NEIL HUBBARD
Neil Hubbard (born 24 February 1948) is a British guitarist who performed with Juicy Lucy, The Grease Band, Bluesology, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music, Kokomo, B.B. King, Kevin Rowland, and Tony O'Malley; and played on the original 1970 concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar. Hubbard’s association with Bryan Ferry began during the sessions that formed the Let’s Stick Together album, where Hubbard played guitar on a re-recording of Roxy Music’s “Casanova”. Hubbard’s guitar playing can also be heard on Roxy Music’s Flesh and Blood and Avalon albums. The guitar solo at the end of Ferry’s hit single, “Slave to Love”, featured Hubbard. (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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