Paul "Watty" Watson (born March 16, 1952?) is an American cornetist, guitarist, trumpet player, singer, composer, and songwriter living in Richmond, Virginia. He is best known for his work with The Orthotonics, FSK, Sparklehorse, and Patrick Phelan. He currently plays cornet, provides backing vocals, and writes for the Brooklyn-based band, And the Wiremen.
Watson was born in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky. He now lives in Virginia.
1979 – Idio Savant – Shakers in a Tantrum Landscape1981 – Alchemical Rowdies – Trans-Idio1982 – Ortho-tonics – Accessible As Gravity1984 – 1/2 Japanese – Our Solar System1984 – Orthotonics – Wake Up You Must Remember1985 – Half Japanese – Sing No Evil1986 – F.A.F.O.O.T. – FA35741989 – House Of Freaks – Tantilla +131990 – Half Japanese – We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love1993 – FSK – The Sound Of Music1995 – Sparklehorse – London1995 – Sparklehorse – Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot1996 – FSK – International1998 – Rattlemouth – Fist Full Of Iffy1998 – Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider1999 – Michael Hurley – Weatherhole1999 – One Ring Zero – Tranz Party2000 – The Blasco Ballroom – Film2000 – Patrick Phelan – Songs Of Patrick Phelan2000 – Cracker – Garage D'Or2001 – Patrick Phelan – Parlor2001 – A Camp – A Camp2001 – Dexter Romweber – Chased By Martians2001 – Griefbirds – Paper Radio2002 – Cordero – Lamb Lost In The City2004 – Tulsa Drone – No Wake2006 – Ostinato – Chasing The Form2006 – Tanakh – Ardent Fevers2006 – Sarah White – White Light2007 – Gachupin – Gachupin2010 – And the Wiremen – And the Wiremen2012 - Bee and Flower - Suspension2012 - Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird - Sky and Country2014 - Paul Watson - My Secret Effect