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paul testa jr

sweet paulie t is a hammond b3 organ player who was elected to the blues music hall of fame in minnesota in 2010. paulie t has recorded with 26 different groups in his lifetime. he has played many shows with the greatest in blues music from koko taylor to michael burks, to scott holt, to pierre lacocque and mississippi heat, to joanna conners, to bryan lee, to, nora jean bruso, to larry garner and many many more. he also on the rock scene has played shows with edgar winter, asia, kansas, styx, reo speedwagon, to the allman brothers and atlanta rythym section, eddie money,lynard sknyard. and many many more. paul t has played music for going on 53 years as of 2014. he has played in 27 different groups in his lifetime. his latest tours of national blues performances were with l.a. bluesman corey stevens for 12 years. in europe he had the honor of playing the rawa blues music fest with nora jean bruso in poland in 2010. paulie ts birthday is the same day as great guitarist earl klugh and the king of the blues mr b.b. king. the date is sept. 16. 1949. it has been an amazing run dating over 54 years.in twelve years of playing with corey stevens he played in a number of huge music festivals throughout the u.s. and canada.

his early days tell a story of a young man growing up in little italy on the eastside of st.paul,mn ... he graduated from john a johnson high school in 1967. he was drafted in 1968 and enlisted in the u.s. navy. in the navy he found out he was gonna be discharged for a medical issue. at the time he had been playing music with his brother ron and cousin richie and tom stella on bass guitar and steve burnett on saxophone and lead vocal. they won a number of battle of the bands. the name of the band was The Trolls. even as teenagers they were a highly sought after group. booking agents were asking their parents to let them be booked by these agents. they beat much older groups at several battle of the bands looking for future talents to book. it has been an amazing ride.joining the mix is paulies new group sweet paulie t's amazing blue diamonds.

the groups he's played in;;;; the marty cochirella band, the trolls, the profits, liberty street, mike menocchio band, pine, liberty st 2, peoples choice -alexandria virgina, funktion, jerry jakala band, checkers, liberty street 3, leo labo and the deepfreeze, the mighty roostas -- national act, corey stevens -- national act, little bobby and the storm-- national act, nora jean bruso --- national act, the pain shop, mark anthony and storm project, mark anthony and storm project 2, cold front blues band, mystic evolution -- national act, pork chop, sweet paulie t and the blues blasters, sweet paulie t and the florida bluesmasters, sweet paulie t's amazing blue diamonds,

its been a great great ride and a long journey for sure...