BIOGRAPHY
Chris Spedding, born Peter Robinson in Derbyshire in 1944 and raised in Sheffield and Birmingham, became one of England's most in-demand session guitarists by the early 1970s. He started out with the Vulcans in 1959, later joining the Battered Ornaments and backing Jack Bruce on 1969's Songs for a Tailor before releasing his own instrumental record, Songs Without Words, in 1970. From 1972 to 1974 he anchored the band Sharks alongside ex-Free bassist Andy Fraser, recording two albums and touring with Roxy Music. In 1975 Spedding scored a UK Top 20 solo hit with 'Motor Bikin', performing it on Top of the Pops in full motorcycle gear. When further hits didn't follow, he returned to session work, playing with Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Elton John, Brian Eno, Nick Mason, Art Garfunkel and others, and later toured with rockabilly revivalist Robert Gordon in New York after relocating to the US.