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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...

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...

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