caption associated_acts alias birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name
pickathon - nytimes 2014 `` one man folk wonder . '' scott , chuck ragan , frank turner , the weary boys biram , shakey graves , deer tick , east cameron folkcore possessed by paul james immokalee , florida possessed by paul james non_vocal_instrumentalist july 26 , 1976 banjo , guitar , fiddle , stomp box alternative antifolk , blues , punk country , folk , country , bluegrass , thumb possessed by paul james
 konrad wert
possessed by paul james

konrad wert , known as possessed by paul james since 2005 , -lrb- born july 26 , 1976 -rrb- , is an american folk singer , songwriter and musician from lee county , florida .
his music is composed of string instruments including banjo , guitar and fiddle with written roots within folk , blues and punk .
raised within a small mennonite community among pacifists , service workers and transplants .
he graduated from eastern mennonite university in 2001 with a degree in liberal arts with various minors .
he is currently living in boerne , texas with his wife and sons meeting the music demand by touring , sales on line etc. .
he is also a special education teacher at curington elementary school in boerne , texas .
possessed by paul james has starred in `` the folk singer '' , a film by slowboat films in 2008 while in circulation internationally .
he has toured with frank turner of epitaph records , chuck ragan of side one dummy , jon snodgrass and chad price suburban home records , jim ward and others via the revival tour in 2009 .
in january 2011 , `` feed the family '' was nominated for americana album and won the award for alt .
country album in the 10th annual independent music awards .
