1. Christopher Robert Stainton was born on 22 March 1944 and is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s.
10 Facts About Chris Stainton
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Chris Stainton co-wrote "Marjorine", Cocker's first UK Singles Chart hit in 1968.
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Chris Stainton played bass guitar on Joe Cocker's subsequent number 1 hit With a Little Help from My Friends.
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Chris Stainton joined Clapton on Roger Waters's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking tour during 1984, and toured again with Joe Cocker on and off from 1988 until 2000.
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In November 2002, Chris Stainton appeared at the Concert for George, and has more recently appeared as one of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.
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Chris Stainton has been a member of the Eric Clapton band virtually full-time since 2002, touring worldwide almost every year until the present time.
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Chris Stainton toured with Clapton on his 2008 North American and European tour, which included a three-night collaboration with Steve Winwood at Madison Square Garden in February 2008, and toured with Winwood and Clapton in 2009 and 2010.
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Chris Stainton performed with the band at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.
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Chris Stainton toured with Clapton in Japan, the Middle East and Europe in 2014.
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Chris Stainton played on Eric Clapton's 2016 album I Still Do and subsequently joined Clapton for a brief tour of Japan in April 2016.