Paul's Big Radio

Artist Information

Biography

Morris Paul Lippens was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and grew up in New England and Michigan. He is a songwriter well versed in tradition and a performer of the highest quality.

People call their music Americana, Alt Country, Folk, Roots Rock, or just Rock & Roll. Paul often describes it as "Northern Country", music that infuses american blues with his canadian roots.

Paul's Big Radio is a band dedicated to conveying original and modern themes with traditional appeal yet they still manage to squeeze in a few great covers in every set from acts like - Johnny Cash, the Stones, Neil Young, Taj Mahal, Dylan, Wilco, Graham Parsons, Ralph Stanley and Leadbelly.

About the Band…
“Paul's Big Radio presents a happy marriage of Alt-Country roots combined with a Dylan-esque literacy that makes for some of the most intelligent and rockin' music coming out of Michigan today. Just listen to "The Monona" and tell me that anybody is crafting better songs out there.”
-Jeremy Baldwin - WSDS 1480 AM

About Morris Paul Lippens…
"…There is no doubt that Paul has the ability to transform trivial products (simple songs or spontaneous themes) into META-ART. He is a composer of high quality, well versed in traditional music theory… Mr. Lippens, as a performer, consistently exhibits the skills of a virtuoso."
- Dr. Yusef A. Lateef - YAL Records

About the Album…
“Two Rooms is the album that the entire Alt-Country genre has been desperately in need of. Here's a band and a record that relies on strong songs with good hooks, prose that'll stand up to a bull dozer and a sound so full of honesty and humility that it makes most contemporary bands' output seem petty and contrived… PBR is a strong link in a long chain of Midwestern roots music and sooner or later everyone will know it.”
- Phillips Saylor Wisor - The Shiftless Rounder’s

MPL Selected Venues: The Ark, The Blind Pig, The Old Town, The Del Reo, Leopold Brothers– Ann Arbor, MI; Memphis Smoke – Royal Oak, MI; The Elbow Room, TC’s Speakeasy, Ypsilanti MI; The Alley Bar, Dexter MI; The Black Sheep - Amherst, MA; Fire and Water - Northampton, MA. The Flywheel - Easthampton, MA; The Living Room, Cody’s Bar & Grill – NYC, NY; The Lucida Roadhouse – Shelter Island, NY; The Town Pump – Black Mountain, NC; Ken’s Bar - Madison W; Penny Lane – Boulder, CO.

MPL Selected Festivals: The Greenfair, Top of the Park – Ann Arbor Mi, The Oneida Bluegrass Festival, Oneida NY; The French Holler Bluegrass Festival – Knoxville TN; Hampshire Halloween, Spring Fling – Amherst MA; The Northampton Music Festival – Northampton, MA.

Instrumentation

Members:

Morris Paul Lippens - Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, organ, vocals.

Josh Killom – Acoustic and Electric guitars, ukulele, backing vocals.

Jerry Hancock - Acoustic and electric bass guitar.

Chris Mueller – Drums, backing vocals.

Discography

Paul's Big Radio, "Two Rooms". Embassy Hotel Records. November, 2004.

Two Rooms made the Freefrom Americana Radio charts and is recieving freequent playtime by independant dj's.

Beggars Tomb, "Songs From a Mineshaft". Yonder Blue Hills Records. August, 2000.

Songs From a Mineshaft was actually recorded in a rocky mountain abandoned mineshaft - nuff said.

Official Website

http://www.paulsbigradio.com

Audio

Lyrics

• The Menona (Otis Redding's Grave)

Video

Photo Gallery

Press

• Paul`s Big Radio - Two Rooms [+ Show ]
  

  Paul's Big Radio projects an engagingly ragged array of roots pop, amplifying singer/songwriter Paul...Paul's Big Radio projects an engagingly ragged array of roots pop, amplifying singer/songwriter Paul Lippens' home grown style. Together with Corndaddy bassist Jerry Hancock, fellow Michigan-based guitarist Josh Killom and drummer Christopher Mueller, he offers snapshots of American life that range from driven alt country rockers to acoustic-based singalongs and mandolin-infused laments. Their debut CD, Two Rooms captures live-in-the-studio performances, keeping the raw energy and a few rough edges intact. With a diverse palette of styles and moods at their fingertips, they conjure a comforting, familiar blend of rootsy influences that's built to last. (Embassy Hotel)
  
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  http://store.milesofmusic.com/prodinfo.htm?number=31416

Setlist

Set List Examples

TC's June 11th, 2004

· Heavy metal drummer
· Mexico
· In this light
· Rusty cage
· Cakewalk
· I 95
· Anns song
· My kind of people
· High on a mountain
· Romance in Durango
· New town
· Stir it up
· Cocaine Monday
· Low down
· Little Maggie

The Blind Pig June 16th, 2004

· She's the Girl
· Cocaine Monday
· Annabelle
· Rock is shit
· My kind of people
· Too little too late
· Ring of fire
· Natural fact
· Everybody knows this is nowhere
· Emergency >
· Further on down the road
· High on a mountain

Set List TC’s 11/12/04

· Rock is Dead
· Natural Fact
· C Monday
· Everybody Knows TIK
· Emergency>
· Olivia
· Become the Wind (mpl solo)
· She’s the Girl>
· Further down the road
· One more cup of coffee
· Too little too late
· Ashley Street (anns song)
· Rattlesnake Blues
· High on a Mountain

Set List Old Town 11/14/04

· In this light
· My Kind of People
· I – 95
· Diamond Joe
· Ooh La La
· Cakewalk
· R.C. Moonshine
· Annabelle
· The Monona
· This Land
· High on a Mountain

TC's Jan 29th, 2005

Set I
· She’s the Girl
· Cocaine Monday
· Rusty Cage
· Ashley Street>
· Emergency>
· Olivia>
· Ashley Street
· Cakewalk
· Old Uniform (MPL Solo)

Set II
· Ooh La La (Mando/Acoustic)
· In this Light (Mando/Acoustic)
· My Kind of People (Mando/Acoustic)
· Folk Liberty
· Disco Angel

Elbow Room Friday March 25th

· Disco Angel>
· Everybody Knows This is Nowhere>
· Natural Fact
· Baby Jane
· Folk Liberty
· Four AM (slide/acoustic)
· Thomas Pine
. Too Little Too Late

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