Paul Geremia
Paul Geremia is an American blues singer and acoustic guitarist.
Geremia was born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He recorded his first album in 1968, having been significantly influenced by both the rural blues tradition and the folk music revival of the 1960s. Geremia has never recorded with electric guitar, cleaving steadfastly to a traditional ethic with his acoustic playing.
Discography
- Just Enough
- Paul Geremia
- Hard Life Rockin' Chair
- I Really Don't Mind Livin
' - My Kinda Place
- Gamblin' Woman Blues
- Self Portrait in Blues
- Live From Uncle Sam's Backyard
- The Devil's Music
- Love, Murder and Mosquitos
- ''Love My Stuff''
Achievements
- Geremia's rendition of Fred McDowell's "Get Right Church" was the opening track on Preachin’ the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell, which earned a Grammy Award nomination in 2002.
- Two of his Red House releases, Gamblin’ Woman Blues and Self Portrait in Blues, were both nominated for W.C. Handy Awards.
- Geremia was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2013.