Paul Siebel

Paul Siebel (September 19, 1937 – April 5, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York. He is best known for other artists' cover versions of his songs, most notably "Louise". Other frequently covered Siebel songs include "Spanish Johnny" (which was originally a poem written by Willa Cather in 1917 and expanded upon by Siebel), "Long Afternoons," "Any Day Woman," "Nashville Again," "She Made Me Lose My Blues," and "Then Came the Children".
After serving in the military, Siebel began playing folk clubs, eventually moving to Greenwich Village, where he found support in the coffeehouse circuit. An article in The New York Times on February 14, 1970, written by Mike Jahn, described Siebel as "a folk singer with a country and Western bias ... a 32‐year‐old native of Buffalo and musically a product of the Greenwich Village folk scene" and said that he "sings in high nasal and hillbilly manner, rather like Bob Dylan's singing in his early days"....(read more at Wikipedia)
==Links to Peel==
Paul Siebel recorded two albums for Elektra in the early 1970s, gaining some critical acclaim and respect from his contemporaries but little commercial success. Afterwards he seemed to disappear from the music scene, but the songs he included on his two LPs did enough to earn him a lasting reputation. 
Peel played some of Paul Siebel's material in the early 1970s and revisited the artist in 2002, playing one of his best-known songs, "Louise", from his debut album Woodsmoke and Oranges. Cover versions of it included one by Ian Matthews, who also recorded versions of Siebel's "Bride 1945" and "Any Day Woman", performing the latter on the first Peel session by Plainsong. "Then Came The Children", also from the Woodsmoke and Oranges LP, was inspired by Siebel hearing the Incredible String Band.
==Shows Played==
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*17 January 1970: Louise (LP - Woodsmoke And Oranges) Elektra
*14 February 1970: She Made Me Lose My Blues (LP - Woodsmoke and Oranges) Elektra
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*02 January 2002: Louise (LP – Woodsmoke And Oranges) Elektra
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists