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Chris Stainton

Background information
BornMarch 22, 1944 (1944-03-22) (age 64)
Sheffield, West Yorkshire, England
Genre(s)Rock, blues
Occupation(s)Session musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards
Years active1959—present
Associated actsJoe Cocker, Leon Russell, The Grease Band, Spooky Tooth, Eric Clapton

Christopher 'Chris' Stainton (born 22 March 1944, in Woodseats, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, England) is a keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained fame with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2 1942 in Lawton Oklahoma, United States) is a Singer, Songwriter The Grease Band was a rock band that evolved out of Joe Cocker 's backing band Spooky Tooth were an English Progressive rock band from the late 1960s Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Woodseats is a district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire in the Graves Park ward Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969

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Career

Stainton's lifelong career in music commenced in 1959, when started to play bass guitar with a local Sheffield band, Johnny Tempest and the Mariners. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. The Mariners became The Cadillacs, before Stainton joined Joe Cocker in The Grease Band in 1966. The Grease Band was a rock band that evolved out of Joe Cocker 's backing band Stainton co-wrote "Marjorine", Cocker's first minor hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1968. In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry His time as a Cocker backing musician came to a zenith on the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, in the United States and Canada in 1970. Mad Dogs and Englishmen is Joe Cocker's 1970 Live album, featuring a fusion of rock and soul. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Throughout that decade Stainton appeared in various guises in outfits such as Spooky Tooth (1970), The Chris Stainton Band (1972-6), Tundra (1976), Bryn Haworth Band (1976-77), Boxer (1977), Maddy Prior Band (1978) and Rocks (1978). Spooky Tooth were an English Progressive rock band from the late 1960s Bryn Haworth is a Christian singer-songwriter guitarist and pioneer of Jesus music in mainstream rock. Maddy Prior (born 14 August 1947, Blackpool, England) is an English Folk singer.

By 1979 he teamed up with Eric Clapton for the first time, to start an intermittent working relationship that has lasted to the present time, which included playing along with Clapton on Roger Waters 1984 solo tour of "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking". Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a Concept album by English musician Roger Waters. He also backed Joe Cocker again, touring with him in 1989. Clapton, who lives near Stainton and plays cricket with him, rates Stainton as one of the greatest keyboard players alive.

In November 2002, Stainton appeared as one of the musicians performing at the Concert for George, and has more recently appeared as one of Bill Wyman's "Rhythm Kings". The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936 was the Bass guitarist for the English Rock and roll band The Rolling Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings are a Blues-rock band founded and lead by former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman. [1]

As of 2007, Stainton was on tour with the Eric Clapton band. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Recording work

Stainton's work has appeared on a number of albums. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The following is an incomplete list:

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See also

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