Paul Stacey
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Paul Stacey is a British guitarist and producer, best known for his work with Oasis
and The Black Crowes
.
Paul Stacey's early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees
(with twin brother Jeremy Stacey
on drums, Guy Chambers
and others) and Denzil
.
On 29 September 2007, Stacey was named as the replacement for Marc Ford
in The Black Crowes, only a day after Ford faxed the band his resignation and two days before the band's fall tour was set to begin. Previous to this announcement Stacey had worked with The Black Crowes by remastering the band's album The Lost Crowes
. Stacey toured with The Black Crowes through the end of 2007 and is credited as a co-producer (with the rest of the band), for the Crowes' 2008 release Warpaint.
He has also worked with Chris Robinson (producing and co-writing), the Finn Brothers
, Claire Martin
(guitar, keys and bass on Take My Heart, 1999), The Syn
(guitar, co-writing and co-production on Syndestructible, 2005), Elkie Brooks
(On stage and her 1989 album Inspiration), Minuteman (guitar, production and mixing on Resigned to Life, 2002) ,Black Car and The Kooks (single version of 'Eddies gun' 2005). He is currently working with Chris Squire
.
He has also worked with Lucio Battisti
in La Sposa Occidentale
, 1990, and with Patricia Kaas
on her album Je te dis vous (1993), recorded at the Eel Pie Studios
in Twickenham.
The Stacey brothers played on the 'praise and blame' - tour of Tom Jones in November 2010.
In 2011 Stacey musically directed the play Backbeat
at the Duke of York's Theatre
, London.
(2000), he performed a number of other roles as the band suffered line-up issues for the recording of the album, particularly contributing bass guitar work in the absence of the band's bassist Paul McGuigan
. Stacey played bass on 4 songs - "Who Feels Love?
", "Gas Panic!", "I Can See a Liar" and "Roll It Over". He also contributed keyboards and lead guitar to "Fuckin' in the Bushes", the guitar solo in "Roll It Over", backwards guitar to "Who Feels Love?" and acoustic guitar to "Where Did It All go Wrong?". Later, at the end of 2000, he co-produced their first live album/video, Familiar to Millions
.
Stacey would return for all subsequent Oasis releases. Two years later, Stacey would return to assist significantly on the band's next release, Heathen Chemistry
(2002), engineering and contributing keyboards/hammond organ/mellotron to five tracks - "The Hindu Times
", "Force of Nature", "Hung in a Bad Place", "Better Man" and "Little by Little". On the b-side to the "Little By Little"/"She Is Love" double-A single, Stacey provided guitar and backing vocals to the band's studio-live cover of "My Generation
" by The Who
, making Stacey one of only a handful of musicians to contribute guest vocals to an Oasis track.
For 2005's Don't Believe the Truth
, he mixed "Mucky Fingers" and contributed piano/mellotron on "Let There Be Love". Stacey also mixed and played piano on "Let There Be Love" b-side "Sittin' Here In Silence (On My Own)" during these sessions. For the recording of Dig Out Your Soul
(2008), Stacey was involved in the production, though none of his work was included in the main album. Stacey produced/mixed "The Turning (Alt Version #4), included on special editions of the album, and "Waiting For The Rapture (Alt Version #2)", included on the special edition and a b-side on Japanese copies of single "I'm Outta Time
". Stacey also produced "These Swollen Hand Blues", included as a b-side on the "Falling Down
" single.
Note: "These Swollen Hand Blues" also charted at #190 in the UK as a result of being a popular downloadable track, despite not receiving a proper single release.
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
and The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
.
Paul Stacey's early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees
The Lemon Trees
The Lemon Trees were a 1990s UK pop band consisting of Guy Chambers, twin brothers Paul Stacey and Jeremy Stacey, Alex Lewis and Paul Holman. The band formed in 1993 and recorded two albums, but the second was not released...
