its really cool, it told me a couple different people who have crushes on me. you gotta try it!
Hey!!!! Just checking in to say hi. Hope all is going well with you.
I have redone my entire profile page - let me know what you think ok!!!! I also added a new song called "Band-Aid" to my player. Check it out and rate and comment on it by clicking the rate button next to the song title!!!!
Love to hear back from you sometime. Your friend Karista
I recently found out my ‘RAINE’ CD was added to the digital jukeboxes located in bars, restaurants, and other venues in the USA, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Military Bases around the world! The CD is listed in the jukeboxes as ‘Raine’ in the ‘pop’ category. So if you're in a bar or restaurant and notice one of these jukeboxes please remember me and I hope you’ll pick one of my songs to play! You can hear a six song sampler of the songs at www.myspace.com/rainesumner or download them via any of the digital music store links on my page. Please spread the word and let your friends/family know. It would be very much appreciated! Raine
Hey hun, thanks for you're support! 'Sometimes I' is now available for download from itunes! Get it blasting out! Hope your doin ok and keep smiling! Love Lauz x x x
Ahhh so thats where the Sydney Aus track came from...
Quite a collection!
Well I took the photo in Scotland but it could be similar!
Hahaha
Have a good week
Megan
Hi C. Paul, thanks so much for wanting to keep in touch! (smile) God bless your ministry and keep smiling,
* new site * www.rosannafiorazo.com
"Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. HE will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom." Isaiah 40:28
Hi C. Paul,
Thank you so much for the kind words-glad you like the new pic:)always good to make a change..! Love all your influences and your beautiful songs....have a great weeknd! Malea
Hello Paul
I just uploaded a brand new 3 song demo sampler on my page for free download for all of my myspace friends to enjoy. This song sampler contains segments of three more new dance songs recently written and recorded by Breo and I. The full length versions of these songs will be included on a dance CD we are working on together. These songs are called ‘Rhythm’, ‘Believer’ and ‘Loving You Forever’. We hope to release the CD within the next few months. I’ve posted a blog on my page with more information. We are recording this via the internet as Breo lives in England and I am in Canada. I hope you can stop by my page, take a listen and let us know what you think of this demo sampler.
Raine
