David Paton

For other people named David Paton, see David Paton (disambiguation).
David Paton
Born (1949-10-29) 29 October 1949
Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres Pop, rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
Years active Late 60s–present
Associated acts Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Elton John, Kate Bush
Website Official website

David Paton, born 29 October 1949 in Edinburgh Scotland, is a Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer.

Biography

He grew up in the south eastern suburb of Gilmerton, Edinburgh where he attended Liberton High School. His first band was called The Beachcombers and they signed a recording contract in 1968 with CBS Records. They changed their name for The Boots and published their first single, The animal in me. This was soon followed by Keep Your Lovelight Burning, but after about two years, the band stopped because of money problems in 1970. He then replaced a guitarist in a band called The Bay City Rollers, for a short period of time and never recorded with them. After leaving them in October 1970, he became a member of another band called Fresh where he met with guitarist Ian Bairnson, which changed their name for Chrystian and published a single, Nursery Lane in 1971. While still playing with the band, he took a job as a musician in a nightclub called Tiffanys, that has been going on until 1973 where he formed Pilot. With Ian Bairnson, Billy Lyall and Stuart Tosh, they recorded several demos with EMI Records and recorded their first album From the album of the same name which was published in 1974. On it was included their first major hit, Magic and guitarist Ian Bairnson, who was still not an official member of the band, joined them after the recording of their first album. They published their second album called Second flight in 1975, and it was followed in 1976 by their third, Morin Heights which was recorded at Le Studio in Morin Heights in Quebec, Canada and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. The same year, he and Pilot guitarist Ian Bairnson started working with producer Alan Parsons and published a first album under the name Alan Parsons Project, Tales of mystery and imagination inspired by the works and writings of american author Edgar Allan Poe. David would be playing bass and sing with the band until 1986 album Stereotomy, as he continued to work with other artists as a sessions musician. He also played on the first two albums by Kate Bush in 1978, The kick inside and Lionheart. In the 1980s, Paton was known for his work with Elton John in studio albums and touring around the world. Other credits include bass guitar and backing vocals for several albums by Fish, as well as Rick Wakeman in the 1990s, such as The Classical Connection, African Bach, Softsword, The Classical Connection 2, Prayers, etc. In 1984, he was a member of Keats.[1]

His first solo album was released in 1991, titled Passions Cry, and second album No Ties No Strings was released in 2003. No Ties No Strings was a re-recording of his never released album from 1980.[2] In 1985, he participated to the original score for the movie Ladyhawke which was written, composed and played by Andrew Powell and produced by Alan Parsons. Among other musicians involved in that project were Ian Bairnson on guitars, Stuart Elliott on drums and Andrew himself on keyboards, orchestration and conducting of the orchestra. He already knew these musicians from The Alan Parsons Project.

David Paton also appeared solo in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia, between August and September 2007, as a performer and musical director.

Discography

Solo

David Paton & Friends

Boots

- Singles :

Chrystian

- Single :

Pilot

- Studio Albums :

- Compilations :

Alan Parsons Project

- Studio Albums :

- Compilations :

Kate Bush

- Studio Albums :

- Compilations :

Keats

- Single :

- Album :

Rick Wakeman

- Singles :

- Studio Albums :

- Videos :

Fish

- Studio Albums :

- Live Albums :

- Compilation :

- Single :

Eric Woolfson

Collaborations

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Keats Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Dave Paton playlists, discography and bio - OnePlaylist". Oneplaylist.fm. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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