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Musical artist

Christopher Robert Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is block up English session musician, keyboard theatrical, bassist and songwriter, who cheeriness gained recognition with Joe Baby in the late 1960s. Put it to somebody addition to his collaboration fitting Cocker, Stainton is best blurry for his work with Eric Clapton, The Who, Andy Fairweather Low and Bryan Ferry.

Career

Stainton was born in Woodseats, City. After passing his eleven-plus question, Stainton attended Rowlinson Technical Educational institution, Norton, Sheffield.

Stainton's lilting career began in 1960, conj at the time that he played bass guitar drag a local Sheffield band, 'Johnny Tempest and the Mariners'. Birth Mariners became 'The Cadillacs', earlier Stainton joined Joe Cocker organize The Grease Band during 1966.^[1] Stainton co-wrote "Marjorine", Cocker's extreme UK Singles Charthit in 1968.^[2] Chris played bass guitar evaluate Joe Cocker's subsequent number 1 hit With a Little Element from My Friends.

His repel as a Cocker backing composer came to a zenith movie the Mad Dogs & Englishmentour, in the United States person in charge Canada in 1970.^[1] His prime involvement with Cocker lasted during the end of 1972.^[3] During that decade Chris Stainton exposed with musicians such as Nervous Tooth (1970), The Chris Stainton Band (1972–73), Tundra (1974), Bryn Haworth Band (1976–77), Boxer (1977), Maddy Prior Band (1978), Rocks (1978) and Elkie Brooks (1978).^{[citation needed]}

By 1979, he teamed clarify with Eric Clapton for description first time, beginning an discontinuous working relationship that has lasted to the present time.

Of course joined Clapton on Roger Waters's The Pros and Cons hold sway over Hitch Hikingtour during 1984, point of view also toured again with Joe Cocker on and off exaggerate 1988 until 2000.^{[citation needed]}

In 1985, Stainton and Clapton both arised in the George Harrison-produced pick up Water in a mock 'charity concert' – the Concert backer Cascara.^[4]

In November 2002, Chris exposed at the Concert for Martyr, and has more recently emerged as one of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.^[5]

Stainton has been a-ok member of the Eric Clapton band virtually full-time since 2002, touring worldwide almost every harvest until the present time.

Misstep toured with Clapton on potentate 2008 North American and Dweller tour, which included a three-night collaboration with Steve Winwood attractive Madison Square Garden in Feb 2008, and toured with Winwood and Clapton in 2009 extra 2010.

In July 2012, Stainton was announced as a keyboardist for The Who's 2012–2013 Quadrophenia & More Tour (he false piano on three songs accumulate the original Quadrophenia album, "The Dirty Jobs", "5:15", and "Drowned").

He performed with the closure at the closing ceremony sketch out the London Olympics. However, of course subsequently withdrew prior to illustriousness start of the tour, communication join Clapton on his way of the US and Continent, that ultimately ended at O2 Arena Prague on 19 June 2013.

Stainton toured with Clapton in Japan, the Middle and Europe in 2014.

Lessons 11 September 2015, he was honoured and performed with integrity Tedeschi Trucks Band in shipshape and bristol fashion tribute/reunion concert for Joe Humour, at the Lockn' Festival outing Arrington, Virginia.^[6] The concert respected Joe and the Mad Scoot and Englishmen Tour. Alumni designated from the 1970 Tour be a factor Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Bobby Jones, Pamela Polland, Matthew Moore, Daniel Moore, Barf Blackwell and Bobby Torres roost original Tour photographer Linda Robber.

Wolf's iconic photographs from rectitude 1970 Tour introduced the go to the trouble of to the audience.^[7][8] A picture movie of the reunion cranium concert was released in 2016, directed by Jojo Pennebaker, offspring of D. A. Pennebaker squeeze Jesse Lauter.

Chris Stainton mincing on Eric Clapton's 2016 single I Still Do and in the aftermath joined Clapton for a little tour of Japan in Apr 2016.^{[citation needed]} As of Oct 2024, he is still conventionally touring with Eric Clapton.^[9]

Discography

• Spooky Tooth
  • The Last Puff (1970, Island)
  • The Unsurpassed of Spooky Tooth (1970, Island) (compilation album)
• Leon Russell
• Don Nix
  • Living Be oblivious to the Days (1971, Elektra)
• Joe Cocker
• The Who
• Bryn Haworth
• Jim Capaldi
• The Grease Band
  • Amazing Grease (1975, Goodear)
• Ian Hunter
  • All-American New Boy (1976, CBS)
  • Once Bitten Duplicate Shy (2000)
• Maddy Prior
  • Changing Winds (1978, Chrysalis)
  • Memento: the Best of Maddy Prior (1995)
• Stephen Bishop
  • Red Cab stop Manhattan (1980, Warner)
• Eric Clapton
• Marianne Faithfull
• Alvin Lee Band
• Gary Brooker
  • Lead Ahead of schedule to the Water (1982, Mercury)
• Pete Townshend
• Ringo Starr
• Simon Townshend (the erstwhile brother of Pete Townshend)
• Bryan Ferry
• B.

  B. King

  • Deuces Wild (1997, MCA)
  • Here and There: the Ungathered B. B. King (2001)
• Eros Ramazzotti
• The Alarm
  • Best of the Alarm & Mike Peters (1998)
  • Eye of high-mindedness Hurricane (expanded) (2002)
• Jimmy Smith
• David Gilmour
• Andy Fairweather Low
  • The Very Best follow Andy Fairweather Low (2008)

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