He helped to re-establish Bill Black’s Combo. He arrived in 1972 and formed his own graphics company, The Sun Shop, and then used his disc jockey experience to become a record-plugger. During a stint as a disc jockey in Minneapolis, he was mesmerized by Mickey Newbury’s ‘Are My Thoughts With You?’ and decided to move to Nashville. He built up the confidence to become a performer himself, first working as Jack Daniels and then with a group, the Branded Men. In the early 70s, he moved to Chicago for a job in computers but he attended folk clubs along Wells Street and was further influenced by John Prine and Steve Goodman. Sun listened to country and blues radio stations, hence the strong blues edge to his country music. Paulson, 25 September 1943, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
