
Take
a microbiologist, drummer dude, industrial engineer, construction worker
and a psychologist and what do you get? Would you believe a butt kicking,
'Groovin’ Acoustic Rock Jazzy, just dam good music, band? Hell yeah!
Pauls
Apartment came about from a bunch of friends jamming in the year 2001
(read below for more details). The band consists of
Donna
Lynn Johnson - lead vocals and guitar,
Neil
Thompson -bass and vocals,
Tim
Callhan- lead guitar and vocals
Brian
Kelley- Banjo
Greg
"Duke" Dewey- drummer and vocals
Over
the years they have honed their playing and crowd pleasing talent! whether
its an original or a special cover tune they are sure to please!
Below
you wail find the original bios of the band, as we evolve so do the descriptors,
imagine that!

Former Country Joe and The Fish drummer Greg Dewey pulses the rhythm with
Donna Lynn’s harmonious sultry vocals that makes you want to sing
and dance! With the release of their first CD in 2002, Pauls Apartment
debuted what Dan Corcoran of the Impact Weekly described as the “epitome
of the homegrown jam session. Whether you’re listening to one of
their cover tunes or original songs, you’ll soon find yourself movin’
and groovin’ along with them." SWRecords.Net said, “Down
home, upbeat and bluesy, Pauls Apartment has a Les Claypool sense of humor
and a Carl Perkins rockabilly groove.” Rev. Cool of WYSO’s
Around the Fringe show simply describes them as, “Psychotic Bluegrass,
Yea!”
In May of 2003
Pauls Apartment released their second CD, Utilities Included. This CD
captures their down to earth, funny and rootsie songwriting that appeals
to all ages. Utilities Included has 12 originals that the band created
over the past year and simply put makes you want to shake it!!. But don't
take our word for it though!! Buy one and check it out for yourself!
The
Origins of the Band
In 2001 Donna Lynn Johnson brought the group together after meeting them
at a local weekly open jam session in Yellow Springs, Ohio. "I was
playing out around town solo and finally thought, HEY! what if I asked
a few of the fellas to join me from jam night!?, that would be so much
better." There she found Tim, Brian, Neil and Oliver. They played
small gigs around Yellow Springs and decided they had put something together
they couldn’t, shouldn’t stop.
One night,
soon thereafter, they all went to Canal Street Tavern to watch a few bands.
During that evening at one point Tim's wife, Kelly' stood up, looked at
all of them and said, "Hey, look! there's Pauls Apartment".
(The jam night was often held at a good friend’s apartment, Paul).
Pauls Apartment was born. almost...All they needed now was a drummer
During Donna
Lynn's first summer in Yellow Springs she was asked to join in on a Jam
downtown for the fourth of July. The drummer there was Greg Dewey and
by the end of the day he said to Donna Lynn, “If you ever get a
band together, I want to be your drummer". Well she remembered that,
knew the time was right, hunted him down and asked him if he was still
up for it. He said yes! And Pauls Apartment was complete
Describing
the Parts
(click
on each band members photo for their own page)

The Drummer
Dude-
Greg “Duke” Dewey, Drummer and always knew
he would be one since he was five (according to his mom). At the age of
17 he moved to California to be a rock star, it worked…….
Over 35 LPs later, back to Yellow Springs he went and met a woman named
Donna Lynn……. Ahhhhh, and immediately made music.
The Food Safety
Microbiologist-
Donna Lynn, Vocalist and Guitarist started playing and
singing in her native California when she was 12. Sounding like a cross
between Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams and Bonnie Raitt, she says she
honed her vocals while working as a talc miner in Death Valley, California,
“The acoustics in those drifts were great!” . Her day job
led here to Yellow Springs, Ohio and the “fellas” as she endearingly
calls them
The Industrial
Engineer-
Neil Thompson, Bass Master and well, frankly he plays
anything he can get his hands on. Weaned in Centerville, Ohio with a hula
popper in his mouth he started playing music and we hooked and mounted
him immediately!
The Psychologist-
Tim Callahan, Vocalist and Guitarist is also lovingly
know as Tim “Dark Doctor” Callahan. He doesn’t really
believe in reality so you know he doesn’t really mean it when he
says, “He didn’t Mean to Kill Her” *grin*

The Construction
Worker-
Brian Kelley, Banjo’ist Extrordinnare always does it well and has
been since he can remember. In the beginning he always did it alone, but
now he can’t help but do it in front of everybody. Donna Lynn always
says, “Here! Here! To a job well done!ll done!”
FORMER MEMBERS BELOW

The Snake Pudding
Specailst-
Oliver Simons, Mando (mandolin) Dude has also been know
to venture to far off islands in search of the finest snake pudding. He
has also been rumored to be one of the finest roofers about and if he
roofs a tenth as good as he plays his mandolin...... he’s a damm
good roofer.
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