Paul Speare, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British musician
Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1955
Place of Birth: Romford, England, United Kingdom
Profession: saxophonist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Paul Speare
- Paul George Speare (born 10 December 1955) is a freelance saxophonist and flute player, formerly a member of Dexys Midnight Runners and The TKO Horns.He was born to Reginald and Julia Speare in Romford, Essex.
- He attended Dagenham County High School where he began playing drums, piano and viola when he was 15 years of age.
- At 16 he took up the flute, and tenor saxophone soon followed.
- He went on to study flute at the London College of Music and played saxophone in various pop and jazz bands during this time.
- Later, he moved to Birmingham and became heavily involved in the Midlands music scene for many years as a session musician, band leader and music producer. Speare has played in many bands over the years, the most famous being Dexys Midnight Runners.
- He later formed a horn section called The TKO Horns, along with Jim Paterson and Brian Maurice from Dexys.
- Another former Dexys saxophone player Geoff Blythe soon replaced Brian and Dave Plews was added on trumpet.
- The TKOs featured prominently on Elvis Costello's 1983 album Punch The Clock.
- It was during a recording session for Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook's album, Difford & Tilbrook, that he was unexpectedly asked by producer Tony Visconti to add a baritone saxophone part to "Actions Speak Faster".
- From that moment he discovered his love of the instrument and has specialised in it since.
- Speare later featured on the single "Nelson Mandela" by the Special AKA. From the early 1990s, Speare was a music and media lecturer in a number of further education colleges until 2005.
- Since then he has worked as a freelance arranger and session musician.
- He featured on the Stone Foundation album "Street Rituals" (2017), produced by Paul Weller, on which he played baritone/tenor sax and flute.
- He also featured on their live album/DVD "Live Rituals" (2017), recorded at the Islington Assembly Rooms, with Paul Weller as special guest.
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