Paul
Beebe has been playing guitar since the sixth grade and has a BA in
Music (Theory) from Tulane University
in New Orleans. Making a living as a musician, Paul focuses most
of his compositional efforts on his solo efforts, and sings lead and
plays Rhythm Guitar in an original band called Reading Days,
which is on temporary hiatus.
He also sings and plays Bass in Beetle, Thunderado,
and The
Light Rock Express,
and Drums in The Small Sounds, and sings
lead and dances in the hottest new disco band in town, Disco
Expressions.
Beetle
performs at The Continental
Club in Houston for the No Cover Happy Hour show every Thursday
from 7-10pm. Paul also plays his Solo
Show at The Big Top Lounge next to The Continental Club the first
Friday of each month from 10pm to approximately 1am, when he does not
have prior
engagements (See Events
for listings). It is also a free show. If you are
interested in booking any of Paul's bands, please contact Allen@allenhillentertainment.com.
Paul's
History:
He first hit the Houston
music scene in 1992 with No Trespassing's debut release, "The World
Upside Down." Though elder musicians around him
were blown away by the band's raw sound and talent, the album failed to
gain much recognition. This was likely due to the fact that
Paul's voice had not yet changed and the band hadn't yet entered high
school. After the rise and fall of No Trespassing, Paul played in
an original band in high school and in college called The Roof Badgers
. The Roof Badgers released two full-length albums, but split due
to differing career goals.
Almost immediately after graduating
from college, Paul picked up the bass and joined in his older brother
David's Gulf Coast / Lounge effort called
The El Orbits.
This
lounge band
plays everything from Sinatra to Glen Campbell, Marvin Gaye to Seals
and Crofts, and just about everything else that's sort of old. Paul
essentially left that band, though he still
occasionally sits in with them. During his time with The El
Orbits, Paul also joined Drifter,
a local rock band with big dreams and little motivation. Drifter
achieved some moderate local success, including winning the 2002
Houston Press Award for "Best New Act," which has been a curse for many
of the bands who have won it (not excluding Drifter). After
releasing two albums, one bad and one good, Drifter split due to
differing career goals and failing momentum. Paul and two other
members of Drifter (Craig Feazel and Cullen Evans) rejoined in a new
effort, The Small Sounds,
in which no one plays his primary instrument. Also during
this time, The
Light
Rock Express developed out of The El Orbits. Playing only the best in
'70's Light Rock, LRE focuses on the best aspects of Light Rock music
and life. Out of The Light Rock Express developed
Disco Expressions, a nine
piece Disco band in which Paul sings lead and dances to all of the most
famous and desirable dance party songs of the 70's. Complete with
a full horn section, Disco Expressions has played to a packed house at
The Continental Club but is focused on the private party scene.
In the fall of 2005, Paul and his good friend and long time
collaborator Hunter Perrin
joined forces in a power trio with Jordan Harrison on the
drums. Thunderado is a
Texas-centric rock band that only plays occasionally due to the
bi-coastal nature of the band, but which uses technology to co-write
songs over great distances. Thunderado is in the process of
recording an album in Burbank, CA. Another project, Reading Days, is a new band which plays his
original music and more, and features Matt Clark
(of Drop), Mark Riddell (of Magee
Payne), and drummer Jon Sanchez.
In 2006, Paul began offering recording services to other bands and
musicians and has recorded projects with Stayton Bonner, Los
Lunas, Super Estrella de Tino
Ortega, and The El Orbits. He also
acheived success with song placements in MTV shows such as "Pimp My
Ride," "Parental Control," and "Room Raiders." He continues to
record both himself and other musicians.
Currently Paul is living in
Houston
near the heart of the Houston Music Scene, and spends much of his
non-gigging time recording in his home studio, working on this
web-site, and hanging out on his MySpace page.
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