Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, and comedian who served as David Letterman's musical director, bandleader, and sidekick on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

Thunder Bay connections

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer was born in 1949 in Toronto, and was raised in Fort William (now part of Thunder Bay), Ontario, the son of Shirley Shaffer and Bernard Shaffer. In his teenage years he played the organ in a band called the Fabulous Fugitives with his schoolmates in Thunder Bay.

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