Everything you think you know about guitar heroes is wrong. In the pantheon of guitar gods of the past 35 years—Page, Hendrix, Gilmour, Beck, Clapton—there has been one name missing. Chris Spedding. On the annual lists of the greatest guitarists of all time—invariably a stew of heavy metal pyrotechnicians, old school bluesmen, murky grunge players, and the usual ’60s and ’70s suspects, with Jimi Hendrix inevitably at the summit—one rarely finds low-key session guitarist and solo artist Chris Spedding. To rectify this crime against Anglo-American musical heritage, meet the Great Lost British Guitar Hero. Sometimes described as “to the left of Dave Edmunds and to the right of Brian Eno” and “the best guitarist you’ve never heard of,” Spedding has played on over 200 recording sessions for a wide spectrum of flashes-in-the-pan and renowed artists (Paul McCartney, Donovan, Elton John, John Cale, Katie Melua, Bryan Ferry). As a producer he has worked with the Sex Pistols, Dee Dee Ramone, the Nils, and the Cramps. He also found time to enjoy Top 20 success in the U.K. with his own 1975 hit “Motorbikin’”. This biography of an underrated, reluctant guitar god will make you reconsider what you think about rock music.
Chris Spedding: Reluctant Guitar Hero
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Kimberly Gustin Bright is a freelance writer and self-professed Anglophile music geek. Since 1989 she has written professionally for over forty newspapers, magazines, alternative newsweeklies, literary quarterlies, websites, and ’zines in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Europe. She lives in the U.S. with her husband Pete and their two children.
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By DDT
Format:Paperback
Finally someone has taken the time to truly uncover the mystique behind the greatest guitarist in modern times. Without this man, there would be much missing in myriad categories of Guitar based Music, from Punk to Rockabilly, Rock & Roll to Modern Jazz.
This book is truly well written by a qualified author that "gets" Spedding. I strongly recommend this work to anyone that listens to guitar music of any sort, as the object of this biography's work spans the spectrum.
This book is truly well written by a qualified author that "gets" Spedding. I strongly recommend this work to anyone that listens to guitar music of any sort, as the object of this biography's work spans the spectrum.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Music is fun
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I thought it was an even-handed look into someone who was truly in it for the music and the art of playing well. In fact, he played (and plays) magnificently.
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By Steve White
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Being a fan of his since his days in the sharks, its hard not to like this book. A guy who is pretty closed lipped, & shy & introverted, never much to open up, I never knew alot about him. This book goes into Chris Spedding a long ways. I found it very eye opening on alot of topics about him. NOW, I had old Chris sign my copy recently, & the first thing out of his lips was, "It's All Lies". He even wrote that in the book as well as autographing it for me. Well it didn't take long to realize it is not all lies, there is alot of info from alot of different musicains over the years. Its a good book, & you come away knowing why alot of folks never really heard of him. I had not even started to read it when he signed it, so I couldn't comment on it, but then again, he is not the most outgoing talkative kind of guy, which I understand. In my humble opinion, this is a great book, by one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
