PAUL DUFFY WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY OF PERFORMERS.
TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH DUFFY'S INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS,
BY THE AGE OF NINE, HE WAS WALKING THE TIGHTROPE WHILE PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE.

AT SEVENTEEN, HE LEFT THE CIRCUS TO JOIN THE VERY POPULAR IRISH SHOW BAND, THE MIAMI. AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS ACCOLADES, HE FORMED HIS OWN BAND WITH SEVERAL OF HIS SIBLINGS AND TOURED INTERNATIONALLY. DURING THIS TOUR , HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH BEN E. KING, ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMI PAGE.  THE SUCCESS OF HIS OWN BAND LED HIM TO BE NOTICED BY THE WILDLY POPULAR, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AND MAJOR MOTION PICTURE PORTRAYED BAND, THE COMMITMENTS. PAUL TOURED WITH THE COMMITMENTS FOR SIX YEARS.

 
PAUL HAS PERFORMED WITH SUZI QUATTRO ON HER TELEVISION SHOW IN EUROPE AND HE CAN BE HEARD ON ALBUMS BY CHRIS DEBURGH, PAUL BRADY AND HAZEL O' CONNOR AS WELL AS THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK, "EAT THE PEACH". MORE RECENTLY, PAUL PLAYED ON THE CORRS' CD "IN BLUE".

PAUL'S SONGWRITING TALENT EARNED HIM SECOND PLACE IN  EUROPE'S VERY PRESTIGIOUS EUROVISION SONGWRITERS COMPETITION WITH A VIEWING AUDIENCE OF OVER 20 MILLION. HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE REGULARLY HEARD IN COMMERCIALS INCLUDING GUINNESS, HEINEKEN, FORD MOTORS AND CASTROL OIL.

PAUL NOW LIVES IN SARASOTA FLORIDA WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
HE IS A CO- OWNER OF THE IRISH ROVER, SARASOTA'S MUSIC HOT SPOT.

TO SEE THE P.B.S. TELEVISION SHOW FEATURING PAUL
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND THEN CLICK ON THE OCTOBER 2008 EPISODE
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