20 Facts About Jim Cregan

Jim Cregan is a former husband of the singer Linda Lewis and worked with her as a record producer.

Jim Cregan has worked with The Quireboys, Glass Tiger, Katie Melua and formed Farm Dogs with Bernie Taupin.

Stud dissolved when Jim Cregan moved to Family in September 1972, after recording two albums which were released in Germany, where they had their largest audience.

Jim Cregan joined Charlie Whitney and Roger Chapman, replacing bassist John Wetton, adapting from rhythm guitar to bass guitar.

Jim Cregan toured North America with the band, as the support act for Elton John, in the autumn of 1972.

Jim Cregan was then briefly reunited with Chapman and Whitney on Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers.

Jim Cregan went on to work with British soul singer Linda Lewis, whom he would later marry.

Jim Cregan appears on four of her albums, assuming a production role on Lark, Fathoms deep and Not A Little Girl Anymore, which gave him the opportunity to work with the Tower of Power horn section.

In October 1974 Jim Cregan was recruited as a guitarist by Steve Harley, as a member of a re-formed Cockney Rebel.

Jim Cregan co-wrote many hits with Stewart, including "Passion" and "Tonight I'm Yours ", winning the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award for outstanding songwriting, with each.

Jim Cregan was awarded a third ASCAP "outstanding songwriting" award for his co-writing of the song "Forever Young" and Stewart was awarded a Grammy Award for his performance of this song.

Jim Cregan stayed with Stewart until 1995 after twelve years working together.

Jim Cregan has received thirteen multi-platinum awards for his work with Stewart and together they have thirty recorded songs to their joint credit.

In 1993 Jim Cregan was reunited with Stewart to record Unplugged.

Jim Cregan's work achieved top five hits in different charts and several more platinum selling records.

Jim Cregan recorded two platinum selling albums with Katie Melua, Call off the Search and Piece By Piece, he has toured extensively with her.

Jim Cregan was re-united with Roger Chapman in 2005, at first for live performances and then to produce Chapman's solo album One More Time For Peace.

In 2008, Cregan formed Creative Music Management with music business lawyer Robert W Allan.

On 13 September 2015, Jim Cregan joined Rod Stewart on stage at the BBC Radio 2 "Live in Hyde Park, London Festival" and joined Family for the group's final shows in late 2016, as part of a line up which only featured Chapman, Poli Palmer and Jim Cregan's work with the band.

Jim Cregan later married Hollywood model Jane Booke and lived in Los Angeles.