Paul Sailor Vernon was born in Hampstead, London, in 1949 and currently lives in Spain. During the 1960s he began discovering The Blues, which became a lifelong obsession that led him first to record collecting and stalking unsuspecting visiting bluesmen, and then into a whirlwind of activity as a rare record hunter, record dealer, magazine proprietor/editor, video bootlegger and record company director before a variety of personal and business setbacks eventually ushered him into seeking a more stable form of existence. Apart from he blues, he's also an expert on Fado, Rebetiko and French Gipsy Jazz.