Biography
After completing high school in Philadelphia, Paul Hipp relocated to New York City, launching his career by performing as a street musician in Greenwich Village and later securing regular engagements at clubs along Bleeker Street. One such appearance brought him into contact with Carole King, prompting an immediate songwriting partnership whose results surfaced on her City Streets album. Those same Bleeker Street shows also introduced him to independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara, for whom Hipp soon took on dual roles as actor and composer. That period of collaboration proved instrumental when a joint performance with King in London caught the attention of producers mounting the West End production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Hipp took the title role in 1989, received a Lawrence Olivier Award nomination, and subsequently transferred the part to Broadway. Once the show closed, he divided time between Los Angeles and a return to London, where he played Berger in a revival of Hair. Back in Greenwich Village he made his directorial debut with the 2000 feature Death of a Dog. Following additional years of acting, live performance, and scoring for film and television, he issued the album Blog of War in 2008.
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