Paul Ford

American bassist, cellist, b. 1966, d. 2016. Paul Ford played music from 1985 to 1990 with notable New Jersey artist James Deely. Paul left the Jersey Shore for Pittsburgh, PA in late 1990 to join long time touring artist Norman Nardini. He left music in 1993, but returned again in 2001; this time in Chapel Hill, NC with The Community Music Project, an independent collective which helped local artists. In 2006, Paul joined the local theatre troupe, Paperhand Puppet Intervention and worked through 2012 with the group’s band, switching from bass to cello in 2009. He helped to write the score for nine shows over seven years. He has been performing with singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd since 2009. He is now deceased.