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Paul Brian Bell could play the piano before he could read words. His early childhood he spent focused on classical music and playing recitals. 1994-2001 saw Paul as a founding member of the San Diego based all original blues rock band, "The Last Exit Band". who released a studio album: "Down This Road", in 2001. He was the main keyboard player and vocalist for Grateful Dead tribute, The Electric Waste Band from 1995-1997, and again from 1998-2013. Paul's own songwriting has a Floyd-meets-Dead quality. 'Hourglass', released in 2007, features very personal lyrics and vocals by Bell, as well as guest bass player from EWB, Andrew Lantz, and former band-mate from Last Exit Band, Kent Stephens, lending lyrics to the song "Newborn Nation." There is also a hidden track on Hourglass. A cover of Pink Floyd's Arnold Layne closes out the album, with guests Ed Fletcher and Andrew Lantz of EWB. Paul's single "Northbound Runnin', Features lyrics adapted with permission from a poem titled "Women in White", from The Grateful Dead's own lyricist Robert Hunter. A new recording project, Billy Be Damned has finished a new album released 4-20-18 .