Eddie Paton

Versatile guitarist, singer, composer, Eddie Paton is an award winning musician who thrives on his eclectic career. A classically trained guitarist, Eddie studied on full scholarship at the University of Western Ontario.  He is currently a member of the touring band for internationally renowned, and award winning recording artist Pavlo. Eddie is a former member of three time JUNO nominated Sultans of String. He has toured North America, the British Isles, and the Middle East with Pavlo, Sultans of String, Robert Michaels, Johannes Linstead, Amanda Martinez, and Kevin Laliberté.

While Eddie studied classical guitar throughout his high school years, he was also nurturing his passion for pop music by strumming along on his classical guitar to artists like the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and John Mellencamp. This flirting with the acoustic sound outside of the classical genre, led to his discovery of the Gypsy Kings and he started mimicking their style of rumba flamenco guitar strumming and soloing on his classical guitar.

Eddie is a Latin category winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, the Great American Songwriting Contest and the Billboard Songwriting Contest. Eddie, along with his ReDuX:RMx partner Bret Menezes, wrote the score to the Sea World Australia show Pirates Unleashed.

“Sure attack, beautiful acoustic tone, impressive technique, and uplifting melodies”, GUITAR PLAYER magazine.