Guitar great Chris Spedding returns to Newport for a concert on Friday, March 22 at the Newport Colony House. We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away courtesy of Newport Live. To enter, e-mail Ken Abrams at mrabrams11@gmail.com by Noon on Thursday, March 21, for your chance to win.
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March is for guitar heroes – and Chris Spedding is an iconic guitar hero! Newport Live presents The Chris Spedding Trio with Anton Fig on Friday, March 22nd at 7:30 PM at The Colony House, Washington Square, in Newport, RI. Call Newport Live at (401)400-2774. Tickets available on EventBrite or at the Newport Live website.
It’s not often these guys get together. But the shows are legendary. In the 80’s, they formed the nucleus of every important band in the world, including Bob Dylan, The Letterman Show Band, Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney, and many more. Some of the people that turned up backstage and in the audience included people like Steve Winwood, Dave Edmunds, Joe Walsh, Jaco Pastorius, and a host of others, just to watch them play. Chris sold out a much larger venue last year, so don’t miss out on this one.
The trio is currently finishing their Canadian leg of the tour and received great kudos last week from The Toronto Sun headed: “He helped launch the Sex Pistols and record Toronto punk acts: Chris Spedding on his rock ’n’ roll legacy.” And Chris is featured in this month’s issue of Guitar Player, titled “My Career In 5 Songs” noting, “Chris Spedding’s long career has seen him move from first-call session musician for 1960s pop producers to solo chart success at the height of the U.K. glam-pop scene.”
Chris continues to tour with Bryan Ferry and Anton just off an appearance on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tribute to Link Wray, where he and Jimmy Page played a hot set in tribute to Link.
Drummer Anton Fig anchored Paul Shaffer’s The Late Show with David Letterman band for nearly thirty years. During that run, he played with the world’s greatest musicians, including Miles Davis, James Brown, and Bruce Springsteen. Known as “The Thunder from Down Under,” Fig was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and started drumming around age 4. Eventually, he earned a music degree at the New England Conservatory of Music. He then moved to NYC, where he broke into the session scene, eventually playing with Kiss, Link Wray, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, Ace Frehley, and Joan Armatrading, to mention a few. In 2010, Fig was voted #1 Best Rock Drummer in Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll. He most recently toured with Joe Bonamassa.
The show begins at 8PM. Click here for tickets.
