PAUL FILIPOWICZ, A throw-back bluesman who never in his fifty years of performing has bent to music fads or whims. Blues guitar, “That’s all there is, electric, melting tubes. That’s the shit”. Paul has been lighting up stages from Texas to Mississippi, New York City, the Midwest all the way to Ulan-Bat-tar Mongolia for over five decades. “His dynamic performances and finger picked guitar style, which gives him unique phrasing and tone, have warranted him critical acclaim in publications ‘Living Blues’… rough-voiced holler and raw roadhouse sound that fit Filipowicz well, ‘Blues Access… loud raucous Texas blues with often wry lyrics, ‘Blues Revue’. ‘Big City Blues’ and many European publications ‘The Jefferson’, Latvia, ‘Soul Bag, France. Andy Grigg of ‘Real Blues’ Victoria B.C. picked him in the top 20 Texas Blues new releases two years in a row. In ‘Concerto’ Vienna Austria he received a two page layout, translating down to… this is one of the few original white bluesmen around and deserves closer attention. Over the years he has traveled with up to a seven-piece combo. Even after fifty years of one-nighters his live shows are still always sweat soaked, impassioned true blues-guitar workouts. This man has earned his reputation the old-fashioned way, ‘You know you’re a bluesman and I know you’re a bluesman and every time you take the stage you got to prove IT.’ Luther Allision. The Night the Lights Went Out At O’Cays Corral, a history of WI Blues. Chicago Blues Hall of Fame (Master Blues Artist) 2015, Illinois Route 66 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022, Wisconsin Blues Hall of Fame 2023.
“FILIPOWICZ is a throwback to the bands like Hound Dog Taylor, Hip Linkchain, J.B. Hutto & other West Side Chicago joint hopping combos. Over 50 years of one nighters, from the Mint Lounge to Greenville Ave Bar & Grill. T.V., Radio to excursion boats and everything in between, has honed his playing into a raw jagged nerve ending style & sound sometimes reminiscent of Brewer Philips.
Event Venue
Pyramid Event Venue, 117 S Main St, Lake Mills, WI 53551-1613, United States,Lake Mills, Wisconsin
