Paul Sanchez

Sanchez grew up in New Orleans, in the Irish Channel section, a working class Catholic neighborhood. He was raised by his widowed mother along with ten brothers and sisters.

Sanchez's songs have appeared in The Accused, starring Jodie Foster, Homicide: Life on the Street, the Underneath, by Steven Soderbergh, and on CMT's Travel America series. His song "Hurricane Party" is a feature on NPR every storm season. Sanchez was also music supervisor for, and appeared in, the independent film, At Last, starring Martin Donovan and Kelly Lynch. His song, "At The Foot of Canal Street", appears on the critically acclaimed Shout Factory New Orleans musical history boxed set, Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens, a Big Ole Box Of New Orleans. Co-written in 1999 with Sanchez's friend, John Boutte, the song eerily foreshadows the aftermath of the flood that was to come.

In 2006, Sanchez told the story of Hurricane Katrina destroying his home in the documentary film, New Orleans Music in Exile; he also performed the song "Home" with Cowboy Mouth in the film.