Cece and Me Biography

Cece and Me
(Paul and Cece Ellingsen)

Though he has been playing guitar since in his single digits, performing and writing started in 1995 when Paul Ellingsen was walking through the plant where he was working and said to God, as a rhetorical question, not expecting an answer, “So what's next God?” God said, “music.” Shortly thereafter Paul started writing and performing in coffeehouses, festivals churches, bars, and anywhere else he was welcomed.
In 2001 Bernadette, who was also in his praise band at church, started singing with him. They formed the group PBforJ (Paul and Bernadette for Jesus). Bernadette sang with the band until 2005. Paul Ellingsen's latest band, "Cece & Me" is a lively and mellow Gospel Folk group featuring the vocals, folksy guitar picking and soulful harmonica playing of Paul Ellingsen. Cece plays bass and mandolin and sings backup vocals.
We do mostly original Gospel with a few classics. The lyrics are a mixture of evangelistic, testimonial, Bible story telling, and Scripture put to music. The music is mostly folk style, with some country, some blues, and some guitar, harmonica & bass instrumentals. It is our prayer that you be not only entertained, but that the Holy Spirit might use us to give you a glimpse of the love, forgiveness, and hope that comes only through Christ Jesus, our Lord.


"Christmas" Cece and Me 2009	"Wish I Had a" Cece and Me 2007	"As a Child" PBforJ 2004


"All You Ever Meant" PBforJ 2001	"Live in Paradise" Paul Ellingsen 2000	"No Hope but for Jesus" Paul Ellingsen 1999

Click here for the 2007 page and to listen to our newest CD, "Wish I Had a"

Some places we have played:
Lemstone Books, Algonquin, IL *Mendota Hills Campground, Amboy, IL * St Petre Lutheran Church, Leland IL. * Benton Ky downtown stage * Cornerstone * House Of Prayer Cornerstone * House of Prayer Elgin IL * United Methodist Church, Briensburg Ky, * Clover Cafe, Briensburg, Ky * Starbucks Cafe Banff, Alberta, Canada * New Covenant Fellowship, Elgin IL * The Nite Light Cafe Berwyn IL. * Bethany Reformed Church, Sheboygan, Wi * The Kendall County Fair * Daniel's Den Coffeehouse in Plano, IL * The Plano Sesquicentennial * The Praise Jesus Fest * The Ray Graham Center * Shriners Hospital * Jesus Coffeehouse, Bloomington, IL. * Spring Prairie Methodist Church, Spring Prairie Wi * The Overflowing Cup Coffeehouse, Beliot Wi. * Sanctuary Coffeehouse, Park Ridge IL. * The First United Methodist Church quarterly Coffeehouse Beliot Wi. * Hike for Life, Elgin, IL, * The Foundation Coffeehouse Aurora IL * The Freewill Coffeehouse Chicago IL. * Paradise Christian Coffeehouse (Now the "Upper Room") Sheboygan Wi * Barnes & Nobel Booksellers Oakbrook IL. * The Annex Folk & Arts Festival Algonquin * Celebrate Jesus Coffeehouse St. John's Lutheran Church, Forest Park IL. * Higher Ground Bookstore & Coffeehouse Bolingbrook IL. * Chapel in the Woods at Woodhaven Lakes, Amboy IL * Perk-up Gourmet Cafe, Wheaton, IL * Enchanted Castle, Lombard, IL * (Our own Wedding) * Newspaper articles about PBforJ