Paul Wookey is one of a very small handful of extremely talented musicians who were the key members of Melbourne’s and Australia’s acoustic (called ‘Roots’ or ‘Americana’ these days) music scene in the late 1970s, and one of the only ones who has stayed there full time through the four decades that have followed, and he is now singing and playing even better than he ever did, a true master of his craft. It is hard to put a label on Paul’s music: there’s Country, Blues, Folk, Bluegrass, etc.. Better perhaps to look at his influences and heroes, from Doc Watson to Eric Clapton, from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan, to Clarence White, The Byrds, The Beatles .etc.
Alongside Aussies like Mike McClellan, Doug Ashdown, Ross Ryan, Tommy Emmanuel, and international stars like Country legends Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Mark O’Connor and Byron Berline, and blues greats including Jimmy Witherspoon and John Hammond. as well as Jesse Winchester, Mick Jagger, Charlie Musselwhite, Mickey Newbury, John Renbourn, even Jasper Carrot - extensive airplay on ABC Radio National and inclusion on Ian McNamara’s most recent Australia All Over compilation CD.