Dr Space Toad, Spotify, Apple1 Apple2, Amazon), Jean Paul Dionysus, (Spotify! Spotify2, Apple, Amazon) JP Ruskinson, ( Spotify, Spotify2, Amazon), Paul Francis le Troubadour,(Spotify, Amazon) Dr Space Toad Experience.(Apple, Spotify, Amazon) Dr Space Toad (Youtube, Spotify, Apple1 Apple2, Amazon) : Singer-Songwriter, Human Duke Box, Spanish guitar and Mandolin player, songs from many different genres, poet, troubadour, author, actor, painter and sit down comedian. Dr Space Toad also known as Paul Francis” le Troubadour” du 21st Century, Jean Paul Dionysus, Pablo Francisco de la Luz, and Jean Paul Ruskinson. He was born on the planet Chiron. His wondering nature took him to the earth after visits to Neptune, Venus, Mercury and various other planets. After visiting many countries on the earth he then went on to the Moon where he started his musical career learning to play “Sad eyed Lady of the Lowlands” by Bob Dylan. He went on to form varoius bands such as “The Toads”.”The Ebony Set”, “The Phsycotics” . “The Blue Warthog”s “The Ruskinsons” this deriving their name from his own stage name at the time: J.P.Ruskinson. Then in Londinium, he playing gigs as a solo acoustic singer songwriter under the name of Jean Paul Dionysus (Spotify1 Spotify2, Apple, Amazon)
He played around London in venues such as The Troubadour, Bungies, The Town and Country Club, The Poodle Lounge at Club Dog, Covent Garden, etc. After a little time, Jean Paul became known as ‘The Troubadour’. The Troubadour and the other new acoustic venues were a platform for the rich variety of artistes .Jean Paul Dionysus, (Spotify! Spotify2, Apple, Amazon) was a catalyst and became a pivotal figure in this emerging scene.
| After about three years, Jean Paul Dionysus, (Spotify! Spotify2, Apple, Amazon) left Londinium disillusioned with the competitive nature of the scene. He spent a spell in the West Country playing mainly in Bath and Glastonbury, a trip to Cardif and an Irish tour, mainly Dublin and Galway, He then returned to the moon. where he formed a new band, ‘The Time Machine’. (Spotify, Youtube, Amazon) and played regular solo gigs in local pubs incuding one called the Vine the smallest pub in the town but with the largest amount of eccentrics. His concerts in the Vine were just as much a spontanious, bizare theatrical comedy as a musiclal event with a lot of audience participation. There is a Chapter on the Vine in his latest book “The Death of Dionysus and the birth and Life and Times of Dr Space Toad” Hense whilst back on the moon, he also got involved in the theatre discovering a talent for acting. After a year, he moved to Evil Town after a spontanious appearance in the Evil Town Free Festival where the people fell under the spell of his magical Mandolin playing. In Evil Town after having reinventing himself as ‘Doctor Spacetoad’. he started his own club”Club Space Toad”, a club for poets, musicians, singer-songwriters, local exentrics and sad lunatics from the end of time.It was here that his new band, Dr Space Toad Experience.(Apple, Spotify, Amazon) , came together organically. |
The band toured around the North and South and making regular appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury(in the Rainbow Dragon field with PA run by bycicle power) and the fafulouse Big Green Gathering. This band was described as weird,wonderful and vaudeville with Captain Sensible on bass guitar, ‘Monty the OxyMoron‘, a psychiatric nurse ( or possibly patient) on keyboards, other local Brighton eccentrics on space whisper machines and such like and a succession of insane drummers, . This band can lay claim to notoriety, since it became known as the only Dada-ist band in existence…. Dr Space Toad,( Spotify, Apple1 Apple2, Amazon) and the band Dr Space Toad Experience.(Apple, Spotify, Amazon) brought out an inter-galactic concept album called ‘Time Machine’
Keeping his hand in by regular busking in Evil Town,
Paris, Amsterdam and Venice etc.etc. Paulo continues in the Minstrel Tradition
Here is a picture of Paulo playing outside a Castle. The wonderful image of the castle in the background, helps make this image especially magical considering Paulo’s timeless minstrel persona. The Castle had been built in preperation for this. In the last few years, Paulo has played extensively throughout: France ( Grenoble, Lyon, Marsailles, Ales, Nice, Montpelier, Nantes, Renne, Brest, Lesneven, Lorion, Bordeaux, Beziers, La Salvatat, Rouen, Aix en Provence, Limoges, Paris etc), Italy (Florence, Venice, Rome, Taranto), Spain ( Granada, Seville, Malaca, Xavia, Torremolinos, Alecante, Nerja, Fuengirola, Izalloz,Barcelona ), Portugal (Porto, Faro, Albufeira),Greace (Crete, Patmos, Paros, Athens), Switzerlan (Berne) and Holland (Amsterdam, Rotterdam,) Cheque Republique (Pilsn),Hungary (Bhudapest), Malta, Sweden (Gothenburg ,Karlstad, Stockholm), Norway ( Oslo), Marocco, (Marakesh, Essaouira), Greace(Athens, Patmos, Paros, Crete), Malta, Japan (Kobe). Ireland (Dublin, Gallway) Scottland (Edinburgh) Van Gogh and Rembrant are two of Paul’s favourite artists.. He has made quit a number of appearances in Spain, for example in the “Carbonaria” in Seville where apparently the Late, Great, Paco de Lucia played near the beginning of his incredible career (sadly missed). Paul loves Spanish guitar and Flamenco and plays a number of classical pieces from the sixteenth century. More about his adventures traveling whilst playing music can be seen in his Books. Look under the heading “Books”.
He has a degree in music and related arts
which helped to hone his eclectic talents including
opera singing. Although he had been out of higher education for many years,
he succeeded in receiving a 2/1 honours Drinkers degree through tenacity and self-discipline despite his lackadaisical nature.
. His wondering, vagabond, roving spirit still drives him on and he is an international and intergalactic Artist…. He is busy playing, doing live radio appearances, composing and recording for his next albums and forthcoming concerts
Like many creative people, Paulo draws his inspiration from many diverse
artistes and the wonderful, European capitals he has visited. One such
artiste, Jaques Brel, the Belgian songwriter has had a profound influence
on Paulo. Another artiste who
has moved Paul, is Mike Scott of the Water Boys who like Paulo expresses
his music with a deep passion. David Bowie has also influenced Paul with
his Chameleon like qualities and inventiveness. He also likes Black Sabbath. Also U2 and many, many others. Last but certainly not
least, Paul has also has an affinity for the meta-physical lyrics and
music of the late, great Jim Morrison
Paulo aka Dr Space Toad is a True Troubadour who has written over two hundred songs, the lyrics range from romantic to the mystical, environmental, surreal and anything in between.
Paulo is a poet as well as a painter, writer, actor and composer.
Paulo has published his first book of his lyrics and poetry Candle Light in the Void.No.1 Jean Paul Ruskinson No.2 Will be Poems and lyrics by Jean Paul Dionysus and No.3 will be Poems and Lyrics of Dr Space Toad. This trilogy will encompass these three fazes of his life. But only No1 is available as yet. Although this quit enough to be going on with. Along with a number of other books including his first book “The Trials and Tribulations of a Twenty-First Century Troubadour in Paris which is under his name as an Author Available from Amazon ! See on this website, BOOK’S for all the Books! And now “The Death of Dionysus and the birth and life and times of Dr Space Toad” is here! Will it be a best seller?
He has to date produced more than 16 CDS of music most of which are available to listen to see Music page.
Dr Space Toad. 