Conner, Paul Quinten 

67 04/06/1942 02/25/2010 Paul Quinten Conner was a 
well-known singer-songwriter, guitar playing blues 
musician who per-formed around Portland for over 40 
years, except for the late '90s when he lived in New 
Orleans and Key West, Fla. His band played at almost 
every live music venue as well as the Waterfront Blues 
Festival. He is survived by his daughter, Marie Conner; and 
son, Nathan Conner. He was predeceased by his brother, 
"Bad" George Conner, an actor and poet; as well as his 
sister, Charlene. Paul also has a half brother and half 
sisters, as well as two grandchildren. Paul also considered 
his many friends to be his family. He considered himself 
blessed to have met and performed or allowed to be an 
opening act for national blues names. Paul wrote at least 
200 songs and created the cartoon character, "Blues Duck," 
who had many autobiographi-cal adventures. Friends, 
family, musicians, former wives and girlfriends are all 
welcome to celebrate his life with food and music at 6 
p.m. Thursday, March 4, 2010, in the Eagles Lodge on 
Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard at 50th Avenue.

Published in The Oregonian on March 3, 2010