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One day Vancouver guitarist and songwriter Paul Pigat is furiously picking his guitar in the rockabilly style — an early style of rock and roll originating in the U.S. in the early 1950s — performing as his alter ego Cousin Harley. ...
MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: COUSIN HARLEY – BLUE SMOKE
MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: COUSIN HARLEY - BLUE SMOKE: THE MUSIC OF MERLE TRAVIS By Bob Mersereau December 13, 2017 Top 100 Canadian Singles Because we focus so much on the rock and roll heroes, or the great jazz players of earlier in the 20th...
Bigsby Sponsoring Cousin Harley’s Tribute CD Honoring Merle Travis’ 100th Birthday
Bigsby Sponsoring Cousin Harley's Tribute CD Honoring Merle Travis' 100th Birthday "Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis" CD To Be Released November 25 on Little Pig Records VANCOUVER, BC - Canadian rockabilly master Cousin Harley is paying homage to...
Cousin Harley Premiere”Deep South” from New Merle Travis Tribute Album
Canadian rockabilly guitar master Paul Pigat was in the process of recording a new solo album when he suddenly realized country guitar virtuoso Merle Traviswould've turned 100 this year. "When I discovered his birthday was November 29, 1917, I decided to...
Rockabilly and jazz not all that different for Vancouver guitarist Paul Pigat
By Gavin Fisher April 23, 2016 CBC News One day Vancouver guitarist and songwriter Paul Pigat is furiously picking his guitar in the rockabilly style — an early style of rock and roll originating in the U.S. in the early 1950s — performing as his alter ego...
Cousin Harley releases “The Dutch Sessions” CD
Canada's rockabilly heroes Cousin Harley are back with their fifth release, The Dutch Sessions, recorded direct-to-tape in the village of Schipluiden in The Netherlands, over the course of three rainy days off on their 2013 European tour. Paul Pigat, Keith Picot, and...
Guitars: Vintage vs. new? Guitar Aficionado
By Paul Pigat October 27, 2011 For Guitar Aficionado My name is Paul Pigat, and yes, I admit … I’m a guitaraholic. I’ve been chasing the “guitar dragon” for most of my life. It all started when I found a 1928 Gibson Nick Lucas Special. I was 15. A guitar...
Paul Pigat – Guitar Player Magazine
BY ART THOMPSON Guitar Player magazine September 2011 “I’LL OFTEN WRITE A SONG THAT I THINK IS GOING to be for one project, and then it turns out that it works better for something else,” says Canadian guitarist Paul Pigat in reference to his two very...
Premier Guitar Interview: Paul Pigat – It’s a Sin
By Joe Charupakorn March 24, 2011 premierguitar.com You wouldn’t know it by seeing his fans pogo dancing like punk rockers, or by hearing his rockabilly-meets-metal-meets-surf rock songs. Behind Paul Pigat’s pompadour and horn-rim glasses is a formally...