Paul Douglas Webb is an English

England

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 musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

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Webb attended secondary school with Lee Harris

Lee Harris (musician)

Lee David Harris is an English drummer and musician. Harris attended secondary school with Paul Webb, and the two became good friends. They played in the reggae band Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk in 1981. Harris played drums for Talk Talk until 1991. In the early 1990s he and...

, and the two became good friends. They played in the reggae

Reggae

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 band

Band (music)

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 Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk

Talk Talk

Talk Talk were an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World"....

 in 1981. Webb played bass

Bass guitar

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 for Talk Talk until 1988.

In the early 1990s he and Harris formed .O.rang

.O.rang

.O.rang is a band led by Lee Harris and Paul Webb, formerly of Talk Talk. The group's first album, Herd of Instinct , was recorded similarly to Talk Talk's later albums: guest musicians played hours of improvisational material, then the performances were edited down and pieced together...

. In the early 2000s he adopted the name "Rustin Man" and collaborated with Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist for the iconic British band Portishead.-Early life:...

 on Out of Season (2002).

More recently, in 2006, he produced

Record producer

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 the James Yorkston

James Yorkston

-Music career:A native of Fife, James Yorkston was an integral early member of the Fence Collective whose reach across contemporary music continues to lengthen: King Creosote, The Aliens, KT Tunstall, The Beta Band...

 album

Album

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 The Year of the Leopard

The Year of the Leopard

The Year of the Leopard is an album by James Yorkston.Released on September 25, 2006 in the UK, The Year of the Leopard is the third studio album by Yorkston, though the first to be credited without his band The Athletes. The album was released on double 10" vinyl and on CD, initial copies of the...

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