[4] Both of his parents had musical backgrounds, his mother playing the violin, and his father a "natural tenor".

[4] Around 1981 Lorieau had sent in an audition tape in a search for a new anthem singer in Edmonton at the request of Oilers media relations director Bill Tuele.

At the beginning of Game 3 between the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Oilers, he sang only a few lines of "O Canada" before letting the audience sing the rest of the song without him.

A special pre-game ceremony was held to honour the Oilers longest-standing anthem singer and to give Oil Country a chance to salute Paul for 30 great years.

[9] On July 2, 2013, Lorieau died in hospice of metastatic esophageal cancer, surrounded by his family.