Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (known informally as the Banks/Harris award), award by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association
Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an English American musician, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist and guitarist of the rock band Interpol. Banks previously released an album named Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper in early August 2009 under the name Julian Plenti. His solo material is now recorded under the name of Paul Banks. As a singer, Banks' voice lies in the baritone range.
After high school, Banks attended New York University where he studied English and Comparative Literature, and after graduating, he worked at magazines such as Gotham and Interview. Banks later took a job in data entry, and then in a café, in order to devote more of his time to music. Banks was inspired to become a musician by the group Nirvana.
Paul Banks (born 6 July 1973 in York, England) is an English musician, songwriter and lead guitarist with the rock band, Shed Seven.
Professional career
Paul Banks formed his first band with schoolfriend Rick Witter in 1986, while still in his teens, and went on to play in other local bands, including Brockley Haven, with Witter, Tom Gladwin and John Leach.
Shed Seven
Banks joined Witter, Gladwin and John's brother, drummer Alan Leach in Shed Seven just before they gained their first record deal with Polydor Records in 1993, replacing Joe Johnson as their lead guitarist. He spent the next six years recording and touring with the band. Banks became known for his distinctive, dramatic riffs and catchy tunes, and from 1993–1999 he co-wrote many of the band's most popular songs, with fourteen consecutive hits in the UK including "Chasing Rainbows", "Going for Gold" and “She Left Me on Friday”. The band's third album Let It Ride with all music composed by Banks to Witter's lyrics, spawned four singles which all reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart.
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (also recorded as "Make Me a Pallet on your Floor", "Make Me a Pallet" and "Pallet on the Floor") is a blues/jazz/folk song now considered as a standard. The song's origins are somewhat nebulous and can be traced back to the 19th century. Various versions of the lyrics were first published in 1911 in an academic journal of ethnomusicology. Some sources attribute the modern score to W. C. Handy who later modified into a song known as "Atlanta Blues".
An early recording of the song was made by Mississippi John Hurt (as "Ain't No Tellin'").
List of cover versions
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor has been recorded or performed by a number of artists, mostly blues, jazz, folk and country American musicians. The following is an incomplete and roughly chronological list of interpretations.
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Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor · Paul Banks · Missisippi John Hurt
Blackberry Wine
℗ 2013 Stunt Records
Released on: 2013-11-11
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published: 02 Oct 2014
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
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Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Paul Banks · Kristian Jørgensen · Thor Backhausen
Comes Love
℗ 2008 Music Mecca
Released on: 2002-01-01
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published: 08 Nov 2014
Paul Banks - Make me down a pallet on your floor + Hobo's lullaby -Scandinavian Blues Jamboree 2013
Paul Banks: Vocal, Guitar / Svante Sjöblom (Sweden): Guitar, Mandolin / Rune Myhren (Norway): Washboard, Cajon / Peter Nande: Harp / David Larsson: Cajon.
This performance is from a Concert at "Bjergtrolden", Roskilde (DK) May 23rd 2013, where all the mentioned musicians from Norway, Sweden and Denmark met for a Scandinavian Blues Jamboree. No set list was prepared, so they just played, what came to their minds in the very moment
published: 26 Jul 2013
Make Me Down A Pallet on Your Floor (N. Paul)
published: 15 Feb 2009
Paul Banks - 1982
published: 20 Jan 2018
Poul Banks
Poul Banks i Skørring forsamlingshus
published: 08 Dec 2012
Blues Jamboree - Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor (2013)
http://www.bluesjamboree.dk/ - By Mississippi John Hurt
Olav Poulsen: slide guitar - Mik Schack: washboard - Hugo Rasmussen: bass - Peter Nande: vocal & harp - Svante Sjöblom: vocal & guitar - Poul Banks: vocal, guitar, mandolin - an amateur footage shot at Huset in Aalborg, Denmark - 13. June 2013
published: 16 Jun 2013
Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor - Doc Watson/Jack Lawre
1988 Philadelphia Folk Festival Part 2
published: 17 Jan 2007
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
As seen through the lens of my old Canon Cam
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen, April 2017
Paul Banks (g & voc), Jakob Dinesen (sx)
00:20 Warming Up
02:06 Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
09:27 Diddy Wah Diddy
14:34 Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor
20:14 Stealing
published: 18 Apr 2017
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" - Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass @ LA FILM FEST
Special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of LA FILM FEST 2012's screening of Alan Lomax's film "Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass".
