David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a guitarist for
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Pop music, a musical genre
Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop! (British group), a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Album ...
/
alternative rock
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band
World Party
World Party was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger. ,
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 ...
.
In the 1990s he collaborated with Karl Wallinger touring and recording the ''
Bang!'' album. In th same period he formed the group The Lemon Trees with
Guy Chambers
Guy Antony Chambers (born 12 January 1963) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for his work with Robbie Williams.
Education
Chambers attended Quarry Bank Comprehensive School sixth form in Liverpool. From 18, ...
.
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 S ...
and
Richard Vranch
Richard Leslie Vranch (born 29 June 1959) is an English actor, improviser, comedian, writer and musician. He is known for providing the music for the British TV series '' Whose Line Is It Anyway?''
Early life
Vranch's parents were a teacher an ...
, 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 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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"Feelin' Alright ...
and
Robbie Williams
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.
He also briefly wrote with the late
Viv Stanshall
Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper ...
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. He left the Bootleg Beatles in 2012.
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
British male bass guitarists
21st-century British pianists
21st-century British male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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