Blues Music Award-nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Gabriel has been racking up the accolades. In March 2018 he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut Blues Society for excellence in guitar playing, singing and songwriting, as well as for outstanding bandleader and entertainer.

In July 2018 he was inducted into the Connecticut Blues Hall Of Fame as a Master Blues Artist, while in 2020 he was inducted into the New England Music Hall Of Fame for his contributions to the music business over 50 years.

He has shared the stage with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Muddy Waters Band, Mick Taylor, James Cotton, Robert Cray, Jaimoe, Gatemouth Brown, Buckwheat Zydeco, Matt Murphy, Johnny Winter, Delbert McClinton, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Toy Caldwell, Roomful of Blues, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Band, Lonnie Mack, Sugar Ray and The Bluetones, Mark Naftalin, Arthur Neilson, Shemekia Copeland, Bonnie Bramlett, Susan Tedeschi, Christine Ohlman, Sue Foley, Debbie Davies, Candye Kane, Tommy Castro, Joe Bonamassa, James Montgomery, Gov’t Mule, Orleans, Tower of Power, Rick Derringer, Issac Hayes and many, many more.

He has appeared on three Harry Chapin albums, played slide guitar on Rory Block’s Grammy-nominated album Mama’s Blues and toured with Michael Boltin (Bolton). His release, Paul Gabriel – What’s The Chance, was produced by Duke Robillard for Shining Stone Records and was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2014. It charted for 22 weeks on The Roots Music Report, Living Blues Chart, Blues Debut Chart and Cashbox Charts, reaching No. 8 nationally and No. 1 in Connecticut. Paul’s newest album Paul Gabriel – Man Of Many Blues, produced by Duke Robillard for Smoke Ring Records, was released in 2019 and is a culmination of 13 new original songs covering some not-so-typical blues, a little jazz (featuring Duke, of course), and some ’60s-style rhythm and blues infused with the incredible soulful backing vocals of Christine Ohlman.