Paddy Mills
Paddy Mills: gigs
Paddy Mills - Folk Singer
At 22, Paddy was ten miles off the coast of Maine apprenticing with a natural foods
chef on Monhegan Island. When he wasn't cooking, you'd find him on the rocks above
the sea, cheap wine in one hand, cheap guitar in the other, quoting Jack Karouac and Edward Abbey. Only the call of the road could have finally pulled him away from that magical place. It's this tension between his strong rural roots and insatiable wanderlust that have come to define his life and music.
As a songwriter, Paddy has a knack for the overlooked. He knows that common sense is not so common, and simple truths are not so simple. With a hitch-hikers heart and a back pack full of notebook philosophy, Paddy leaves you grinning like you've just been let in on a secret -- one that you might just have known all along.
Festivals Paddy has played at
North Atlantic Folk Festival, Rockland ME
Solarfest, Tinmouth VT
Common Ground Country Fair, Unity ME
BeatJam! Union, ME
Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland ME
Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth ME
Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival, Cornish ME
Stumpstock, Union ME
Reid-Fest, Georgetown ME
Colleges Paddy has played at
University of New England
Bates College
Unity College
Some Venues Paddy has played
Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, Rockland ME
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta ME
Frontier, Brunswick ME
Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry NH
Drylongso Coffee House, West Ossipee NH
The Venue, Freeport ME
TCAN Natick MA
Perks Coffee House, Norwood MA
Brewer Theater, Brewer ME
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham MA
SoNo Caffiene, South Norwalk CT
The Black Bull Tavern, Rockland ME
The Water Works, Rockland, ME
The Thirsty Whale, Bar Harbor ME
Musical Chairs Coffee House, Blue Hill, ME
Suds Pub, Bethel ME
King Eider's, Damariscotta ME
Purple Moon Pub, Waitsfield VT
Old Mill Pub, Skowhegan ME
The Sea Dog, Bangor ME
Montweag Road House, Woolwich ME
Byrnes' Irish Pub, Bath & Brunswick ME
Newcastle Public House, Newcastle ME
Kennedy's Mid Town, Boston MA
Zebra's, Medfield MA
McNally's, Westminster, MA
Higher Grounds, Hallowell ME
The Old Goat, Richmond ME
Amalfi, Rockland ME
Common Grounds, Union ME
Acoustic Coffee, Portland ME
Blue, Portland ME
Dogfish Bar and Grille, Portland ME
$3 Dewey's, Portland ME
Thatcher's, South Portland ME
Bebe's Burritos, Bideford ME
Roosters Road House, Bethel ME
Market on Main, Rockland ME
The Flying Lobster, Poland ME
Jameson's Tavern, Freeport ME
McMahon's Rockport Grill, Rockport ME
The Bog, Waldoboro ME
The Badger, Union ME
Grape's, Rockland ME
Whig and Courier, Bangor ME
Outlore Theater, Rockland ME
Trackside Station, Rockland, ME
McMahon's Knox Grill, Camden ME
Bintliff's Ocean Grille, Edgecomb ME
Freedom Cafe, Naples ME
Rail Road Dinner, Lisbon ME
Black Bear Cafe, Naples ME
Andy's Old Port Pub, Portland ME
Annie O'Rourke's, Waldoboro ME