In 2012 Paul was the subject of an hour-long BBC Four documentary Paul Carrack: The Man with the Golden Voice. That same year, he was one of the recipients of the BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his unique contribution to music. Paul’s songs have been recorded by many artists, including Tom Jones, Eagles, Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland, and he has toured with or played sessions for many others, such as Elton John, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Ringo Starr, the Smiths, Madness, Simply Red and the Pretenders.

It was during his solo UK tour in 2018 that Paul was presented with his J-45 replica at Sheffield City Hall, where Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared in March 1958 during their only UK tour. The ‘Work with Me Annie’ guitar is named after a 1954 Hank Ballard and the Midnighters song covered by Buddy. Paul talked about his new guitar and TBHEF on stage before playing a great version of ‘Raining in My Heart’.