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Joe Matera

“Paul McCartney likes to control things under the guise of saying, ‘Play as free as you like.’ Then he’ll start to pick it all apart”: Chris Spedding’s favorite sessions

British Rock musician Chris Spedding performs onstage at Park West, Chicago, Illinois, April 6, 1979. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images).

Over a career that spans more than 50 years, English guitarist Chris Spedding etched a reputation as a go-to session guitarist in the 1970s, and forged a career as a touring guitarist while also pursuing a solo career.

His guitar work has appeared on albums by Jack Bruce, Harry Nilsson, Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry, David Essex and John Cale, to name but a few. He sat down with Guitar World to share some of his most memorable sessions.

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