About Me
Paul Brett is rated as one of the best 12 string acoustic guitarists in the
world. He has played with The Strawbs, Overlanders, Crazy World of
Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, The Velvet Opera, Tintern
Abbey, Fire, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Lonnie Donegan. Also played
sessions / tours / gigs with many bands including Ivy League, Flower
Pot Men, Jimi Hendrix, Ornette Coleman, Rod Stewart & the Faces,
Ronnie Wood, Louis Belson, Hudson & Ford, John Joyce, Michele
Polnareff, Ralph McTell, Neil Christian, Status Quo, Barclay James
Harvest, Tom Newman, Overlanders etc.etc.etc. He has had many
successful number 1's and Chart Records with various bands and Gold &
Silver albums in his own right.
He has been A&R for RCA Records, Managing Director of PAN / POLYCHORD
- at the time the Pan Agency was ,the largest Rock Agency in Europe representing many acts including Deep Purple, Bryan Adams, Jeff Beck, etc.etc. Journalist for many National Publications including NME,Melody Maker,Sounds International, Beat Instrumental, Guitar Magazine etc. Producer for Capital Radio in London and many sessions over the years for all National Radio & TV Stations. Also, joint head of Production with Michele
Breeze daughter of Alan and EVITA & BOUDICCA Star ) for Majesty Cruise Line USA and Rank plc. Holiday Division. He has produced major shows for many International Corporate Clients and is currently writing the music for Elizabeth 1 , Michele Breeze's One Woman Show in her Women of Power series.Paul recently appeared on BBC TV's The Antiques Roadshow in the Collector of the Year feature where he showed a small sample of his vast Guitar Collection. He is currently a features writer and columist for ACOUSTIC Magazine. The only National UK magazine dedicated to Acoustic instruments. He is their expert on rare guitars and features a regular Collector's Page
advising readers on market trends both in the UK and in the States where he has extensive contacts. He has also just filmed a feature spot on BBC TV's Flog It with Paul Martin due for broadcast in the new series in 2006.
Press
" Brett is the most original 12 string guitarist on the planet " Music Week
" If Eric Clapton's fingers are made of gold then Brett's are
pure platinum " Concert News U.S.A.
" Brett sounds like a 12 string version of the Halle Orchestra
in full flight " N.M.E.
"Virtuoso performer , untouchable and incomparable " Daily Express
" Very ambitious, very different and very good " Sunday Times.
" Brett is constantly imaginative and a superb player " Melody Maker
"Paul Brett is always the true innovator, one of the very few " Cosmopolitan
" This guy sounds like four players " The SunRecordings:
Neil Christian - Strike Records - That's Nice - Top Ten
Roy Harper - Strike Records - Sophisticated Beggar LP
Al Stewart - CBS Records - Zero she flies LP
Overlanders - Michelle - Chart no 1
Arthur Brown - Devil's Grip - Top Ten
Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner - Deram/ Rare Collectable
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Flames/Rock Machine Turns you on Chart single and No1 LP - Direction and CBS Records.
Velvet Opera - Velvet Opera LP CBS & singles
Fire - Magic Shoemaker LP - Top collectable
Paul King - Been in the Pen to Long LP - Pye Records
Paul Brett Sage - 3 Albums for Pye / Dawn - all collectable/ International hits
Paul Brett - 2 albums for Bradley's Records - collectable
Paul Brett - 2 LP's for Phoenix Future , one of the first Co-operative labels in the UK. Ralph Steadman did the LP Cover Artwork.
Paul Brett - 4 LP's for RCA Records plus singles. Including the first ever suite for solo 12 string guitar - Earth Birth - world class reviews.
Paul Brett - 2 LP's for K-Tel both chart LP's Gold & Silver sales awards
Paul Brett - Music for Audio Visual - Music Manifold Recs.
Paul Brett - Transmissions - Albion Music ( library LP)
Paul Brett - Guitar for all Seasons - Eclipse ( not released, but 1000 copies pressed)
Strawbs - Dragonfly and Classic Strawbs - Platinum LP
More with Pete Haycock's Clymax, Paul Da Vinci, Dale A.
Williams, Cosmic Cowboys, Tina, Powerful Pierre and English
Annie, Status Quo, Barclay James Harvest, Ralph McTell,
Michele Breeze, Soul Mates, South West 4, Ivy League,
Warren Davies Monday Band, Flower Pot Men, Lonnie
Donegan, Cyril Stapleton Orchestra, Clark Brothers, Matt Mattocks Ballet Company USA,John Joyce etc.
New Musical BOUDICCA co-written with Michele Breeze
former Star of EVITA. Now completing Elizabeth 1 in the same genre. Also
DVD filmed.Recent CD's - Acoustic Power ( with John Joyce), Dances with Souls, Solo Orchestral 12 string Guitar.DVD - Collecting Vintage Acoustic Guitars. Visit Paul's Vintage Acoustic Guitar Museum On - Line at www.fret-dancer.com
