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The Great Egress
The Vetivers
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  Discography



The Great Egress Live in Concert
At Triskel Arts Centre
(2008)

DVD with The Great Egress.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Jon Clark, Mick McLoughlin, and Kalle Ronkainen.

The final performance of the best band from Cork, Kansas, Finland, and New Zealand in the world, released on a special limited edition DVD. With a bonus photography section by Stas Bernasinski. Recorded live in Cork, Ireland on April 28, 2007.

Tivoli · Vinegar Flames · Need You Near · The Stars · In The Dark · Million Mile Sky · My iPod Is In Love With John Spillane · Kotuku · Edge of the World · The Cathedral · All These Things In Fashion · Waves · Feel It In Your Fingers · The Apple · Desert Road · Outer Space · The Shower Song · Da Da Da · Only Looking (Amsterdam) · The Great Egress



Paul and Me
(2005)

Paul and Me is a mostly quiet acoustic cd featuring me on guitar, mandolin, piano, concertina, harmonica, and kazoo with lots of harmony vocals. I've written these songs over the past 12 years or so and finally put them all together on cd!

I Ivan Eye · Zager and Evans · The Potato · Every Couple of Days · Brian Frances · The Stars · Waltz in H-flat Minor · The Disaster · The Giant Midget · Million Mile Sky · The Ballad Of Bill · When I Wake Up


Under the Lamp - Live at Charlie's (2004)

Various Artists

Paul's slow solo version of Million Mile Sky appears on this collection of the greatest hits from the singer/songwriter night at Charlie's. Paul's track is between fellow Charlie's legends Paul Fenton and Tony, and also featured on the CD are Mick and Caroline, Andy Wilson, Chris Percival, Jon Leahy, and good ol' Billy Kennedy! It's like being at Charlie's, except you can be naked while you listen to it and no one will ever know!


Twelve O'Clock In All The World (2002)

With The Vetivers.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Ben Champion, and Clyde Kim.

The second Vetivers CD has a theme of travel. Destinations, modes of transportation, and what happens along the way. Recorded and produced by Paul himself and released in December 2002, the day before he set off for Ireland. Please click below for lyrics and song information:

The Other People On The Plane · Brooklyn · Basque · Cahersiveen · Changing Trains · Cosmic Excelsior · Two Moons · That Sounds Like A Girl's Name · It's Blind · A Tale of Three Cities · The Bells and The Whistles · Spooky Tricks · No One in the World · When The Vetivers Die

Download the entire album for free here!


Lights (1999)

With The Vetivers.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Ben Champion, Jimmy March, and Patrick Danko.

The debut CD from The Vetivers! Three songwriters contributed to this collection of love songs, stories, and pure nonsense. Please click below for lyrics and song information:

Sunrise · Outer Space · Don't Tell Me I Can't Dream Anymore · Sideways Heart Attack · Caldecott and Newberry · Jacques Cousteau· Seven Miles To The Beach · Slowly Changing · Orlick's Song · Up And Expecting · Exotic · Horizon Dies · Million Mile Sky · World Around You

Download the entire album for free here!


In Stereo (1997)

With The Vetivers.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Ben Champion, and Patrick Danko.

The first attempt at a recording from The Vetivers. These five songs would evolve and later pop up again on the Lights CD. Recorded by Paul in his basement on an analog four track. Please click below for lyrics and song information:

Outer Space
Caldecott and Newberry
Sideways Heart Attack
Million Mile Sky
Up And Expecting


The Stars (1996)

With Carnivorous Grass.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Jim Kelly, Ryan Griffin, Jeff Mitchell, and David Perdaris.

This was the only single released by Carnivorous Grass from their never-finished CD recording studio sessions. Paul wrote The Stars while sitting in chemistry class! Also included are the B-sides from the famous 1994 CG demo sessions with Zach Ross and a rare 1993 techno song recorded by Paul and Jim before Carnivorous Grass even formed!

The Stars
Blowing Glass
Usurper's Song
Fred's Disembodied Head
The Dancing Song


Live at Gee Coffee (1996)

With Carnivorous Grass.

Featuring Paul Solecki, Jim Kelly, Ryan Griffin, Jeff Mitchell, and David Perdaris, with special guests Andrew "Paco" Walker and Patrick Danko.

The ultimate (because it's the only) Carnivorous Grass album! This is the genuine CG concert experience captured on beautiful beautiful tape! Recorded as the band was just approaching the height of their success.

Secret Surprise Song · Ms. Wheelchair USA · Waltz in H-flat Minor · Justin Bradford · Pants · Tonito listen! · "Theme from Shaft · Fred's Disembodied Head listen! · "Love Is All Around" · The Man Next Door · Bob Ross (The Trees) · Chinese Boy< · "The Bow Song" · "Superman" · "No One Knows My Plan" · "Funtime"


A Carnivorous Grass Arbor Day (1994, 1995)

with Carnivorous Grass

Each copy of this album is unique because they are not copies of the same album but individually recorded tapes. Experts believe Paul and Jim Kelly recorded between 10 and 20 versions of this definitive collection of early CG hits, featuring guitar, mandolin, a little piano, and harmony vocals. Mostly just a few silly songs where the character gets killed at the end, but there are a few classics that are being revived on Paul's upcoming solo release!


No Shelter - The Album (1993)

Solo release

After his big hit No Shelter invaded the halls of Frontier Trail Junior High School in Olathe, Kansas, Paul was forced to record an entire album due to popular demand. They've probably all been recorded over by now, but a few years ago Brett Johnson's mom found one, so who knows, they might still exist. You should probably search every square inch of your house to see if you have one, or maybe try ebay!



Jim Kelly and Paul Solecki of Carnivorous Grass in 1996 and 2004!