Archie

Paul's musical narrative begun in 1994 when he was fifteen years old and in Year 9 when he decided and asked his mum if he could take guitar lessons. From there his parents purchased his very first nylon acoustic guitar and he commenced lessons at Rok Music centre in Newport on the Northern Beaches. Paul's first few lessons involved learning the first three basic chords of E, A and D. He remembers quite well the first song he learnt to play was ‘With or Without You’ by U2, however, when he tried to play along with the song he remembers thinking the chords sound nothing like from the song and his guitar teacher must have given him the incorrect chords! This certainly wasn’t the case at all though. Soon after, Paul purchased Eric Clapton’s Unplugged tablature and learnt Signe which he was extremely proud to be able to play. In 1995 Paul was fortunate to receive a Strat style guitar and little 30 watt Roland amp which he thoroughly enjoyed playing especially ‘Patience’ by Guns N Roses. Over the coming years Paul would continue to receive guitar lessons and would often retreat to his room to play guitar. In 1996 Paul started to receive lessons from a guitar teacher, Troy, at his house in Collaroy. Paul saved up money to purchase an Ibanez 540 S-Series which at the time cost $2000 and was a lot of money.
In 1998 he moved to Armidale for university where he auditioned for a band, Breaking Jade who were entering a band competition. Although they didn’t win the competition, it was a great experience. However, soon after the band members went their separate ways. During his years at university he would play casually at various college functions but never too seriously.
After Paul finished university he moved to Dubbo in 2002 where he tried to start a band but ultimately this didn’t eventuate. Over the next few years he would pursue other interests and it wouldn’t be until 2010 in Silverdale (Western Sydney) when he would next pick up the guitar. Wanting to expand his knowledge of music theory he once again took up guitar lessons with a tutor in Mulgoa. Paul also took the initiative to put a band together but this proved extremely challenging living quite far from other musicians and again was placed on hold.
It was 2015 when the family relocated to the mid north coast, he began work at North Haven Public School. There was an extremely comprehensive concert band program at school so he decided to purchase a bass guitar so he could tutor some of the students. Paul also ran a guitar group during lunchtimes. One day in 2016 when at a music store in Port Macquarie he answered an advertisement asking for a bass player for a contemporary rock covers band. For the next two years he would be part of this cover band playing a number of backyard gigs.  During mid 2018 the band disbanded, however, another friend approached him asking if he would be interested in playing in his band which Paul agreed to. At the end of 2021 another mutual friend rang saying that he and a friend were thinking a starting a country tribute band. At the time Paul wasn’t quite sure as he was already committed to another, but agreed to go out and have a jam. After playing just one song and hearing Brooke’s vocals Paul decided that both Nige and Brooke had something special and that this would be an amazing opportunity. It was from here that they became a trio and started their musical journey which continues to this day.