Shot during a late night afterparty in famed ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax's Greenwich Village apartment in 1961 but unseen until now, this film is a treasure trove of performances by some of the most influential blues, bluegrass, country and folk artists of the day, including Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Roscoe Holcomb (the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound"). More a "fly on the wall" piece than a concert film, this intimate get-together also features some incisive and entertaining interviews as Lomax quizzes the players about their music in the midst of a party that would have been a hoot(anany) to attend. Join us...
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Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor · Paul Banks · Missisippi John Hurt
Blackberry Wine
℗ 2013 Stunt Records
Relea...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor · Paul Banks · Missisippi John Hurt
Blackberry Wine
℗ 2013 Stunt Records
Released on: 2013-11-11
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor · Paul Banks · Missisippi John Hurt
Blackberry Wine
℗ 2013 Stunt Records
Released on: 2013-11-11
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Paul Banks · Kristian Jørgensen · Thor Backhausen
Comes Love
℗ 2008 Music Mecc...
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Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Paul Banks · Kristian Jørgensen · Thor Backhausen
Comes Love
℗ 2008 Music Mecca
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Paul Banks · Kristian Jørgensen · Thor Backhausen
Comes Love
℗ 2008 Music Mecca
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Paul Banks: Vocal, Guitar / Svante Sjöblom (Sweden): Guitar, Mandolin / Rune Myhren (Norway): Washboard, Cajon / Peter Nande: Harp / David Larsson: Cajon.
This...
Paul Banks: Vocal, Guitar / Svante Sjöblom (Sweden): Guitar, Mandolin / Rune Myhren (Norway): Washboard, Cajon / Peter Nande: Harp / David Larsson: Cajon.
This performance is from a Concert at "Bjergtrolden", Roskilde (DK) May 23rd 2013, where all the mentioned musicians from Norway, Sweden and Denmark met for a Scandinavian Blues Jamboree. No set list was prepared, so they just played, what came to their minds in the very moment
Paul Banks: Vocal, Guitar / Svante Sjöblom (Sweden): Guitar, Mandolin / Rune Myhren (Norway): Washboard, Cajon / Peter Nande: Harp / David Larsson: Cajon.
This performance is from a Concert at "Bjergtrolden", Roskilde (DK) May 23rd 2013, where all the mentioned musicians from Norway, Sweden and Denmark met for a Scandinavian Blues Jamboree. No set list was prepared, so they just played, what came to their minds in the very moment
http://www.bluesjamboree.dk/ - By Mississippi John Hurt
Olav Poulsen: slide guitar - Mik Schack: washboard - Hugo Rasmussen: bass - Peter Nande: vocal & harp - ...
http://www.bluesjamboree.dk/ - By Mississippi John Hurt
Olav Poulsen: slide guitar - Mik Schack: washboard - Hugo Rasmussen: bass - Peter Nande: vocal & harp - Svante Sjöblom: vocal & guitar - Poul Banks: vocal, guitar, mandolin - an amateur footage shot at Huset in Aalborg, Denmark - 13. June 2013
http://www.bluesjamboree.dk/ - By Mississippi John Hurt
Olav Poulsen: slide guitar - Mik Schack: washboard - Hugo Rasmussen: bass - Peter Nande: vocal & harp - Svante Sjöblom: vocal & guitar - Poul Banks: vocal, guitar, mandolin - an amateur footage shot at Huset in Aalborg, Denmark - 13. June 2013
As seen through the lens of my old Canon Cam
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen, April 2017
P...
As seen through the lens of my old Canon Cam
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen, April 2017
Paul Banks (g & voc), Jakob Dinesen (sx)
00:20 Warming Up
02:06 Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
09:27 Diddy Wah Diddy
14:34 Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor
20:14 Stealing
As seen through the lens of my old Canon Cam
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen, April 2017
Paul Banks (g & voc), Jakob Dinesen (sx)
00:20 Warming Up
02:06 Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
09:27 Diddy Wah Diddy
14:34 Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor
20:14 Stealing
Special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of LA FILM FEST 2012's screening of Alan Lomax's film "Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass".
Shot during a late nigh...
Special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of LA FILM FEST 2012's screening of Alan Lomax's film "Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass".