(with twin brother Jeremy Stacey
Jeremy Stacey
Jeremy Stacey is a British drummer. His early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees and Denzil...
on drums, Guy Chambers
Guy Chambers
Guy Chambers is an English songwriter and record producer, perhaps best known for his long partnership with Robbie Williams.- Biography :...
and others) and Denzil
Denzil
Denzil are a rock/powerpop band from Bournemouth, England, based around singer-songwriter Denzil Thomas. Denzil were signed to Giant Records in the USA in 1993 and put out one album, Pub, in 1994. Pub was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1994....
.
On 29 September 2007, Stacey was named as the replacement for Marc Ford
Marc Ford
Marc Ford , is an American blues-rock guitarist. He's a former lead guitarist of the rock and roll jam band The Black Crowes and the leader of his own bands .-Burning Tree:Ford began his career with the blues-rock outfit Burning...
in The Black Crowes, only a day after Ford faxed the band his resignation and two days before the band's fall tour was set to begin. Previous to this announcement Stacey had worked with The Black Crowes by remastering the band's album The Lost Crowes
The Lost Crowes
The Lost Crowes is a compilation album by American rock band The Black Crowes. The two-disc compilation comprises material composed and recorded during the Tall and Band sessions in 1993 and 1997, respectively...
. Stacey toured with The Black Crowes through the end of 2007 and is credited as a co-producer (with the rest of the band), for the Crowes' 2008 release Warpaint.
He has also worked with Chris Robinson (producing and co-writing), the Finn Brothers
Finn Brothers
The Finn Brothers is a New Zealand Rock musical duo consisting of brothers Neil and Tim Finn. In June 1993 both members were awarded the OBE for their contribution to music....
, Claire Martin
Claire Martin (singer)
Claire Martin, OBE is an English jazz singer, born in Wimbledon, South London, England.Claire Martin grew up in a house "full of music", and claims to have learned all of Judy Garland´s songs by the time she was 12...
(guitar, keys and bass on Take My Heart, 1999), The Syn
The Syn
The Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004. Chris Welch, in his book, Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes wrote, "The Syn were very similar to Yes in fact...
(guitar, co-writing and co-production on Syndestructible, 2005), Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. Elkie has been nominated twice for Brit Awards' top female singer. She is known for her powerful husky voice...
(On stage and her 1989 album Inspiration), Minuteman (guitar, production and mixing on Resigned to Life, 2002) ,Black Car and The Kooks (single version of 'Eddies gun' 2005). He is currently working with Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire , is an English musician, known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes. He is the only member of the group to appear on every album.-Before Yes:...
.
He has also worked with Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....
in La Sposa Occidentale
La sposa occidentale
La sposa occidentale is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in September 1990 by CBS.- Track listing :All lyrics written by Pasquale Panella, all music composed by Lucio Battisti....
, 1990, and with Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...
on her album Je te dis vous (1993), recorded at the Eel Pie Studios
Eel Pie Studios
The Eel Pie Recording Studios, formerly Oceanic, are not actually located on the River Thames's Eel Pie Island but on the mainland in Ranelagh Drive by Twickenham Bridge. They were the venue for a number of notable rock and pop recordings. Eel Pie Studios' artists include Pete Townshend, Rachel...
in Twickenham.
The Stacey brothers played on the 'praise and blame' - tour of Tom Jones in November 2010.
In 2011 Stacey musically directed the play Backbeat
Backbeat
Backbeat is a term applied to a rhythmic accentuation on even beats.Backbeat may also refer to:*Backbeat , of pioneer rock and roll drummer Earl Palmer...
at the Duke of York's Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre
The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End Theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster. It was built for Frank Wyatt and his wife, Violet Melnotte, who retained ownership of the theatre, until her death in 1935. It opened on 10 September 1892 as the Trafalgar Square Theatre, with Wedding...
, London.
Work with Oasis (1999, 2000, 2001-2, 2004-5, 2007-8)
Stacey did work for Oasis in a number of different capacities between 1999 and 2008. Originally brought in to engineer Standing on the Shoulder of GiantsStanding on the Shoulder of Giants
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000. The album is the 16th fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week...
(2000), he performed a number of other roles as the band suffered line-up issues for the recording of the album, particularly contributing bass guitar work in the absence of the band's bassist Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan (musician)
Paul McGuigan , better known by his nickname, Guigsy , is an English musician and one of the four founding members of the English rock band Oasis...
