Scottish News. Tam Paton: Disgraced former manager of the Bay City Rollers - Obituaries - News. Paton took a little-known group from Scotland to national mid-'70s tartan-clad ubiquity and brief international stardom, hired and fired members at will, and used session players and vocalists on the records in their stead.
But he seemed out of his depth, with no back-up plan when the bubble burst, and the Rollers turned on each other in 1977. Worse, he failed to look after his charges' interests, and, while he earned substantial amounts for himself and lived in comfort near Edinburgh for the rest of his life, the former Rollers still have to rely on the nostalgia circuit to remain solvent. The group's fate was highlighted in Who Got The Rollers' Millions? , a Channel 4 documentary in 2004 which served as a cautionary tale and highlighted both Paton's deviousness and his shortcomings when dealing with their record label Bell, now part of Sony BMG. "I realised that we couldn't keep playing in Scotland," Paton said.
"I was beginning to think we were one-hit wonders. Bay City Rollers pervert Tam Paton's £700,000 mansion goes on sale for charity. Former Rollers manager Paton, who weighed 25 stone when he died of a heart attack in 2009, left his entire £2.6million fortune to a kids' hospice and animal charities.
The mansion where Bay City Rollers pervert Tam Paton died in a plunge pool goes on sale today - for charity. The sex offender's five-bedroom, gated pile in Edinburgh is on offer at around £700,000. Cash from the sale will go to good causes. The plunge pool has been filled in amid fears it would put off buyers. Developers have turned the area into a gym with a sauna. Sandra Dick Online: PEOPLE: Weird world of Tam Paton. TAM PATON has carefully lowered himself on to a massive red leather couch in his opulently decorated sitting room, chunky gold and diamond jewellery dripping from his right hand, his suit trousers creeping up to reveal thick grey sports socks worn with his smartly polished shoes.
"Herman! ", he calls towards the kitchen of his secluded home on the outskirts of the city. "Tea please! " Herman, a strapping young man with a frown, appears at the one-time Bay City Rollers' manager's side to take his order then shuffles back to a dimly lit kitchen where two other young men are chatting. "Herman's been here for a while," explains Paton, the jewellery rattling on his wrist. "He walks my dogs for me. There's a wall of photographs of his family, others of the Bay City Rollers, shelves groan with CDs, a cabinet heaves with odd-shaped bottles of sugary liqueurs and a TV - one of many massive ones dotted around the house - blares.
"I went to a restaurant recently," he continues. BilboMusic - Tam Paton Spills The Heinz Baked Beans! “Tam Paton Spills The Heinz Baked Beans!”
A candid conversation with Mister Controversial by Hannes A. Tam Paton. Thomas Dougal "Tam" Paton (5 August 1938 – 8 April 2009), was the manager and primary spokesman during the 1970s of the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers.
Born in Prestonpans, Scotland, he was the son of a potato merchant. Paton drove a truck to initially aid the group financially. He went on to guide the band through their peak during the 1970s, nurturing the band's image to be that of the "boys next door". Obituary: Tam Paton. Managers of pop artists have often been more notorious than the stars themselves.
Rollers boycott Tam Paton’s funeral. By ALEXANDER LAWRIE BAY CITY ROLLERS manager Tam Paton was snubbed by his former band as he was laid to rest yesterday.
The controversial music mogul passed away on April 8 after being found dead of a suspected heart attack at his home. Hundreds of mourners packed into Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh to pay their final respects to Paton – but his former charges were nowhere to be seen. 70’s heartthrobs Les McKeown, Derek Longmuir and Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood, who have been involved in protracted talks with Paton about Rollers’ royalties, all stayed away from the 45 minute service. Phillipe Boussiere, Paton’s nephew, gave a touching eulogy, calling him “Prestonpans’ answer to Auchtermuchty’s Jimmy Shand”. He then went on to reveal that Paton had left all of his huge inheritance to various charities close to his heart. Funeral cortege Around 250 family, friends, and business associates shuffled their way into the crematorium, following Paton’s oversize coffin into the chapel. Missing royalties. Scotland: Tam Paton, the Bay City Rollers and Boys.
Bay City Rollers Most people in the pop music business seem to like boys.
When it comes to boy bands, we find that members and young male fans are often bisexual. What about the managers and other adults in the business? Bay City Rollers manager, Tam Paton, 1938-2009. Tam Paton, who has died aged 70, was convinced he was the most hated man in Scotland, and with some justification, said The Scotsman (Edinburgh).
As manager of the hugely successful Seventies boy band, the Bay City Rollers, he was fiercely controlling of their clean-cut image - and also, so many alleged, of their finances, lining his own pockets while the band members were reduced to touring the nostalgia circuit after their star had waned. Not surprisingly, they felt embittered.