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He is a violinist, concertmaster, strings contractor and strings arranger occasionally listed as “Sid Paige”, who has been in the music and recording industry for the last four decades.

He was a member of Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks from around 1974 and also appeared with his own Sid Page Strings on recordings such as Martinis and Bikinis by Sam Phillips and others.

Spending much of his career in the studios as a session musician or arranger he has appeared on countless film soundtracks and albums.

Lending his talents to a huge amount of artists in one guise or another, he has worked with artists such as Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, David Byrne, J.J. Cale, Belinda Carlisle, Vikki Carr, Stanley Clarke, Joe Cocker, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Billy Ray Cyrus, Randy Edelman, Jerry Garcia, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Faith Hill, Indigo Girls, James Ingram, Mark Isham, Lyle Lovett, Richard Marx, Bette Midler, Graham Nash, Aaron Neville, Randy Newman, The O’Jays, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes, Jim Self, Sly & The Family Stone, Spinal Tap, Tavares, Richard Thompson, Tanita Tikaram, Carrie Underwood, Suzanne Vega, Jennifer Warnes and Brian Wilson.

The numerous albums he has featured on include his own Odyssey with David Shelander as well as Floridays by Jimmy Buffett, Unforgettable: With Love by Natalie Cole, When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick Jr., That’s Me in the Bar by A.J. Croce, Movie Album: As Time Goes By by Neil Diamond, Faces by Earth, Wind & Fire, Last Train to Hicksville by Dan Hicks, Peachtree Road by Elton John, Deuces Wild by B.B. King, Before Me by Gladys Knight, Drag by k.d. Lang, Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose by Meat Loaf, Healing Hands of Time by Willie Nelson, Garden by Michael Nesmith, Ultimate by Prince, Cry Like a Rainstorm – Howl Like the Wind by Linda Ronstadt, Trilogy by Frank Sinatra, Play by Squeeze, Foolish Behaviour by Rod Stewart, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending by Tears for Fears, Next Exit by Grover Washington Jr., Escapology by Robbie Williams, Jungle Fever by Stevie Wonder and the soundtracks of Bandits, The Bourne Supremacy, Bruce Almighty, China Cry, Cold Creek Manor, Constantine, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Dreamcatcher, Elf, Evolution, Forget Paris, The Green Mile, The Last Samurai, Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events, Living Out Loud, Miami Rhapsody, The Postman, Primary Colors, The Princess Diaries, Queen of the Damned, A River Runs Through It, Robots, The Salton Sea, The Scorpion King, Shark Tale, Sin City, Spider-Man 2, Star Trek: Nemesis, The Story of Us, Swing Kids, The Village and X-Men 2 as well as many others.

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