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Paul Tillman Smith’s first Replica Handbagsprofessional drumming gig was with Blues legend Lightnin’ Hopkins at the Continental Club in West Oakland. He was fifteen years old. At the age of eighteen he joined the rock group” The second Coming’, which included Steve Miller and musicians who later split up and became two historical groups, “The Steve Miller Band and “Country Joe and the Fish”.
Both groups sought Paul’s services, but heReplica Louis Vuitton chose instead to go to New York playing and recording with Avante Garde Jazz musicians Sonny Simmons and Albert Ayler, the later who came to be considered a founding father of the Avante Garde Jazz Era, along with John Coltrane. While in New York he also performed with Jackie MacLean, Archie Schepp, Kenny Dorham and Pharaoh Sanders. On his return to the Bay Area, Paul performed and recorded with award winning Jazz Violinist Michael White on the Warner Brothers Label. That band featured the legendary pianist Ed Kelly.
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Jon Faddis, Bobby Lyle, Gary Bartz, Reggie Gucci handbagsLucas, Azteca, Rodney Franklin, Carlos Santana, Michael Henderson, The Brecker Brothers, Sylvestor, Jeannie Tracy, Mtume, Big Momma Thornton, Eddie Henderson, Rashan Roland Kirk, Buddy Connor, Angela Bofill, Dewey Redman, Woody Shaw, Pete Escovedo, Ray Obiedo and Merl Saunders just to name a few. Paul was the first drummer chosen to audition for Jimi Hendrix’s new band, “The Band of Gypsies”.
Jimi heard tapes of Paul playing in Prada HandbagsNew York with Bassist Percussionist Juma Sultan who had become Jimi’s Guru of sorts and offered to send for Paul to come to Woodstock to audition. Paul didn’t go because he felt the timing wasn’t right. Thelonius Monk and Herbie Hancock also sought out Paul’s drumming skills. At seventeen Paul auditioned for the gig to play with “Sly and the Family Stone” and was told by Sly’s brother Freddie Stone that he was the second drummer chosen. Though Paul loved Sly’s music and the Band, he often quips that that is one gig he is glad he didn’t get.
