Paul Pigat started playing the guitar at 11 years of age and was gigging steadily in downtown Toronto by the time he was 12. Through a lifetime dedication to live performance, recording and study he has developed into a superb guitarist, vocalist and songwriter and earned the reputation as one of the best musicians in Western Canada. An extremely versatile artist, with projects ranging from delta blues to classical music, he heads four diverse Vancouver bands and is in high demand as a sideman, having recorded and toured with the likes of Neko Case, Ndidi Onkuwulu, Jim Byrnes, Michael Kaeshammer, and Carolyn Mark, and has shared the stage with Taj Mahal, Mae Moore, Lee Aaron, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Joshua Redman, Big Sandy and His Flyrite Boys, Aaron Neville and more. With many recordings to his credit, Paul has also recently developed a series of instructional DVD's in conjunction with LearnRootsMusic.com. The DVD's have been received with great enthusiasm and are now being distributed by Mel Bay. He has literally played every type of gig out there, from small clubs to large stadiums, and festivals covering the entire spectrum of roots, blues, rockabilly and jazz music.