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David Rotheray (born in Hull on 9 February 1963) is an English rock and pop musician, best known for being the lead guitarist and co-writer for The Beautiful South until their spilt in 2007. He also led the folk-pop band Homespun from 2003-8. He subsequently released the albums "The Life of Birds" (2010), "Answer Ballads" (2013),
Rotheray joined his first band, called Mammoth, when he was aged 13. Eventually, Mammoth evolved into a band called The Newpolitans. Both Mammoth and The Newpolitans featured Hugh Whitaker on drums, who later became the drummer for The Housemartins. The Newpolitans also later featured Dave Hemingway on drums, who also became drummer for The Housemartins and then a singer with The Beautiful South. The Newpolitans recorded a self-financed single, but the failure of the single provided the catalyst for the band's demise. Rotheray and Hemingway then went on to form The Velvetones with other musician friends from Hull.
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