Paul Williams (author)

Paul Williams (author)

Paul Williams (aka Willo) (born Paul Edward Williams, 15 January 1967, York, England) is an author, promoter, commentator and lifelong devotee to 2-Tone, ska music and the British skinhead subculture. He is best known for writing the book "You're Wondering Now - A History of The Specials" (ST Publishing).

Biography

Willo's love of ska and 2 Tone started in 1980, when he snuck out of his parents' home in York and travelled to nearby Bridlington, where he saw The Specials perform live when he was 13 years old. This event had a long-lasting and profound effect on him. Throughout the 1980s, Willo played briefly in the ska band "The 'Matics," and began hosting a regular ska night "Pressure Drop" in York. In the 1990s, he created, wrote and distributed his own quarterly ska and 2 Tone fanzine "Street Feeling" (1994-1998) from his back bedroom. In 1995, Willo wrote "You're Wondering Now - A History of The Specials" (ST Publishing). It received many favourable reviews, including three stars from "Q Magazine", and was used to compile the band history section on the official Specials website. The book is now a collectors' item.

Willo is a ska specialist, often consulting with media outlets including TV companies such as VH1(satellite) and Channel 4(UK terrestrial TV). He has been featured on BBC4 Radio's celebration of 2-Tone music, "Fashion Music" and was interviewed by Radio Coventry for which he contributed rare Specials tracks to the programme. His work can now be seen online, as the co-administrator for the official Specials website and as the administrator for Roddy "Radiation" Byers' MySpace profile In 2007 he designed and maintained the Ska Splash website for the UK's first International Ska Festival. Willo continues to promote and review ska and punk rock bands in the North of England under the banner of "YorkSka Promotions".

Bibliography

*"You're Wondering Now - A History of The Specials", 1995, ST Publishing, ISBN-10: 1898927251

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/paulwillo Paul Willo Myspace profile]
* [http://www.myspace.com/yorkskapromotions YorkSka Myspace profile]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/paulwillo Street Feeling]
* [http://www.myspace.com/roddybyers Roddy "Radiation" Byers Myspace profile]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/skasplash Ska Splash]


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