David Paton

David Paton
Born (1949-10-29) 29 October 1949
Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres Pop, rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass, guitar, vocals
Years active Late 1960s–present
Associated acts Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Elton John, Kate Bush
Website davidpatonsongs.com

David Paton (born 29 October 1949, 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".[1] This was soon followed by "Keep Your Lovelight Burning",[2] but after about two years, the band split because of money problems in 1970. He then replaced a guitarist in the Bay City Rollers, for a short period of time but never recorded with them. After leaving them in October 1970, he became a member of another band called Fresh, which changed their name for Chrystian and published a single, "Nursery Lane" in 1971.[3] While still playing with the band, he took a job as a musician in a nightclub called Tiffanys where he met Ian Bairnson.

In 1973, Paton was a co-founder of 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.[4] On it was included their first major hit, "Magic" and Bairnson, who was still not an official member of the band, joined them after the recording of the 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 Bairnson started working with producer Alan Parsons and published a first album under the name Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery & Imagination. Paton played bass and sang with the band until 1986 album Stereotomy, as he continued to work with other artists as a session 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 Camel and 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 and Prayers. In 1984, he was a member of Keats.[5]

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.[6] 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 Powell himself on keyboards, orchestration and conducting.

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 :

- Compilation albums :

Alan Parsons Project

- Studio albums :

- Compilation albums :

Kate Bush

- Studio albums :

- Compilation albums :

Camel

Keats

- Single :

- Album :

Rick Wakeman

- Singles :

- Studio albums :

- Videos :

Fish

- Studio albums :

- Live albums :

- Compilation albums :

- Single :

Eric Woolfson

Collaborations

Production

References

[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

  1. ↑ "The Boots (5) - The Animal In Me (Ricordati Di Me) (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  2. ↑ "The Boots (5) - Keep Your Lovelight Burning (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Christyan - Nursery Lane / Desperate Dan - Decca - UK - F 13275". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  4. ↑ "Pilot - From The Album Of The Same Name". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  5. ↑ "Keats Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Dave Paton playlists, discography and bio - OnePlaylist". Oneplaylist.fm. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  7. ↑ video
  8. ↑ "David Paton .com News-The Spanish Inquisitor-Education". Davidpaton.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Biography: David Paton". Theavenueonline.info. 1949-10-29. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  10. ↑ "David Paton & Friends: Originals by Various Artists (Album): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  11. ↑ "Discographie de Pilot". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  12. ↑ "Pilot - Morin Heights (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  13. ↑ "David Paton .com Studio Spotlight Pilot Craighall Demos". Davidpaton.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  14. ↑ "Discographie de Keats". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  15. ↑ "Discographie de The Alan Parsons Project". Discogs.com. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  16. ↑ "Rick Wakeman Discography". Rwcc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  17. ↑ "Guest Artist Selector". Rwcc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  18. ↑ "Songs of my Life". Kenny Herbert Music. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  19. ↑ "Ladyhawke (1985) : Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  20. ↑ "Beagle Hat - Magical Hat (CD)". Discogs.com. 2006-01-21. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
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