[1] He has issued records in his own name, but is best known for his work with others including Boz Scaggs, Charlie Musselwhite, Jackie Payne, Mark Hummel, Home Cookin', Frank Bey and Wee Willie Walker.
[1] His family relocated to Los Angeles, California, United States, when Paul was 10 months old and, by the age of 15, he resettled in the Bay Area where, apart from a short while spent living in Wisconsin, it has remained his home.
[1][2] Paule was self-taught in playing the clarinet in his early teens, but was gifted a guitar from one of his elder brothers when aged 13, and it remained the musical instrument of choice.
[4] Wee Willie Walker and the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra released Not in my Lifetime, produced by Jim Gaines at the 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California.
In addition to Walker's vocals, the rest of the recording was undertaken by Paule on guitar and electric sitar, Tony Lufrano on Hammond organ, piano and Wurlitzer, Endre Tarczy on bass, Kevin Hayes on drums, Derek James on trombone, Bill Ortiz on trumpet, Charles McNeal and Rob Sudduth on saxophone, and Batiste, Sandy Griffith and Omega Rae on backing vocals.
[12][13] Over the years, Paule has worked with Boz Scaggs, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Adams, and Maria Muldaur,[12] plus Mark Hummel,[8] and Jackie Payne.