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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Matt Owen

“We all turned up and laid down the backing track. Then, they told me that maybe Paul McCartney would be coming down”: Steve Cradock on that time he recorded with a Beatle – using Paul Weller’s Epiphone Casino

Steve Cradock and Paul McCartney.

Steve Cradock’s career has been filled with memorable milestones and notable experiences, from sharing the stage with Paul Weller to, penning Ocean Colour Scene classics like The Riverboat Song and, er, smoking Jimi Hendrix’s Stratocaster in a joint.

Another key credit on the electric guitar star’s sprawling resumé includes The Help Album from 1995, which saw Cradock line up alongside a raft of big-name musicians to raise money for UK non-profit War Child.

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