Four men with the same name who all love making music? Baltimore Paul had an idea. Wouldn’t it be funny, he asked the other musical Pauls, if they formed a band called The Paul O’Sullivans? Four men with the same name who all love making music? Baltimore Paul had an idea. Wouldn’t it be funny, he asked the other musical Pauls, if they formed a band called The Paul O’Sullivans?
Their posts started showing up on my Facebook timeline, O Sullivan said. One Paul O Sullivan posted a picture of his Fender jazz bass, another had a profile picture of him singing live, and another had a bucket list of accomplishments that completely piqued my curiosity. He decided to individually contact the three strangers with matching names, all of whom responded. Although they were admittedly skeptical at first, a bond was quickly forged. Beyond their shared names, a common affinity for music drew them together. O Sullivan got an idea: I thought, we should start a band . It was the natural next step.
Four strangers all named Paul O Sullivan form a band Duration: 02:40 When Paul O Sullivan from Baltimore, Maryland reached out to other Paul O Sullivans on Facebook, he realized many of them were musicians. Three of his fellow Pauls agreed to form a band – and the music ended up helping them get through 2020.
Man Found People on Facebook That Share His Name, Started Virtual Band
Paul O Sullivan, 33, has done what a lot of us have, which is search Facebook to see if we have anybody else out there that shares the same name as us. Out of curiosity (or maybe lockdown boredom), he sent friend requests to a handful of them.
“I wondered what my name twins were up to out in the world,” O’Sullivan, a music instructor from Baltimore, Maryland told
Some of them accepted the request, and Paul found out that he and the other Pauls share a lot of interests.
To avoid confusion, the Paul O’Sullivans started using their geographic locations when referring to one another. Paul O’Sullivan from Baltimore became Baltimore Paul, and so on.