David Catlin-Birch | |
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 Catlin-Birch performing as Paul McCartney in The Bootleg Beatles (2006) | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a guitarist for pop/alternative rock band World Party, [1] and was the original "Paul" for the March 1980 launch of The Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles. [2] [3]
In the 1990s he collaborated with Karl Wallinger touring and recording the Bang! album. [4] In the same period he formed the group The Lemon Trees with Guy Chambers. [5] [6]
With Rowland Rivron and Richard Vranch, he made up the core team for BBC Radio 2's musical comedy show Jammin which won a Silver Sony Comedy Award in 2004. He played bass guitar with The Flight of the Conchords on their 2005 Radio 2 series.
In 2006, he joined Neil Innes and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band for their UK tour as lead guitarist, taking lead vocals for a handful of songs and recording as a member of the band on its first album in 36 years, Pour l'Amour des Chiens . [7]
As a session guitarist, bass guitarist, vocalist, drummer and keyboard player, he has performed with Eurythmics, Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker and Robbie Williams. [5] He also briefly wrote with the late Viv Stanshall from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. In November 2002, he performed with Jim Lea, the former bass guitarist of Slade, at his one-off "Jim Jam" gig at the Robin 2 club in Wolverhampton when Lea played lead guitar. He left the Bootleg Beatles in 2012. [8]
