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  • My new group, The Amuse Blues Jazz Trio, founded 2018. Featuring Paul Shumsky (guitar), Ryan Ford (bass), Steve Dauphinais (drums).
    My new group, The Amuse Blues Jazz Trio, founded 2018
  • Taken by a friend backstage (11 Garden St, Cambridge MA) after our first gig in 1989 -  Kevin Cobb, Ricardo Monzon, Alice Johnson, Andy Holiner, Paul Shumsky, Scott, Amendola.
    Our very first lineup promo shot in 1989
  • Wildest Dreams promo shot
    Wildest Dreams promo shot
  • A light-hearted moment, but we never actually used this promo shot! (photo by Susan Wilson)
    Wildest Dreams out-take promo shot
  • We did play some weddings but hardly ever actually wore our tuxes.
    Wildest Dreams in tuxes. Kevin Cobb, Andy Holiner, Alice Johnson, Luis Blanco, Andreas Brade, Paul Shumsky
  • Half-time in the green room at Regis College Theatre for the Performing Arts. Pernell Saturnino, Paul Shumsky, Alice Johnson, Andy Holiner, Chagai Ashbel, Kevin Cobb.
    Band Green Room
  • On stage with Wildest Dreams at the Cambridge Riverfest, circa 1990.
    Paul on stage at the Cambridge Riverfest
  • With Wildest Dreams in Rochester NY to play the U of R, 1995.
    Rochester
  • Jamming with Stan Stickland at Dance New England summer camp.
    Paul and Stan Strickland
  • Scintillating moments can even occur at weddings!
    Paul having a good time.
  • Paul with Mark Endresen of the famed Calypso Hurricane
    Mark Endresen and Paul Shumsky at Duxbury MA July 4th gig
  • I'm on the right, rockin' my first electric guitar, the superhot Harmony Rocket. Notice the precise job we did lining up the amps!
    Paul's first band, circa 1965. With Paul Callahan (bass), Dennis Comfort (guitar), Jack Prewitt (drums).
  • Paul and Penny perform at Davio's party.
    Paul accompanies Penny
  • Playing some solo guitar on my good ole Gibson Super 400 which I had bought from Duke Robillard and eventually sold to my student Evan Goodrow. How 'bout those sideburns?!
    Paul performs at South Shore Conservatory.
  • Gene Bertoncini kindly wrote me a nice letter of recommendation for my first teaching job.
    Letter of recomendation from Gene Bertoncini
  • Barry Galbraith also wrote me a letter of recommendation for my first teaching job.
    Letter of recomendation from Barry Galbraith
  • Jamming with my older brother Jeff Shumsky and best friend Dennis Comfort.
    Paul jamming with his first guitar, the stalwart Harmony Sovereign, received on his 9th birthday.
  • Evan Goodrow and Paul Shumsky play a jazz brunch (see the Listen page to hear what this picture sounded like). Evan is playing my old Super 400.
    Evan Goodrow and Paul Shumsky play a jazz brunch at the Red Rock Bistro in Swampscott, MA
  • Paul taking a practice break, I think I'm about 18 here.
    Paul, circa 1973, with 1949 Gibson L4C. Miss that baby.
  • Jamming at the infamous Jack Presberg jam in Rochester, NY
    Paul at Jam
  • 16 year old me playing my Gibson ES-175 I got for my 13th birthday. Why oh why did I let that one get away?
    16 year old me with my 175
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