Shot during a late night afterparty in famed ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax's Greenwich Village apartment in 1961 but unseen until now, this film is a treasure trove of performances by some of the most influential blues, bluegrass, country and folk artists of the day, including Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Roscoe Holcomb (the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound"). More a "fly on the wall" piece than a concert film, this intimate get-together also features some incisive and entertaining interviews as Lomax quizzes the players about their music in the midst of a party that would have been a hoot(anany) to attend. Join us as we recreate that Greenwich Village vibe in the Grammy Museum.
Hosted by KCRW's Chris Douridas
Performing:
Father John Misty (Fleet Foxes)
Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli)
Anthony Marinelli
Curt Smith (Tears for Fears)
Charlton Pettus
Special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of LA FILM FEST 2012's screening of Alan Lomax's film "Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass".
Shot during a late night afterparty in famed ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax's Greenwich Village apartment in 1961 but unseen until now, this film is a treasure trove of performances by some of the most influential blues, bluegrass, country and folk artists of the day, including Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Roscoe Holcomb (the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound"). More a "fly on the wall" piece than a concert film, this intimate get-together also features some incisive and entertaining interviews as Lomax quizzes the players about their music in the midst of a party that would have been a hoot(anany) to attend. Join us as we recreate that Greenwich Village vibe in the Grammy Museum.
Hosted by KCRW's Chris Douridas
Performing:
Father John Misty (Fleet Foxes)
Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli)
Anthony Marinelli
Curt Smith (Tears for Fears)
Charlton Pettus
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor · Paul Banks · Missisippi John Hurt
Blackberry Wine
℗ 2013 Stunt Records
Released on: 2013-11-11
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Paul Banks · Kristian Jørgensen · Thor Backhausen
Comes Love
℗ 2008 Music Mecca
Released on: 2002-01-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Paul Banks: Vocal, Guitar / Svante Sjöblom (Sweden): Guitar, Mandolin / Rune Myhren (Norway): Washboard, Cajon / Peter Nande: Harp / David Larsson: Cajon.
This performance is from a Concert at "Bjergtrolden", Roskilde (DK) May 23rd 2013, where all the mentioned musicians from Norway, Sweden and Denmark met for a Scandinavian Blues Jamboree. No set list was prepared, so they just played, what came to their minds in the very moment
http://www.bluesjamboree.dk/ - By Mississippi John Hurt
Olav Poulsen: slide guitar - Mik Schack: washboard - Hugo Rasmussen: bass - Peter Nande: vocal & harp - Svante Sjöblom: vocal & guitar - Poul Banks: vocal, guitar, mandolin - an amateur footage shot at Huset in Aalborg, Denmark - 13. June 2013
As seen through the lens of my old Canon Cam
Live Jazz At Den Blå Planet - Paul Banks & Jakob Dinesen 2/2 - April 2017
Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen, April 2017
Paul Banks (g & voc), Jakob Dinesen (sx)
00:20 Warming Up
02:06 Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
09:27 Diddy Wah Diddy
14:34 Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor
20:14 Stealing
Special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of LA FILM FEST 2012's screening of Alan Lomax's film "Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass".
Shot during a late night afterparty in famed ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax's Greenwich Village apartment in 1961 but unseen until now, this film is a treasure trove of performances by some of the most influential blues, bluegrass, country and folk artists of the day, including Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Roscoe Holcomb (the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound"). More a "fly on the wall" piece than a concert film, this intimate get-together also features some incisive and entertaining interviews as Lomax quizzes the players about their music in the midst of a party that would have been a hoot(anany) to attend. Join us as we recreate that Greenwich Village vibe in the Grammy Museum.
Hosted by KCRW's Chris Douridas
Performing:
Father John Misty (Fleet Foxes)
Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli)
Anthony Marinelli
Curt Smith (Tears for Fears)
Charlton Pettus
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (known informally as the Banks/Harris award), award by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association
What I draw today could be recognized as shape I spoke to the base and the base says we wait so I smoke an old cigar while they're trying some things see I spoke to the base and the base says we wait the base says we're safe now and then can I see the truth above the lies now and then oh I feel you're truly amidst the tides that's why When I walk today it's in silence and in rage can a man turn the page while he's trying to amaze (any other) so I hold my arms apart and won't deny you anything (any other) see i spoke to the base and the base says we're there the base says we win now and then I can see the truth above the lies now and then oh I feel those beauties it's like their lights they're like street lights they tunnel on and on into these deep nights where the lights circle on oh so steep so steep so steep so steep so steep (I count the falling stars) so steep so steep so steep so steep (I count the falling stars) so steep I will not be staying long now and then I can see the truth above the lies now and then can see those beauties that shine my eyes