Chris Stainton

Christopher Robert "Chris" 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.
Stainton was born in Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. After passing his eleven-plus examination, Stainton attended Rowlinson Technical School, Norton, Sheffield. Stainton's musical career began in 1960, when he played bass guitar with a local Sheffield band, 'Johnny Tempest and the Mariners'. The Mariners became 'The Cadillacs', before Stainton joined Joe Cocker in The Grease Band during 1966. Stainton co-wrote "Marjorine", Cocker's first UK Singles Chart hit in 1968. Chris played bass guitar on Joe Cocker's subsequent number 1 hit With a Little Help from My Friends.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel reviewed Chris Stainton's Tundra's, "They Don't Know", in Singles Reviews, published in Sounds music paper on 27th July 1974. He described it as an uppish strider with something of a Stone's influence lurking somewhere in the body of it. A month later he had the band do a session for his show. Peel also played artists that Chris Stanton was involved in on his shows and also played bass when Joe Cocker did his 1st and 3rd session for Peel's show.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1974-08-06. First Broadcast: 20 August 1974. Repeated: 29 October 1974
*They Don't Know / Double Crossed / The Calling Of The Wind / I Want To Tell You (& Think Like A Child 29/10/74)
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists