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The Paperboys (sometimes billed and credited as Tom Landa and the Paperboys) are a
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band from
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that formed in 1991. The Paperboys blend
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with bluegrass,
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influences. The band has had a variety of members and line-ups since its original formation, with Landa remaining as the sole founding member, although veteran banjoist/bassist Cam Salay often returns as a guest performer. Known for consistently creating pop songs with melodic hooks, their music has been called versatile, with a wide range of influences, melding diverse musical influences more successfully than some other
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bands have previously. The Paperboys first studio album, ''Late As Usual'', was released on their own record label''Stompy Discs'' in 1995. They also created ''Stomp Productions'' to produce and market their work themselves. Their first three studio albums have received
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nominations, with 1997's '' Molinos'' winning for the Roots and Traditional Album of the Year category. They also won a West Coast Music Award the same year. Their album ''Postcards'' won a West Coast Music Award in 2000. After the untimely death of drummer Paul Lawton, The Paperboys helped to finance a scholarship in his name. The band has also appeared in and scored award-winning international films. They are noted for their version of
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's " All Along the Watchtower", which was part of a tribute album for Dylan's 60th birthday. Their most recent release, and seventh album, was 2014's ''At Peace With One's Ghosts''. A staple at folk, roots, and bluegrass festivals in North America and Europe, The Paperboys have extensively
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both continents, performing in
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. Frequently featured on Canadian national television, The Paperboys have said in the past, "We get paid for the travel time, but play for free."


Formation and roster

The Paperboys were originally formed in 1991 by bassist Christopher Jonat and Tom Landa on acoustic guitar and vocals, with Jeremy Hughes on accordion and vocals, Kevin Ball on fiddle, and Dave Plenkovich on drums. This early version of the band was very popular with the Vancouver college crowds, but after creative discrepancies Landa kept the Paperboys name, and all the other remaining band members reformed as
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,
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. Initially, Landa discovered Celtic music via the Canadian band Spirit of the West, whose flautist and co-vocalist was Geoffrey Kelly. Kelly would later produce half of The Paperboys' first studio album ''Late as Usual'' with
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(producer & guitarist for Barney Bentall) and eventually end up joining the band full-time. The original ''Late As Usual'' band members included Moritz Behm on fiddle, Neil Burnett on vocals,
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& celtic harp, Glenn Kruger (the Stoaters, Real McKenzies) on drums & vocals, and Cam Salay on banjo and bass.They were later joined for the latter half of this recording by drummer Paul "Lolly" Lawton, who went on to stay with them for further recordings & touring until his untimely demise in 2005. In 1995, the band was later joined by Shona Le Mottée on
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, and Shannon Saunders on a variety of instruments (bass, fiddle, banjo), to contribute to the band's live shows. Le Mottée left The Paperboys in 1997, after recording the award-winning ''Molinos'', and was replaced by
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Hanz Araki. In the late 1990s, they were joined for a time by keyboardist Doug Schmidt. In 2010, the band consisted of Landa, Kalissa Hernandez on
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, Brad Gillard on banjo and bass, Geoffrey Kelly on flutes, and Sam Esecson on drums, with a three-piece horn section consisting of Kareem Kandi on saxophone, Nick LaRiviere on trombone, and either Miguelito Valdes or Greg Lyons on trumpet.


Recording history

The Paperboys released a cassette album called "''January"'' in 1993 as their first commercially available recording, and sold many copies at local shows around their hometown of Vancouver. Those original recordings were never released on CD (except for the track "Judy's Wedding", which is featured on ''Tenure''), but a few of the songs from ''January'' ("January", "Come Tella Me") were re-recorded by the new lineup for the ''Late As Usual'' CD. The Paperboys released their first CD studio album, ''Late as Usual'', in 1994, on their self-established label ''Stompy Discs'', with an associated production and management company, ''Stomp Productions''. ''Late as Usual'' went on to garner a Juno Award nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year. They followed that album with 1997's '' Molinos'', which also was nominated for the Roots and Traditional category at the Juno Awards, this time winning. Additionally, ''Molinos'' took away the Best Roots Recording category in the West Coast Music Award of the same year. One review referred to ''Molinos'' as "bluegrass-tinged pop-rock" with an "undercurrent of Celtic wildness". In 2000, The Paperboys released ''Postcards'', their third studio album, which also was nominated in the same category, for their third straight nomination, but ''Postcards'' did not win. In 2000, they won another West Coast Music Award for the Best Roots Recording category for ''Postcards''. They followed next with ''Tenure'' in 2002, the double album ''Dilapidated Beauty'' in 2003, and ''The Road to Ellenside'' in 2006. In a review for ''Molinos'', it was noted that The Paperboys consistently write pop songs with melodic hooks, which other prior Irish-rock inspired bands such as
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and Oysterband, and others were not always successful at. ''Postcards'', which has songs that range musically from bluegrass, zydeco, flamenco, Irish traditional, country, to Celtic-new-age-Native, and with songs that mix some of the themes, was described as a satisfying example of how far the versatile scope of The Paperboys' music extends. The Paperboys' 2006 album, ''The Road to Ellenside'', is named after the
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near Ireby where the band, together with producer and engineer Mark Tucker, recorded the album. After a performance in the area, a fan invited the band to spend the night in her mansion for dinner. Landa told her that the home would be an amazing place to record a record, to which the fan replied, "Why not?" One year later, they returned to the Ellenside mansion, living there in
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n countryside full-time while recording their studio album. Additional recording work for ''The Road to Ellenside'' was done at the
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's studio in
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and in
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. On ''The Road to Ellenside'', The Paperboys covered
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's song '' Fragile'' from his 1987 album '' …Nothing Like the Sun''. The band had intended to film their music video for the track in
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, but because of high insurance costs from
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, opted to film in Morelia, Mexico. In 2009, the band released ''Callithump''. This release features the band name "Los Paperboys" on the front cover, although this is not the official new band name.


Live performances and other work

The Paperboys have performed and appeared in the Genie Award nominated film ''
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'', for which Landa also wrote the musical score, and in the
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'', which was the first-ever film co-production between Hong Kong and Canada. The band have also made numerous appearances on Canadian national television. The band has performed and been interviewed on ''
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'', '' The Jim Byrnes Show'', ''Urban Rush'', '' Worldbeats'', and
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's '' Terminal City''. In 2001, the Red House Records label asked The Paperboys to contribute a track to ''
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'', a 60th birthday homage to Bob Dylan. Their rendition of "All Along the Watchtower" was consistently noted in reviews as one of the highlights of the album. In honor of their former drummer, Paul Lawton, who passed on suddenly in 2005, the band worked on recording ten songs written by him, for a tribute album that would include recorded material by Lawton. Following Lawton's death, a scholarship was created in his name. The ''Paul Lolly Lawton Scholarship Fund'', was established by
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, and The Paperboys worked with the Ontario Provincial Government to raise funds for it. The Paperboys routinely sell out shows in some of the most popular and prestigious clubs and festivals throughout Canada, the
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. One of their most notable appearances was being asked to perform at
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in Washington D.C. In Canada, The Paperboys appeared at almost every folk festival across the country, including
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. They have also played festivals across the United States, including
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, The Folk Alliance Festival, the
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. The Paperboys have also performed at other music festivals, including Toronto's
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, and Wintergrass. The band has been asked to return almost every year to several festivals across Europe, headlining at the United Kingdom's Warwick and Trowbridge festivals, as well as at festivals in
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. The band has also toured in
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. According to Landa, their European travels are some of their most successful and popular performances, explaining why they travel to Europe so frequently for long musical tours. The Paperboys' live performances have been described as high energy and accessible, and they have a reputation for gaining new fans after a single performance. The loyalty of fans to The Paperboys has been previously described as "a growing cult-like following in recent years."


Musical style and influences

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', and they have also been compared at times to a "laid back country version" of The Eagles. While their music is sometimes hard to describe, The Paperboys themselves have described it as ''"
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with a tequila chaser while listening to an Americana Jukebox."'' Other descriptions of The Paperboys have described a fusion of
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influences. Their songs range from traditional Celtic jigs to modern love songs. Landa has said that one of his own stronger influences in music is the Mexican style of music called Son Jarocho, whose most well-known song is Ritchie Valens's La Bamba. Tom Landa's songwriting has been cited as world-class by Chris Nickerson of the '' Seattle Weekly''. The band has also been noted for recording a number of pop and rock covers — including
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" on ''Molinos'' and
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's " Fragile" on ''The Road to Ellenside'' — which incorporate traditional Celtic jigs and reels into the arrangements; "Fragile", additionally, incorporates lyrics from both the English and Spanish versions of the song. According to Landa, his bandmate Geoffrey Kelley's other band, Spirit of the West, is a major influence on himself and The Paperboys. Landa said, "Even when playing with (Geoffrey), and him being in the same room, I will still say they were a very big influence on me. I'd almost dare to say that had it not been my hearing their records, I would never have been into Celtic music to begin with -- so the band may not even exist."


Personnel


Current members

*Tom Landa - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin (1991-present) *Brad Gillard - vocals, banjo, bass guitar (2005-present) *Sam Esecson - drums, percussion (2009-present) *Kalissa Landa - fiddle (2009-present) *Geoffrey Kelly - flute (1998-present) *Kareem Kandi - saxophone (2009-present) *Nick LaRiviere - trombone (2010-present) *Miguelito Valdes - trumpet, congas, percussion (2010-present) *Greg Lyons - trumpet (2010-present)


Former members

*Christopher Jonat - vocals, bass guitar (1991-1993) *Jeremy Hughes - accordion (1991-1993) *Kevin Ball - fiddle (1991-1993) *David Plenkovich - drums (1991-1993) *Paul Lawton - drums, percussion (1995-2002; died 2005) *Cam Salay - vocals, bass guitar, banjo (1994-2005) *Matt Brain - drums, percussion (2005-2009) *Shannon Saunders - vocals, fiddle, banjo (1995-2005) *Neil Burnett - flute, tin whistle, accordion, percussion (1994-1995) *Moritz Behm - vocals, fiddle, mandolin, percussion (1994-1995) *Shona Le Mottée - fiddle (1995-1997) *Hanz Araki - fiddle, flute (1996-1999) *Kendel Carson - fiddle (2005-2009) *Tom Neville - fiddle (1993-1994?)


Discography

* ''January'' (1993) * ''Late as Usual'' (1995) * '' Molinos'' (1997),
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link* ''Postcards'' (2000), Allmusic link* ''Tenure'' (2002) * ''Dilapidated Beauty'' (2003) * ''The Road to Ellenside'' (2006) * ''Live at Stockfisch Studio LP'' (2008) * ''Live at Stockfisch Studio CD'' (2008) * ''Callithump'' (2009) * ''Live - Across The Water, Across The Land'' (2012) * ''At Peace With One's Ghosts'' (2014) * ''Score'' (2016)


Awards and nominations

* 2001 Juno Awards, Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group, ''Postcards'' (nominated) * 2000 West Coast Music Award, Best Roots Recording, ''Postcards'' (winner) * 1998 Juno Awards, Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group, ''Molinos'' (winner) * 1998 West Coast Music Award, Best Roots Recording, ''Molinos'' (winner) * 1996 Juno Awards, Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group, ''Late As Usual'' (nominated)


References


External links


The Paperboys
official website
The Paperboys
official German website
The Paperboys official YouTube channel

The Paperboys profile
on the
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