Biografía de David Paton

Biography

David Paton was born October 29, 1949 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

When David was starting out, he was in a number of bands including Boots and Christian, but the band that launched his career was Pilot. In 1974, Pilot had it’s first hit when the single "Magic" soared like a jet plane. Before the band broke up in 1977, Pilot had released four albums.

In 1975, the members of Pilot would join Alan Parsons in the making of the first of many Project albums. From there, David played bass on every Alan Parsons Project album up to the 1986 "Stereotomy" album.

After the first couple of Project albums, many of the Project band members got into sessions in a big way, and David was no exception. From Camel to The Pretenders, from Kate Bush to Chris DeBurgh, it seemed that David was everywhere.

In the mid-eighties, David also played on both Andrew Powell's "Best of APP" and the "Ladyhawke" soundtrack. In addition, David also was a member of the short-lived band called Keats.

In the late eighties, David began working with Elton John, and played on a number of albums, and tours, including the show performed in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

In 1991, David would appear on "Internal Exile" by Fish. This would be the first of many albums with Fish. In the late nineties, he worked on numerous albums by Rick Wakeman.

In 1991, David released his first solo album called "Passion's Cry", which was in the style of traditional Scottish music. After that was deleted by the record company, David re-recorded the best tracks onto his latest solo album, 1997's "Fragments".

More recently David Paton has been working in the area of traditional Scottish music, as well as pop music. However, the big project at the moment is working with Ian Bairnson, and together they are re-visiting their old Pilot album "Two’s A Crowd".

Fuente: Linda Paton a través de Musica.com