Dolomiti Blues&Soul festival. Little Paul & the Super Vampers

Paolo Ganz (aka Mr. Catfish Blues; Little Paul): a man and his harmonica.

Musician, singer, author, and composer, he is considered one of the pioneers of blues harmonica in Italy.

First of all, he has written and published educational manuals for his instrument and for blues guitar.

He has held courses and workshops in the main Italian cities, produced recordings, transcriptions, as well as lessons, and has initiated two generations of Italian harmonica players.

For over fifteen years, he has been the owner of a harmonica column in one of the major Italian music publications, and since the 1980s, he has performed on hundreds of stages in Italy, Germany, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and Austria, collaborating live and especially in the studio with artists of all genres, ranging from the New Age of Riccardo Zappa to the electronics of Lyra Pramuk, under the direction of arrangers such as Francesco Magnelli (Litfiba, CCCP, CSI, Ginevra di Marco); Marco Falagiani (M. Masini, U.Tozzi, G. Bigazzi) and Claudio Mandonico (Orchestra Città di Brescia).

He has opened concerts for artists such as the legendary Frank Frost and James Cotton, Johnny Mars, Billy Branch, John Hammond, Steve Backer, and Mike Cooper, and has shared the stage with Zoot Money (Animals, Eric Burton, Mick Taylor), Dick Heckstall-Smith (Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayall), Herbie Goins, and Ronnie Jones (Alexis Korner), Dave Sumner (The Primitives); with the mythical Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman as well as with the African-American poet George Elliott Clarke.

He boasts appearances in soundtracks produced by De Laurentis, Piccioli, Cecchi Gori, and Istituto Luce under the direction of directors such as the late Francesco Nuti.

Paolo Ganz has played in three soundtracks of the Florentine actor and director Jean-Pierre Duriez, Ferzan Özpetek.

His tracks have been published by various record labels and national publications.

He has recorded vinyl and CDs for various labels (including Sony and Storie di Note) and, in addition to educational manuals, he has written about fifteen books, some dedicated to the harmonica, including Armonicomio – a tribute to the Blues Harmonica and L'estate rubata di Théo Nicholao.

He performs with his band Little Paul & the Super Vampers and in various other formations.

 
Line Up: Paolo Ganz - harp & vocal | Simone Chivilò – guitars | Nicola Gomirato – bass | Virginio Bellingardo - drums 

Admission: conscious free donation.

In case of bad weather: Taulà dei Bos in Cibiana di Cadore.