Paul Filipowicz

Paul Filipowicz (born March 24, 1950) is an American Chicago blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, who writes some of his own material. To date, Filipowicz has released eight albums.

An inductee of the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame, Filipowicz currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Career Filipowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and raised in the Lockport, Illinois corn fields. With his sisters playing the piano, the whole family sang at their local church, but otherwise only had access to music via their radio. Paul accidentally found a radio station playing blues music, before witnessing Otis Rush in around 1964 by standing outside a club in South Side, Chicago.

His first album, What Have You Done for Me Lately, was released in 1999 on Orchard Records. This was followed by Midnight at the Nairobi Room (2001) and Go for the Throat (2003). Chickenwire (2007) was a live album and described by one reviewer as "quite possibly one of the finest and nastiest live blues records ever made..."

In 2012, Blues Matters! carried an article about Filipowicz, and his growing global presence was fuelled by coverage on the internet. Filipowicz noted "I've had to cut back to a three-piece, with an occasional extra member", and that trio played on most of the tracks on Saints & Sinners (2013).

Filipowicz's album Unfiltered, was released on June 28, 2018.

Over the years of playing and touring, Filipowicz's venue of choice is the American roadhouse.

Discography Year Title Label Notes 1999 What Have You Done for Me Lately Orchard Records 2001 Midnight at the Nairobi Room Big Jake Records 2003 Go for the Throat GiLa Music 2004 Chinatown Big Jake Records 2007 Chickenwire Big Jake Records Live album 2013 Saints & Sinners Big Jake Records 2015 Roughneck Blues CD Baby Live album 2018 Unfiltered Big Jake Records 2022 Pier 43 Big Jake Records