. Stacey played bass on 4 songs - "Who Feels Love?
Who Feels Love?
"Who Feels Love?" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It became the second single to be released from the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, peaking at number 4 in the UK charts...
", "Gas Panic!", "I Can See a Liar" and "Roll It Over". He also contributed keyboards and lead guitar to "Fuckin' in the Bushes", the guitar solo in "Roll It Over", backwards guitar to "Who Feels Love?" and acoustic guitar to "Where Did It All go Wrong?". Later, at the end of 2000, he co-produced their first live album/video, Familiar to Millions
Familiar to Millions
Familiar to Millions is a live album by the British rock band Oasis. It was recorded at Wembley Stadium on 21 July 2000. It debuted at #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone , about 70,000 copies in...
.
Stacey would return for all subsequent Oasis releases. Two years later, Stacey would return to assist significantly on the band's next release, Heathen Chemistry
Heathen Chemistry
Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released in 2002.The album was written and recorded with a back-to-basics sound with a more rock feel to it; the more crude and simple sound differs from the musical grandiosity of their previous records, Be Here Now and...
(2002), engineering and contributing keyboards/hammond organ/mellotron to five tracks - "The Hindu Times
The Hindu Times
"The Hindu Times" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was the first single released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry on 15 April 2002. It was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. Noel got the name "The Hindu Times" from a t-shirt he saw in a charity shop...
", "Force of Nature", "Hung in a Bad Place", "Better Man" and "Little by Little". On the b-side to the "Little By Little"/"She Is Love" double-A single, Stacey provided guitar and backing vocals to the band's studio-live cover of "My Generation
My Generation
My Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
" by The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
, making Stacey one of only a handful of musicians to contribute guest vocals to an Oasis track.
For 2005's Don't Believe the Truth
Don't Believe the Truth
Don't Believe the Truth is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 30 May 2005. It reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000, and is the 32nd fastest selling album ever in the UK. The album entered the U.S...
, he mixed "Mucky Fingers" and contributed piano/mellotron on "Let There Be Love". Stacey also mixed and played piano on "Let There Be Love" b-side "Sittin' Here In Silence (On My Own)" during these sessions. For the recording of Dig Out Your Soul
Dig Out Your Soul
Dig Out Your Soul is the seventh and final studio album by English rock band Oasis. It was released in October 2008. The first single, "The Shock of the Lightning", was released on 29 September 2008. In promotion of the album, the band embarked on a world tour, debuting in Seattle, Washington at...
(2008), Stacey was involved in the production, though none of his work was included in the main album. Stacey produced/mixed "The Turning (Alt Version #4), included on special editions of the album, and "Waiting For The Rapture (Alt Version #2)", included on the special edition and a b-side on Japanese copies of single "I'm Outta Time
I'm Outta Time
"I'm Outta Time" is a song by English rock band Oasis, featured on their seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul. The second single from the album, succeeding "The Shock of the Lightning", "I'm Outta Time" was written by lead vocalist Liam Gallagher and released on 1 December 2008.-Composition:The...
". Stacey also produced "These Swollen Hand Blues", included as a b-side on the "Falling Down
Falling Down
Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster , a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer...
" single.
UK hit singles
A number of the Oasis songs Stacey has been involved in have been UK hit singles.| Year | Single | UK Chart Position | Contribution to main track | Contribution to b-sides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Who Feels Love?" | #4 | Bass, backwards guitar, engineer | Engineer |
| 2002 | "The Hindu Times" | #1 | Mellotron, engineer | Engineer |
| 2002 | "Little By Little"/"She Is Love" | #2 | Hammond organ ("Little By Little"), engineer | Backing vocals, guitar ("My Generation"), engineer |
| 2005 | "Let There Be Love" | #2 | Piano, mellotron | Piano, mixing ("Sittin' Here In Silence (On My Own)") |
| 2009 | "Falling Down" | #10 | — | Producer ("These Swollen Hand Blues") |
Note: "These Swollen Hand Blues" also charted at #190 in the UK as a result of being a popular downloadable track, despite not receiving a proper single release.