Artist description Burch is one of the most promising singer-songwriters on the cutting edge of country music...(and) not so much alternative as it is a superbreincarnation of pre-Elvis country music.

Music Style Country

Artist History Paul Burch was born in Washington D.C. and grewup in a family of writers, painters, wildcaters, racehorse trainers, judges, and antique collectors. PBstarted playing drums while living with his family inVirginia and Oxford, Mississippi and took up guitarand other instruments in Indiana, where hegraduated from Purdue University. After school hetraveled to Ireland and Europe before settling inBoston, joining the country-folk group the BagBoys. In 1994, PB moved to Nashville and with Lambchopsteel guitarist Paul Niehaus, formed the WPABallclub. Performing nightly marathon shows atTootsie's Orchid Lounge, the former honky-tonk ofthe Grand Ole Opry, the WPA gained world-wideaccolades for their world country sound. The new album, Wire to Wire on Checkered Past,also features the WPA Ballclub including guestsDesignated Yodeler Ranger Doug of Riders in theSky and the Bag Boys. The 14 song album includesa rendition of Webb Pierce's 'Drifting Texas Sand'as well as the Burch & Niehaus collaboration 'Someof These Days.' The album was co-produced withNiehaus, Hank Tilbury and George Bradfute. "Wire to Wire is a song cycle, a string of episodesthat takes place in time from sundown tosundown," says Burch, "The album was recorded asa band live with everyone in the same room and inmost cases, the first take is what turned out best." The WPA Ballclub features: Burch, vocal, rhythmguitar & vibraphone, Paul Niehaus, lap and pedalsteel, George Bradfute, baritone guitar, DennisCrouch, upright bass, Larry Atamenuack, drums,Deanna Varagona, harmony & cello, and RaymondMcLain, fiddle and banjo. The WPA albums are recorded in Nashville by theWPA Corps of Engineers: Mark Nevers, HankTilbury, and George Bradfute. Since 1995, PB has also been a member in goodstanding in Lambchop and can be heard playingvibraphone and electric piano with Lambchop on theVic Chestnutt record "Salesman and Bernadette" aswell as the new Lambchop album "What Another Man Spills."

Albums Wire to Wire, Pan-American Flash

Press Reviews "While not as flamboyant as Greg Garing orBR5-49, Burch is in many ways more substantial as a writer, performer, and bandleader.He has quietly assembled what may well be themost solid alt. country band. His WPA Ballclub playswith an almost casual sense of atmosphere andtimelessness: they could just as easily be backingup Ernest Tubb or Bob Wills or Hank Williams."- Chet Flippo, Billboard "Burch is one of the most promisingsinger-songwriters on the cutting edge of countrymusic... (and) not so much alternative as it is asuperb reincarnation of pre-Elvis country music." -Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post

Location Nashville, TN - USA

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