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Christopher Robert Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, Stainton is best known for his work with Eric Clapton , The Who , Andy Fairweather Low and Bryan Ferry .
The band played at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, with Chris Stainton on keyboards and Morgan Nicholls on bass. [20] The Quadrophenia and More tour started in November 2012 in Ottawa [ 21 ] with keyboardists John Corey, Loren Gold and Frank Simes , the last of whom was also musical director, [ 22 ] second guitarist Simon Townshend ...
"Woman to Woman" is a song written by Joe Cocker and Christopher Stainton. [1] It was released on Cocker's 1972 album Joe Cocker and reached the top in the singles chart of Spain. [citation needed] The song was billed as Joe Cocker with The Chris Stainton Band.
In 1966, after a year-long hiatus from music, Cocker teamed up with Chris Stainton, whom he had met several years before, to form the Grease Band. [10] The Grease Band was named after Cocker read an interview with jazz keyboardist Jimmy Smith, where Smith positively described another musician as "having a lot of grease". Like the Avengers ...
Their keyboard player was Chris Stainton, who went on to tour extensively with Eric Clapton. Bassist Alan Spenner and rhythm guitarist Neil Hubbard went on to play in the UK blue-eyed soul band Kokomo; following this, the pair worked in support of the late 1970s/early 1980s incarnation of Roxy Music.
After Amused to Death was released, a tour did not happen. Instead, the first time material was played was at Waters' In the Flesh tour in 1999, [25] the band for this tour included returning members Andy Fairweather-Low, Snowy White, Graham Broad and Katie Kissoon, as well as new members guitarist/vocalist Doyle Bramhall II (who had previously worked with Eric Clapton), keyboardist/guitarist ...
John Sinclair (musician) Mike Slamer; Derek Smith (musician) Phil Spalding; Chris Spedding; Chris Stainton; The Stargazers (vocal ensemble) David Steele (musician) James Stevenson (musician) Sue and Sunny; Big Jim Sullivan; Dave Swarbrick; Robin Sylvester
Grease Band members Henry McCullough, Chris Stainton and Alan Spenner joined original Spooky Tooth members Harrison, Grosvenor and Kellie to complete the album. The Grease Band members had achieved international prominence the year before, backing Joe Cocker at Woodstock. The album was co-produced by Stainton and Chris Blackwell.