Paul Newsome

Primarysources|date=October 2007Onesource|date=October 2007"'Paul Newsome" also known as "Spot Newsome"' is a gold selling artist originally from Manchester, England and living in Los Angeles. He is the guitarist/songwriter for UK rock group Proud Mary and has also recorded various scores for both film and television. He has toured extensively and played with such artists as Neil Young, David Bowie, The Who, Ryan Adams, The Black Crows, Paul Weller, Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Ocean Colour Scene, The Happy Mondays, Stereophonics and Oasis. (Proud Mary were the first signings to Noel Gallagher's Sour Mash label and Gallagher produced his first album.)

He started his career with Manchester band The Ya Ya's who were touring buddies with a then unknown Oasis. They played their first London gigs together and continue their friendship until today. Newsome also played bass and lead guitar on The Happy Mondays' 2007 album "Unkle Dysfunktional".

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/paulnewsome Paul Newsome's myspace]