Thomas Dougal Paton, known as Tam, (born in Prestonpans, Scotland, August 1937), is the former manager and primary spokesman of the 1970s Scottish boy band, the Bay City Rollers. 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". He was responsible for starting a myth that the band members preferred drinking milk to alcoholic beverages, in order to cultivate this clean, innocent image.