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Douglas Payne (born 14 November 1972) is the bassist and backing vocalist of the Scottish band Travis. [1]
- Hunky Dory – David Bowie
- Revolver – The Beatles
- Live at The Harlem Square Club – Sam Cooke
- Around The World in A Day – Prince
- Scott 4 – Scott Walker
- What’s Going on – Marvin Gaye
- Transformer – Lou Reed
- Dog Man Star – Suede
- The Bends – Radiohead
David Bowie’s early work may be accepted as an essential part of his oeuvre by us devotees, but there is undeniably an aura of feet finding associated with the work. For many, his 1971 release, Hunky Dory, was when he finally fulfilled his otherworldly potential. However, as Dougie brilliantly quips, nothing is straightforward when it comes to the ...
The next record of choice was another bona fide classic, The Beatles’ 1966 classic Revolver. It was a record that heralded a new age for the Fab Four and once more it opened up new avenues for Dougie. “To my mind, The Beatles are like two different bands,” he explained. “When I was little, my sister was a Beatles obsessive, and her room was next to...
In the introduction, I described Dougie’s choice as sharing a DNA of exuberant joy, and that was far from a clutch at filler before getting to the meat of his choices, the inherent ties that bind the albums is a real force of creative joy. Sam Cooke’s live album captures the boon of performing like almost no other. As Dougie explained, “This is the...
It seems we all have one album that comes along and changes everything at some indefinable period, early on in our lives, but there’s also a second formative blow that resonates a little later on and scores our coming-of-age years. It would seem this was Dougie’s, “The Bowie obsession continues to this day, but the next big obsession for me was Pri...
In 1997 David Bowie described Scott Walker as “my idol since I was a kid.” It was a quote that turned a legion of younger Bowie-heads onto Walker’s work, and it was this unique quality of opening doors to a world of curated art that Dougie greatly admired about both Bowie and Walker. “Going back to Hunky Dory,” he explained, “One of the big things ...
Naturally, bass playing had to enter Dougie’s choices at one point. Although he is a multi-instrumentalist, the bass is his natural home, and it was this seminal album that drove his four-string obsession home. “Growing up in the ‘80s Motown was a little soft and it just sort of passed me by. Then I started going out with a girl from San Francisco ...
The list of absolute classics continued with Dougie’s next pick. The Lou Reed team-up with David Bowie and many of his Stardust bandmates resulted in a masterpiece back in 1972 that still sounds fresh and influential today. However, it was the contribution of Bowie’s famed guitarist Mick Ronson that Dougie chose to shine a light on, “Personally, I ...
Of all the contemporaries to blossom in early ’90s Britain it is Suede that Dougie holds dearest. Around about the time he joining Travis (who were still Glass Onion at the time), Suede came along and changed the picture. “I absolutely adore this band,” Dougie eulogises, “From when ‘The Drowners’ came out to now.” “I first heard ‘The Drowners’ in F...
The kinship between Travis and Radiohead stretches beyond the nebulous ties of sound. In the past, both bands have enlisted the services of legendary producer Nigel Godrich. The first thing that Dougie rushed to do in thanks to Godrich’s endless support was to extol his work on his favourite Radiohead record… oh no, sorry, he didn’t. As Dougie joke...
Nov 22, 2021 · For bass player Dougie Payne, the biggest pinch-me moments were meeting his idol David Bowie not once, not twice, but three times: at the 2002 GQ Awards, where they won Band of the Year; at JFK...
Aug 19, 2016 · Founding member and bassist Dougie Payne, 43, gave an exclusive interview with the Bournemouth Daily Echo. Dougie, from Glasgow, met the band's singer, Fran Healy at the Glasgow School of...
- Joanna Davis
Jun 8, 2018 · BIG INTERVIEW Dougie Payne of Travis: 'It's a really lovely thing to be a part of the fabric of people's lives' By The Newsroom. Published 8th Jun 2018, 12:13 BST. Updated 19th Jun 2018,...
Jul 17, 2024 · In this interview, Travis bassist Dougie Payne talks about the writing and recording of the new album, his favourite Travis songs, their upcoming Raze The Bar Tour and lots more.
Travis are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990, and composed of Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals), and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion).
