Chris Spedding

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Chris Spedding performs on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on his 75th brithday on June 17, 2019 in London, England.

Guitar legend Chris Spedding is battling lymphoma — and a GoFundMe has been launched to support him

By Elizabeth Swann Published

The session legend whose six-decade résumé includes Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John and the Sex Pistols has begun a nine-month course of chemotherapy

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Chris Spedding, British rock and roll and jazz guitarist, posing with his guitar at home in Wimbledon, London, England, Great Britain, 1978.

“There were about 15 people in the audience — and about 10 when they finished.” Chris Spedding on discovering the Sex Pistols and landing them their record deal

By Joe Matera Published

The session guitarist recalls taking the young band into a London studio in 1976 to cut the demos that led to the birth of punk rock

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Chris Spedding performs onstage at the Rainbow in London in 1972

“I went to Mickie Most's office with an acoustic guitar and played it. It was almost like one of those clichéd movie moments: he said, ‘That’s going to be a hit!’”: Session guitar ace Chris Spedding reveals the stories behind five of his best songs

By Mark McStea Published

A long-standing sideman to Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry and the late Robert Gordon, Chris Spedding is a master of tasteful playing – just don't expect him to spend too much time looking back at his voluminous discography

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Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding

The Story of Robert Gordon and the Late Seventies Rockabilly Revival

By Mark McStea Published

Gordon's work with Link Wray, Chris Spedding, and Danny Gatton breathed new life into rockabilly. Here, he and his closest collaborators set the scene.

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