John Weston I Tried To Hide From The Blues CD

In 1987 and 1988, Anthony toured the U.S.and Europe with contemporary blues harmonica-master Mark Hummel and his band the Blues Survivors.

1991, was the year he recorded with the Johnny Nocturne Band, a nine-piece jump blues outfit from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Anthony's unparalleled performance on the group's debut album WAILIN' DADDY (Rounder/Bullseye Blues), garnered him much critical acclaim, and in 1992 & 1993, with the Johnny Nocturne Band, he performed at the du Maurier Jazz Festival, in Vancouver, B.C.; the Victoria Jazz Festival, Victoria, B.C.; the Monterey Jazz Festival; the San Francisco Blues Festival; and the Sacramento Blues Festival.

Also in 1993, Paule's guitar playing graced the Doug Jay album entitled, "UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN".

The release of this highly successful album, resulted in a four week European tour and accolades from music reviewers in the U.S. and Abroad... "Guitarist Anthony Paule impresses throughout the album, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN ...Paule stakes his claim as Junior Watson's number one rival for the title 'King of the West Coast Swing', vacated by the late Hollywood Fats"... Ray Gardner, Blues & Rhythm (London) ...Anthony Paule's work is exemplary throughout this CD, delivering biting sharp solos as well as filling out the rhythm section behind the leader"... Norman Darwen, Blue Print Magazine (England) 1994 resulted more festivals, the Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, Oregon; the Monterey Jazz Festival; the Monterey Blues Festival; and for the third year in a row du Maurier Jazz Festival in Vancouver.

Jelly Roll Morton's Missing New Orleans is a summoning of the past magical atmosphere of that now devastated city of darkness, finishing with Birnbaum's own 'Dark Star.