Full Moon Over Goseck (Paul Millns' 70th Birthday Concert)

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Paul Millns in Europe is one of the famous Singer/Songwriters in Blues. Because of his beautiful lyrics most of the times in the media he is called the Blues'n'Soul Poet from London". Before starting his solo career in the mid Seventies, he used to play the piano in the bands of Alexis Korner and Eric Burdon. For Eric that time he also did all the band's arrangements. Critics have always commented on the soul quality of Paul’s vocal style in the tradition of great smokey voices like early hero Ray Charles and Joe Cocker. This together with his piano style has always given his own performances of his songs a strong ‘bluesy’ character mostly absent from the work of other singer/songwriters. Recently, with several singers taking an interest in Paul’s repertoire, he has started to concentrate on writing for other performers. The main breakthrough for Paul as a composer was Elkie Brooks' recording ‘’Too much between us’’ for her hit album ’‘Pearls 2’’, and many other artists have performed and recorded his songs, including Bonny Tyler (‘’Forget her’’ on her 1996 album ‘’Free Spirits’’) and Nana Mouskouri (("When Love Comes Calling" on her 1997 album "Return for Love")."