| 1984 | Paul Metsa went solo after leading the popular Minneapolis band "Cats Under the Stars." That same year his "Paper Tigers" LP was released. |
| 1985 | "59 Coal Mines" was released as a single. Minnesota Music Awards – Best Folk Artist. |
| 1986 | Member of Politics and Music panel for New Music Seminar, NYC, with Nona Hendryx, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Reuben Blades and others. |
| 1987 | "Ferris Wheels On the Farm" was released as a single. |
| 1988 | Minnesota Music Awards – Best Blues Vocal. |
| 1989 | Minnesota Music Awards – Best Blues Folk Group. |
| 1990 | Wins Best Acoustic Guitar Player of the Twin Cities Contest at Cabooze Showdown. |
| 1991 | "Radio Motel" was released, CD retrospective. |
| 1992 | Appeared on National Television Broadcast at Farm Aid V at Willie Nelson’s behest. |
| 1993 | "Whistling Past the Graveyard" was released, produced by Bucky Baxter. |
| 1994 | Headlined sold out Guthrie Theatre show and released "Mississippi Farewell" CD which was a live performance of that show. |
| 1995 | Commissioned to do research and write original music for documentary on the history of the Saint Louis County Fair. |
| 1996 | Featured performer and panelist at Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Woody Guthrie Archives. |
| 1997 | Featured performer at AFL-CIO Rally with National President John Sweeney. |
| 1998 | "Lincoln's Bedroom" EP CD was released. |
| 1999 | Performance in Iceland as Musical Ambassador for the Minnesota Dept of Tourism. Songwriter of the Year, Twin Cities CitySearch |
| 2000 | Featured performer at the Million Mom March in Washington, DC. |
| 2001 | Founded SavetheGuthrie.org, which was dedicated to saving the historic Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from demolition. Produced Million Dollar Bash (Bob Dylan’s 60th Birthday Tribute) featuring forty bands at First Avenue – Sold Out Show. |
| 2002 | Awarded contract for Music Director of Famous Dave’s Barbeque and Blues Club. Famous Dave’s named Best Blues Club of Twin Cities by City Pages. |
| 2003 | Associate Producer and Featured Performer at the Blood On the Tracks Band reunion, Pantages Theater, Mpls. MN. |
| 2004 | Featured panelist, Future of Music Seminar, George Washington University, Washington, DC. |
| 2005 | Released "Texas in the Twilight" CD (Loudhouse Records) Minnesota Music Award – Americana Artist of the Year. |
| 2006 | Featured Performer at Bob Dylan Days, Hibbing, MN. |
| 2007 | Founded MaximumFolk.com, a digital record label. Featured performer w/ Sonny Earl at 20th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival, Duluth, MN. |
| 2004-08 | Producer Famous Dave’s Barbeque and Blues Festival Minneapolis, MN. Producer and Performer at Summertime at Ironworld Amphitheater, Chisholm, MN. |
| 2007 | Produced Ron Hacker’s “Mr. Bad Boy” (MaximumFolk.com) |
| 2008 | Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl “White Boys Lost in the Blues” (MaximumFolk.com) |
| 2009 | Skyway to Hell (30 year career retrospective-sold out show) Parkway Theater-Minneapolis |
| 2009 | Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl “No Money Down” (6 song EP-DVD-MaximumFolk.com) |
| 2010 | Signed deal with University of MN Press for memoirs (Blue Guitar Highway) |
| 2011 | Book launch for “Blue Guitar Highway” (UofMN Press, October 1st.) |
| 2012 | Blues, Ballads, and Broadsides-Songs from the Blue Guitar Highwayreleased (MaximumFolk.com) |
| 2013 | Paul Metsa and Willie Walker-Live on Highway 55 CD released (MaximumFolk.com) - PaulAndWillie.com |
