Paul
Shotan keyboards
I've always been fascinated by music and musical instruments from the
early days as a youngster trying to figure out simple melodies on battered
old upright pianos, and a red plastic Beatles guitar (how much would that
be worth now....a lot more than the real guitars my mates had!)
I was so desperate to learn
how to play, from books, watching others, and just being a pain in the
arse asking endless questions! Eventually I got to play guitar in a blues
and ragtime duo...onstage for the first time. I shook like a strung-out
junky, but was immediately and incurably hooked on the adrenalin rush
of performing from that point on. Over the years I moved on, dropped the
guitar and turned more to keyboards, playing in a variety of never to
be known bands.
Now, as I approach my dotage and should know better at my age, I am privileged to be playing some of the coolest music on the planet, to some of the most knowledgeable and appreciative audiences around. This is the musical pinnacle for me and I doubt very much that anything could ever come close to giving me the same pride, thrill and sense of achievement that I get from performing the music of Becker & Fagen with The DSO today.
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"I first heard The Danny Steel Orchestra as they rehearsed at Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham, UK in November 1998. I was stunned by what I heard! I couldn't believe a live band was creating such an incredible sound and I had to stick my head round the door to check it wasn't a CD! It wasn't....it was the original DSO lineup in full swing.......I was suitably stunned" The band was going through a crisis (nothing changes does it?) and sadly for them (bloody lucky for me!) there was a vacancy on keyboards. Through my brother-in-law-ish Eddie Moohan, (bass with The DSO at that time) I was introduced to the band, sat in on a few keyboard parts and, miraculously, was invited to become the latest recruit! |
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