David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a bass guitarist for
pop/
alternative rock
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band
World Party
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Career
After a stint as musical director of a West End pe ...
,
and was the original "Paul" for the March 1980 launch of
The Beatles
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tribute band
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,
The Bootleg Beatles
The Bootleg Beatles are a Beatles tribute band. They have performed over 4,000 times since their establishment in March 1980.
History
The Bootleg Beatles were formed by Andre Barreau, Neil Harrison and David Catlin-Birch, fellow London cast m ...
.
With
Rowland Rivron
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Early career
Rivron played the comic character "Dr Martin Scrote" on the Jonathan Ross chat show ''The Last Resort'', and also played Scr ...
and
Richard Vranch
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Early life
Vranch graduated from Cambridge U ...
, he made up the core team for
BBC Radio 2
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's musical comedy show ''
Jammin''' which won a Silver Sony Comedy Award in 2004. He played bass guitar with
The Flight of the Conchords
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on their 2005 Radio 2 series. In 2006, he joined
Neil Innes
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and the
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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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
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''.
As a session guitarist, bass guitarist, vocalist, drummer and keyboard player, he has performed with
Eurythmics
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,
Stevie Wonder
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,
Ringo Starr
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,
Joe Cocker
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and
Robbie Williams
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. He also briefly wrote with the late
Viv Stanshall
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from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. In November 2002, he performed with
Jim Lea, the former bass guitarist of
Slade
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, at his one-off "Jim Jam" gig at the Robin 2 club in Wolverhampton when Lea played lead guitar.
References
British pop pianists
British male guitarists
British rock bass guitarists
British pop singers
British rock singers
Living people
World Party members
The Bootleg Beatles members
British male pianists
Male bass guitarists
21st-century pianists
21st-century British male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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