WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, SLEEP WHEN YOU CAN!!!!
paul harris- lead vocals/guitar
jason clark- vocals/mandolin/guitar
craig delphia- vocals/fiddle
chad little- vocals/bass
jad lark- flat top pickin
Influences
flatt and scruggs
don edwards,ian tyson, merle haggard
and so many others
I was born in arkansas, near little rock. I grew up on bluegrass and started singin when i was 6. the first song i ever sang in front of a crowd was " rocky top" . a bluegrass tune. my deep roots in bluegrass lend themselves to my style today. i went to nashvile when i was in my early twenties and it didnt take long to figure out that a guy with horses and cattle on the brain and in his songs wasnt goin to go very far, so i followed my heart and headed for , as i like to say, "somewhere out west" . i spent the next 12 yrs chasin around workin any job i could find horseback, or at least where i got to look at a cow everyday. all along never letting my guitar go idle. writing songs and even a few poems about what i saw and experienced.among all the things i learned i started making boots, and now i have a shop in sallisaw oklahoma. that is my trade, but it still allows me to go and day work here and there and to perform whenever i get the chance.
from Rick Huffs Best of the West Reviews:
Singer/songwriter and Salisaw, Oklahoma bootmaker Paul Harris is obviously out to show that coming from a Country and Bluegrass background doesn't have to be a hindrance in Western!!
All kidding aside, creative big production values add an additional exciting dimension to these tracks that clearly reflect his musical influences. Several songs on this CD also nicely show that you can be acoustic and "commercial!" Harris' "Rancher's Daughter" is a fine uptempo romance novel of a song, his "Molly" is an uptempo Cowboy and Bluegrass romp and his more Country tracks still bear the Western brand. Ranging from Contemporary to electrified "frontier" in feeling, it's a happy new entry into the Cowboy and the Country catalogs.
Harris has included some earnestly delivered Cowboy Poetry as well ("Forever," "Begin Again," "Grey Shandy" and "I Have Lived"). So, here you have footstompers, ballads, verse and an artist stylistically going home with what brung him to the dance. A word, though...if you want to read the liner note lyrics, bring your best magnifying glass.
Hola! mi amigo. Just stopping by to let you know my family and are thinking about you. Hope all is going well in whatever part of the world you're enjoying. By the way you may wanna hurry back since your bottle of "Forty Creek" is dwindling. Stuff works better than NyQuil. God Bless you and keep you.
Hi Paul, i just listened to your poem "I HAVE LIVED" I don't believe i have ever heard the cowboy way of life said with any more accuracy.All i can say is i'm deeply touched,and i know that what you say comes from your heart.May GOD bless you my friend. Terry
