ALAN SPENNER
Alan Spenner (7 May 1948 – 11 August 1991) was an English bass player who performed with Wynder K. Frog, The Grease Band, Spooky Tooth, ABC, David Coverdale, David Soul, Joe Cocker, Lynda Carter, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent, Mick Taylor, Murray Head, Kokomo, and Roxy Music; and he played on the original 1970 concept album Jesus Christ Superstar. Spenner played bass live at Woodstock in 1969 with Joe Cocker and the Grease band, seen on The Woodstock Directors Cut DVD. In 1975 he played on Bryn Haworth’s album Sunny Side of the Street. In August 1982 he played on the Roxy Music’s DVD The High Road, filmed live in Fréjus, France. (More from Wikipedia)
Ian Gillan, the lead singer of Deep Purple sang the part of Jesus on the Jesus Christ Superstar album. In addition to Gillan, the presence of rock session musicians like guitarists Neil Hubbard and Chris Spedding, bassist Alan Spenner, and drummer Bruce Rowland gives the album more of a rock flavor than most of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s later work.
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