PK MAYO

PAUL KENNEDY MAYASICH

Paul’s natural musical talent on guitar, especially slide, both in concert and recordings, has garnered worldwide praise from his colleagues and critics. Publications Vintage Guitar Magazine and Blues Matters UK have drawn comparisons to the work of Duane Allman, Lowell George, Roy Buchanan, Ry Cooder and Sonny Landreth. His rich vocals have been receiving as much attention as his guitar tone and melodic riffs.

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ABOUT                    

“PK Mayo,” also known as Paul Mayasich, started playing guitar as a youngster growing up across from a lake outside the Mesabi Iron Range town of Eveleth, Minnesota. The seventh of eight children, his love for music was sparked by his older siblings’ eclectic musical tastes and growing vinyl collections.

Before getting his first guitar, Paul would practice slide with a 17mm deep well socket on his mom’s broom. A fishing accident in his early years left him without sight in his left eye. It was after this experience that Paul’s gift for hearing and playing music began to take over.

In the late ‘80s Paul moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and started jamming at a club called Red’s Roost, aka “Blues Alley,” with such notables as Jack McDuff, Willie Walker, Big John Dickerson and Billy Holloman.

Then came work with Al Rapone’s Zydeco Express in San Francisco, Bernard Allison and Alberta Adams while signed to Ron Levy’s Cannonball Record Label.

PK Mayo is available for festivals, theaters, clubs, private events and session work. 

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PK Mayo live performance electric guitar

PK Mayo live performance

RECOGNITION                            

Minnesota Music Award: Best Blues Recording for original song
“Arms of the Blues”

Minnesota Blues Society: Blues Performer of the Year

Minnesota Rock & Country Hall of Fame

ORIGINAL MUSIC                                                         

ARMS OF THE BLUES

INSANE

PRISONER

“The record is a showcase for a guitarist, singer, and songwriter at the peak of his powers.”
-Vintage Guitar Magazine review of Threads

PRESS PHOTOS                                                         

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PERFORMANCES

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King Biscuit Blues Fest, Helena, Arkansas

Belgian Blues Night, Bruges, Belgium

Half Note Jazz, Athens, Greece

Club Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany

Buddy Guys Blues Club, Chicago, Illinois

Bayfront Blues Fest, Duluth, Minnesota

Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, Wisconsin

Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, UP Michigan

Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul Minnesota

Jersey Shore Jazz Fest, Red Bank, New Jersey

Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Blind Willies, Atlanta, Georgia

Traverse City Blues Fest, Michigan

Fargo Blues Fest, North Dakota

Boundary Waters Blues Festival, Ely, Minnesota

BB’s Jazz & Soups, St. Louis, Missouri

Budweiser Upstate new York Blues Festival, Syracuse, New York

Antone’s, Austin, Texas

Arnold’s Park Amusement Park, Spirit Lake, Iowa

Winter Blues Fest, Des Moines, Iowa

Windsurfing Regatta & Music Festival, Worthington, Minnesota

Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Parkway Theater, Hayward, Wisconsin

Oak Center Theater, Lake City, Minnesota

The Green Parrot, Key West, Florida

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