Paul Newton

Paul Newton (born 21 February 1948) is an English rock musician. He was the original bass player for Uriah Heep, performing on the band's first three studio albums.

Career He was bassist with progressive group Shinn, which featured organist Don Shinn and drummer Brian "Blinky" Davison, and then joined a reformed line-up of The Gods with Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake. Newton then played in the band Spice with Mick Box and David Byron, who in 1969 developed into Uriah Heep. He was the bass guitarist for Uriah Heep from 1969 to 1972, and played on the band's first three albums.

More recently he has performed with other ex-members of Uriah Heep (Ken Hensley, John Lawton and Lee Kerslake) in 'Uriah Heep Legend's and was previously a member of The Hensley/Lawton band.

Paul has lived in Ledbury for the past twenty years and is a member of the local bowling team. 2016 – Chris Rainbow - Licence to Rock 2016 – Twisted Tapestry (Bass on some tracks on EP)