Paul Watson (musician)

For other people named Paul Watson, see Paul Watson (disambiguation).

Paul Watson
Background information
Born	(1952-03-16)March 16, 1952 Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	November 20, 2024(2024-11-20) (aged 72) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

Paul Taylor "Watty" Watson (March 16, 1952 – November 20, 2024) was an American cornetist, guitarist, trumpet player, singer, composer, and songwriter who lived in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

Life and career

Watson was born in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky on March 16, 1952. He is best known for his work with The Orthotonics, FSK, Sparklehorse, and Patrick Phelan.[1]

From 2007 onward he worked frequently in New York and Europe with the band And The Wiremen, and his principal collaborator in that band, composer Lynn Wright.[2] With Wright, he also worked regularly with the New York-based choreographer Rachel Cohen,[3] and a wide range of improvisors and songwriters, including Pere Ubu's Tony Maimone, poet Pete Simonelli, violinist Simon Goff, singer Little Annie and her music director Paul Wallfisch,[4] and experimental German vocalist Christiane Hommelsheim.[5]

In 2014, he released a solo record My Secret Effect.[1]

Watson lived in Richmond, Virginia, where he died from complications of Parkinson's disease on November 20, 2024, at the age of 72.[6][1]

Selected discography

• 1979 – Idio Savant – Shakers in a Tantrum Landscape
• 1981 – Alchemical Rowdies – Trans-Idio
• 1982 – Ortho-tonics – Accessible As Gravity
• 1984 – 1/2 Japanese – Our Solar System
• 1984 – Orthotonics – Wake Up You Must Remember
• 1985 – Half Japanese – Sing No Evil
• 1986 – F.A.F.O.O.T. – FA3574
• 1989 – House of Freaks – Tantilla +13
• 1990 – Half Japanese – We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love
• 1993 – FSK – The Sound Of Music
• 1995 – Sparklehorse – London
• 1995 – Sparklehorse – Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
• 1996 – FSK – International
• 1998 – Rattlemouth – Fist Full Of Iffy
• 1998 – Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider
• 1999 – Michael Hurley – Weatherhole
• 1999 – One Ring Zero – Tranz Party
• 2000 – The Blasco Ballroom – Film
• 2000 – Patrick Phelan – Songs Of Patrick Phelan
• 2000 – Cracker – Garage D'Or
• 2001 – Patrick Phelan – Parlor
• 2001 – A Camp – A Camp
• 2001 – Dexter Romweber – Chased By Martians
• 2001 – Griefbirds – Paper Radio
• 2002 – Cordero – Lamb Lost In The City
• 2004 – Tulsa Drone – No Wake
• 2006 – Ostinato – Chasing The Form
• 2006 – Tanakh – Ardent Fevers
• 2006 – Sarah White – White Light
• 2007 – Gachupin – Gachupin
• 2010 – And the Wiremen – And the Wiremen
• 2012 - Bee and Flower - Suspension
• 2012 - Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird - Sky and Country
• 2014 - Paul Watson - My Secret Effect
• 2015 - TB Ward - LambLion
• 2015 - And The Wiremen - Send Me Low
• 2016 - And The Wiremen - Caged Bird/Mad Love (Single)

References

1. "In Memoriam: Paul Watson". Style Weekly.
2. Ferchow, Sven. "Skurril, rührend, ewig".
3. Seibert, Brian. "Makeshift Thrones Fit for No King, and Angels Unfurling Their Wings". New York Times.
4. "Little Annie: Vy jste ten chlap od Kerouacka?".
5. "Festival "Ankunft: Neue Musik" startet im Berliner Hauptbahnhof". August 20, 2014.
6. "Paul Taylor "Watty" Watson". Legacy. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

External links

• Paul Watson on Myspace
• Review of Griefbirds "Paper Radio"
• Recording of F.A.F.O.O.T. at the Free Music Archive