Saturday, October 16, 2010

A Paul Look-Alike

I was reading Ray Davies' autobiography, X-Ray:  The Unauthorized Autobiography (1995), and he was talking about the bass guitarist The Kinks hired to temporarily replace Pete Quaife.  His name is John "Nobby" Dalton, and Davies called him a Paul McCartney look-alike.  (Dalton replaced Quaife permanently in 1969 and stayed with the group until 1976.)
Dalton was bass guitarist for several groups before joining The Kinks: 
     1959-1961  Danny King and The Bluejacks
     1961-1962  Jimmy Virgo and The Bluejacks
     1962-1965  The Mark Four
I found a Kinks-era photo on Dalton's website:  http://john-dalton.kastoffkinks.co.uk/ under the link "My Musical History."  Check out the 4th. photo. In that photo, he really does not look like Paul.  The telling photo is the 5th. photo. (I'm sorry, I can't upload those photos because they are embedded in the document.)

To get a quick idea of Dalton when he really looks like Paul take a look at these 3 photos:

REALLY, a Paul look-alike! 

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