{"id":1169,"date":"2008-02-08T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-25T20:58:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T00:58:40","slug":"don-t-call-it-rockabilly-rth-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/don-t-call-it-rockabilly-rth-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Call It \u201cRockabilly\u201d. RTH Interviews Chris Spedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been everywhere, man.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

At the risk of having this large chunk of rock stride the pond and pummel me with his Flying V, I can’t help but think of Chris Spedding<\/strong> as “The Forest Gump of Rock.”<\/p>\n

It seems unflattering, but I really don’t intend it that way. I’m not thinking of him as a borderline short-busser with high-water slacks. I’m thinking of him as a dude who has participated in an AMAZING amount of rock history and yet, other than weirdos like us, he’s fairly unknown. (At least in the US of A.)<\/p>\n

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“It will be a cold day in hell before you get me to work with Zwol!”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Chris Spedding, “Motorbikin'”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I first read his name in college as I became enamored with Brian Eno’s<\/strong> Here Come the Warm Jets<\/a><\/em> and saw his name on the back as playing on “Needle in the Camel’s Eye”<\/strong> and the “Paw Paw Negro Blow Torch”<\/strong>. I had no idea then and not much more of one until recently that this guy has done a wee bit more than that.<\/p>\n

Early on Spedding, with his band Battered Ornaments<\/a><\/strong>, played THE Hyde Park concert<\/a> in 1969 that featured the debut of the Brian Jones-less Rolling Stones<\/strong>. Bridge that with being the producer on The Sex Pistols<\/strong> demos and you start to get an idea of the breadth of experience here.<\/p>\n

He has worked with so many amazing people that I’ll only list one for each letter of the alphabet (except x, y & z): Laurie Anderson, Ginger Baker, John Cale, Donovan, Drifters, David Essex, Bryan Ferry, Art Garfunkle, Nicky Hopkins, Kris Ife, Elton John, Dave Kubinec (featuring fifth Rutle Ollie Halsall<\/a>), John Lodge, Paul McCartney, Harry Nilsson, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Pretenders, Dee Dee Ramone, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Thunders, Vibrators, Tom Waits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His story is pretty damn cool and there’s some great stuff on his website chrisspedding.com<\/a> and a 2006 biography, aptly titled Reluctant Guitar Hero<\/a>, so I won’t belabor it. Rather I’ll just let the man speak for himself as he responds to our questions.
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