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
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band is a British rhythm and blues and soul group, also influenced by jazz, formed in England by Zoot Money, in the early autumn of 1961. The band has had a number of personnel changes over the years and was still performing ...
on bass and vocals, alongside the guitarist
Andy Summers
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. He then replaced
John McVie
John Graham McVie (born 26 November 1945) is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fle ...
in
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are an English blues rock band led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall. While never producing a hit of their own, the band has been influential as an incubator for British rock and blues ...
, while also recording with
Aynsley Dunbar 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 pri ...
. In 1970 he joined the band
Juicy Lucy as lead vocalist and recorded the album ''
Lie Back and Enjoy It''. This band included future
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own en ...
guitarist
Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden ...
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
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, led by
Jon Hiseman
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on drums with
Mark Clarke on bass and
Allan Holdsworth 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 ''
Metal Fatigue
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''.
His most recent touring band had been Blue Thunder, with release in collaboration with
David Hentschel
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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
Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden ...
With other artists
With
Zoot Money
George Bruno Money (born 17 July 1942) is an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. He is best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, he was draw ...
* ''The All Happening Zoot Money's Big Roll Band at Klooks Kleek'' (1966)
With
John Mayall
* ''
Looking Back'' (1969)
* ''
Thru the Years'' (1971)
* ''London Blues (1964–1969)'' (1992)
With
Aynsley Dunbar
* ''Blue Whale'' (1971)
With
Juicy Lucy
* ''
Lie Back and Enjoy It'' (1970)
* ''Get a Whiff of This'' (1971)
* ''Pieces'' (1972)
With
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 pri ...
* ''A Story Ended'' (1972)
* ''Blues and Beyond'' (2001)
With
Tempest
Tempest is a synonym for a storm.
'' The Tempest'' is a play by William Shakespeare.
Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''The Tempest'' (1908 film), a British silent film
* ''The Tempest'' (1911 film), a ...
* ''
Tempest
Tempest is a synonym for a storm.
'' The Tempest'' is a play by William Shakespeare.
Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''The Tempest'' (1908 film), a British silent film
* ''The Tempest'' (1911 film), a ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Under the Blossom: The Anthology'' (2005)
With
Allan Holdsworth
* ''
I.O.U.'' (1982)
* ''
Road Games'' (1983)
* ''
Metal Fatigue
In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading. Once a fatigue crack has initiated, it grows a small amount with each loading cycle, typically producing striations on some parts o ...
'' (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
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1940 births
2019 deaths
British rhythm and blues boom musicians
20th-century British male musicians
21st-century British male musicians
Tempest (UK band) members
English rock singers