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Paul Fenton (born 4 July 1946, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) is an English drummer, best known for his work with T. Rex. After leaving Christie,^[1] he started playing drums for T. Rex in 1973, after being recommended to Marc Bolan by his producer Tony Visconti. He also toured briefly with Marc Bolan & T. Rex in 1974, and played additional drums with Davy Lutton on the songs "Solid Baby", "Funky London Childhood", and "Visions Of Domino".

Fenton also played in Carmen, a progressive rock band with a flamenco focus.^[2] The band released three albums between 1973 and 1975.

Fenton along with Mickey Finn, formed a T. Rex tribute band in 1997, named Mickey Finn's T-Rex. Even after the death of Finn in 2003, he continued to play drums for the band, which now performs named more simply as T-Rex.

References

^ Eder, Bruce. "Biography: Christie". AMG. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ Orens, Geoff. "Biography: Carmen". AMG. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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[1] Eder, Bruce. "Biography: Christie". AMG. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[2] Orens, Geoff. "Biography: Carmen". AMG. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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-'''Paul Fenton''' (born 4 July 1946, [[Huddersfield]], [[Yorkshire]]) is a drummer best known for his work with the band [[T.Rex (band)|T. Rex]]. After leaving his band [[Christie (band)|Christie]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p24164/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Christie|last=Eder|first=Bruce|publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]]|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> he started playing drums for [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]] in 1973, after being recommended to [[Marc Bolan]] by his producer [[Tony Visconti]]. He features on the gate-fold album inner sleeve in a number of the 'polaroid' photographs which decorate the inside. He also toured shortly with Marc Bolan & T.Rex in 1974 & plays additional drums with Davy Lutton on the songs 'Solid Baby', 'Funky London Childhood', and 'Visions Of Domino'.
+'''Paul Fenton''' (born 4 July 1946, [[Huddersfield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]) is an [[English people|English]] drummer, best known for his work with [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]. After leaving [[Christie (band)|Christie]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p24164/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Christie|last=Eder|first=Bruce|publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]]|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> he started playing drums for T. Rex in 1973, after being recommended to [[Marc Bolan]] by his producer [[Tony Visconti]].  He also toured briefly with Marc Bolan & T. Rex in 1974, and played additional drums with Davy Lutton on the songs "Solid Baby", "Funky London Childhood", and "Visions Of Domino".
-The drummer also played in [[Carmen (rock band)|Carmen]], a [[progressive rock]] band with a [[flamenco]] focus.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p16305/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Carmen|last=Orens|first=Geoff |publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]]|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>  The band released three albums from 1973 to 1975.
+Fenton also played in [[Carmen (rock band)|Carmen]], a [[progressive rock]] band with a [[flamenco]] focus.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p16305/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Carmen|last=Orens|first=Geoff |publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]]|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>  The band released three [[album]]s between 1973 and 1975.
-Fenton, along with [[Mickey Finn (musician)|Mickey Finn]] helped form a T.Rex tribute band in 1997 going by the name of [[Mickey Finn's T-Rex]]. Even after the death of Finn in 2003, he continued to play drums for the band which now performs simply as T-Rex today, to the dismay of a growing number of [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]] fans.
+Fenton along with [[Mickey Finn (musician)|Mickey Finn]], formed a T. Rex tribute band in 1997, named [[Mickey Finn's T-Rex]]. Even after the death of Finn in 2003, he continued to play drums for the band, which now performs named more simply as T-Rex.
-Paul Fenton grew up on Crackenedge Lane in Dewsbury in the Industrial West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1963 until 1965 he played drums in a local 4 piece band, Tony Jay and the Jesters,they became popular around the Church Hall and Town Hall dance circuit in the local area, playing the "Merseybeat Style" R&B music popular at that style.
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-==See also==
-*[[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
-*[[Christie (band)|Christie]]
-*[[Carmen (rock band)|Carmen]]
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