Paul Kayen Music

Paul Kayen was born in Huntington, NY and started playing guitar at age 12. His heroes and influences were Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Paul began playing at bars in the New York area at age 15, and started doing session work in Manhattan by age 17 for major record companies such as Atlantic, CBS and RCA Records. By 1984, Paul was playing lead guitar in Aldo Nova’s group and featured with songwriting credits on TWITCH, Aldo Nova’s third album. While working with Aldo Nova, Paul simultaneously played guitar with Atlanta, Georgia’s Rhett Forester recording two ablums GONE WITH THE WIND and EVEN THE SCORE, with songwriting credits on those albums as well. Paul also produced one of the first RAP/ROCK crossover singles released on Atlantic records called RAINBOW BAR & GIRLS. In the early 90’s, Paul formed a band called Blackjack Bomber. After Blackjack Bomber, he left to play guitar with noted Harmonica player Frank Latorre and The King Bees. Paul now lives in Florida but continues to journey to New York to play at various venues with major musicians such as Rod Morgenstein, (drummer; Dixie Dregs, Winger, Jordan Rudess), and Richie Cannata, (saxophone; Billy Joel). Recently Paul opened for Johnny Winter which was an extraordinary and rewarding experience.