1986 -1995

J.Cale and Spedding toured in the States in October and November.
We've always been in touch as friends since I workrf with him ten years ago. I moved to New York, maybe a year or two after he did. He was one of the first persons I call upwhen I got over here, he was one of the first persons I knew when I came to town. So it's really been an ongoing thing, not publicily, but privately.
Finally we decided to play together again. We just went out for a week. John was doing his thing solo, and we did the Lone Star a couple of times, with me just coming in and playing with him, just the two of us. I was playing electric guitar and he was playing acoustic guitar and piano. Really I was doing more or less what I was doing in the old band, but this time without a rhythm section. most of the songs are very kind to guitar solos. He can really rip into these things. So, it's been a lot of fun.
And we decided to go out on tour. It seems to be getting good reactions.

On November 22, Speding played with R.Gordon at U.N. in NYC.

Hollywood Vice Squad released this year.
It must be earlier than Enemy Within.

Spedding toured with R.Gordon in Europe.
In Italy, they played TV program DOC '88 on March 28 and 29 and aired on March 28, 29, 30 and April 1

Spedding in the studio with Mike McClintock.

Spedding toured Japan.
David Van Tieghem replaced Spinetti on drums

Spedding plays in front of Les Paul sometime in 1992.
Bill Raley recalls,
Chris Called me one day to tell me that his friend Steve Parsons (Snips) in town and they were going to go to Les Paul at Fat Tuesday's (a jazz club in NYC), did I want to go also? I said yes. And we watched the first half of the show.
Les Paul took a break and talked to the audience for a bit. Then said, 'I understand there is a guitarist in the audience. Is there Chris Spedding here?' Chris was genuinely surprised to be mentioned (he had no idea Les knew or that he was there). He was even more surprised when Les asked him to come up on the stage and was handed his guitar and asked to play something. Les left Chris alone on stage to play. When Chris sat back down I told him how good his performance was and he said 'Thanks' and told me he had been nurvous, asked if it showed (it didn't) and held his hand out .. there was a visible tremor.
Les has a guitar, rhythm guitar and bass. I think that a rhythm guitar player gives me his guitar, means I can play with Les Paul and bass player. But he doesn't. I was nervous. He sits in audience and looked at me.
There was a lot quite funny thing. Les Paul's son is called Les Paul Jnr. He was there and I said him 'I don't have Les Paul. I have a Les Paul Jnr guitar. You are Les Paul Jnr. Will you sign my guitar?' He said 'Oh, my father should sign it.' He doesn't understand my sence of humor.

Producing Hubert Thiefaine with Philippe Rault in LA

In the autumn, Spedding decided to move to LA and stopped playing with Robert Gordon.

Worked with Jerry Harrison for General Public in September or October.
He played on six tracks

And he played 'Surfin' On Herion' with Forgotten Rebels at the Zoo Bar East in Toronto for the Great Hanshin Earthquake Benefit.

Played with Willy DeVille on three tracks, which were put out on two CDs in November 1995

It's good. I enjoyed it. I can play more lead (than playing with trio). It means I'll have more freedom when I play. The backing is more full.
I like his singing very much. He's got very easy voice to listen to. Patric Coutin, who does producing, is very good to work. And fis fans are very kind to me because I go to first before Dick Rivers show, they don't say 'Get off! We want to see Dick Rivers!'. They listen and approve. I like his fans.

The last two shows were taped and issued on 2-CD set called 'authendick' next year.

And Busta Jones, former bass player in the Sharks died in Memphis.

Played guitar on a track for Jamaica with Mickie Most in London.