jim cregan tour 2023

1st - 4th August

Previously Appearing at Wickham was...

Jim cregan ‘cregan & co’.

The Faces broke up in 1975 and Rod Stewart started his own band.​ ​One of the most influential guitarists in this line-up was Jim Cregan. Now, more than 40 years on, Jim, together with four outstanding musicians, performs that well-loved heritage music under the name ‘Cregan & Co’.  Forming this band gave him the opportunity to play live the songs he had written, recorded and co-produced with Rod Stewart. In January 2013, Roger Chapman agreed to reform Family for two concerts in London at the Empire Shepherd’s Bush. This coincided with Family winning Classic Rock magazine’s “Spirit of Progressive Rock” Award. He also joined a reformed Family for the group’s final shows in late 2016, part of a line up that only included Chapman, Poli Palmer and Cregan from the band’s 60s and 70s output.

On 13 September 2015, Cregan joined Rod Stewart on stage at the BBC Radio 2 ‘Live in Hyde Park London’ Festival.

“If you can’t afford my ticket go see these guys…they’re just as good and half the price!” – Rod Stewart

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Thu, 30 Nov

The Beaverwood

Cregan & Co

"If you can't afford my ticket, go see these guys - they're just as good and half the price!..." - Rod Stewart

Time & Location

30 Nov 2023, 19:30 – 23:00

The Beaverwood, 1 Beaverwood Rd, Chislehurst BR7 6HF, UK

About The Event

When the Faces broke up in 1975, Rod Stewart started his own band.​ ​One of the most influential guitarists in this line-up was Jim Cregan . Now, more than 40 years on, Jim, together with four outstanding musicians, performs that well-loved heritage music, including songs from Jim's 45 year career including Cat Stevens, Cockney rebel, and Family, under the name ' Cregan & Co '.

Jim Cregan (Guitar)​

Best known for his work with Rod Stewart, Jim co-produced, co-wrote and was Rod's musical director for nearly 2 decades. His songs have also been recorded by Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Russel Watson amongst many others, and he has played on stage with guitarists Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Pete Townsend and Chuck Berry. Oh yes and Tina Turner, Elton John, Cat Stevens and Katie Melua to name a few!

He has received over 40 gold & platinum records to date, and his guitar solo on Cockney Rebel's "Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)" still sounds alright!

Ben Mills (Vocals/guitar)​

Ben was awarded a platinum album for his debut  release which charted at number 3 in the official UK album charts. Equally at home on both guitar and piano he has worked with musical legends Tony Bennett and Barry Manilow, written songs with Mark Owen (Take That).  In 2006 Ben reached the final of The X-Factor alongside Leona Lewis, winning accolades from Simon Cowell for his gravelly, soulful voice.

Ben has his own band and performs all over the world.

Harry James (Drums)​

Best known for his work with “Thunder”, Harry James is one of the best-loved drummers on the rock circuit. With over 40 years’ experience of performing live harry is renowned for his distinctive and powerful playing style and rapport with the audience. Harry proudly occupies the drum stool for “Magnum”, who maintain a busy recording and touring schedule. He can also be seen with “Snakecharmer” featuring Micky Moody, Neil Murray and Laurie Wisefield. Harry is also currently a member of South London’s Bad Influence. In addition to his extensive Thunder back catalogue and recent Magnum albums, Harry has contributed to work by Don Airey, Russ Ballard, “Shadowman” (featuring FM's vocalist Steve Overland and Heartland's Steve Morris), Carl Sentence, Bucket & Co and Hellfire Corner. Harry has had the pleasure of performing live on stage alongside Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Steve Harley, Roger Daltrey, Lulu, Paul Young, Graham Bonnet, Don Airey and Mick Ralphs amongst many others.

Pat Davey (Bass)​

A master of both electric and upright bass, Pat is always in demand as a session musician and live performer. He has toured the world  with The Tom Robinson band, Zoot Money, Jason Rebello and Rumer, as well as jazz greats like Ronnie Scott, or vintage rockers like pianist Roy Young.

Pat has lectured at the Bournemouth College Of Music and is at home with all styles. His contribution to Cregan & Co is enormous, with his effortless groove and superb musicianship.

Sam Tanner (Keyboards)​

Sam is often described as Rock's finest piano player and has worked with many of its greatest names, including Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey (The Who), the faces, Jeff Beck, Mike Rutherford (Genesis), John Lodge (Moody Blues), Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) and Paul Carrack.

Sam is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and is the front man of new uk-based funk-soul band "Brother Strut", who receives 10/10 reviews from Blues & Soul Magazine, with a debut album that has topped the iTunes chart.

Tickets online: £19.00 (includes £1.00 booking fee) / £22 on the door (as long as we are not sold out!).

**It really helps the band and our venue to plan ahead if you can pre purchase.

Time: doors open at 7.30pm. Band starts at 8.15/8.30pm.

Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or rescheduled, in which case you will be offered an exchange to another date, or a refund. By purchasing tickets, you agree to these terms.

Attending events

Our Band Nights are generally standing events . There is bookable seating (Impaired/Priority Seating) available around the room at the rear, which is for those unable to stand/have difficulty standing for any length of time, or who are physically disabled.

The Club House has now been demolished and is being redeveloped - please excuse our appearance while we build a fantastic new venue! Access is via a flat footpath with handrail approximately 70 metres long. It is suitable for wheelchairs.

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Jim Cregan | From Blossom Toes, Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel to Rod Stewart | Interview | New Album by Cregan & Co.

Jim Cregan is a British rock guitarist and bassist best known for his work with legendary groups such as Blossom Toes, Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Rod Stewart.

Jim Cregan’s early work with Blossom Toes, Family, Linda Lewis, Cat Stevens and Cockney Rebel eventually led him to join the new band started by Rod Stewart, after the break-up of The Faces. He stayed for 18 years as his band-leader, co-writer and co-producer. Together they wrote such songs as ‘Tonight I’m Yours,’ ‘Forever Young,’ ‘Passion’ and most recently ‘Brighton Beach’ from Rod Stewart’s legendary album ‘Time’. Cregan is still making music with his band Cregan & Co. and they recently released a fantastic album ‘Spreading Rumours’.

“I have been writing with some of the finest lyricist in the world “

It’s great to have you, would you like to talk about your latest album, ‘Spreading Rumours’ by Cregan & Co.?

Jim Cregan: The album consists of mainly new material and some of it is written by Sam Tanner and myself. A couple of tunes were written with other guys, for example a song we had that was a hit with Joe Cocker [‘N’oubliez jamais’], is written by Russ Kunkel and myself and there’s a few written with Bernie Taupin, ‘Start Cryin’,’ it’s something we wrote sometime back and another song called ‘Shayne,’ which was originally supposed to be for Roy Orbison, but Orbison sadly passed away before I was able to send to him. We also have a few singles out, ‘Spreading Rumours,’ the title track, ‘Best Of The Bad Boys,’ both of these tracks were written by Sam Tanner, our keyboard player and myself. We actually worked on the album on and off for a couple of years. I mean I had some of these songs lying around for a long time. The tracks were recorded live and then we would finish them at home. We all have studios at home. We do our parts separately and then put them all together and generally mix it. It’s that sort of idea. I think it turned out to be quite a good record. We obviously are happy with it, otherwise we wouldn’t put it out. I suppose that’s the easy part of the story.

I hope you don’t mind if we go back to the early days? Where and when did you grow up? Was music a big part of your family life? Did the local music scene influence you or inspire you to play music?

I grew up in Poole in Dorset essentially with my brother Morris, who inspired me to be interested in music. He was bringing home all sorts of jazz, classical records that made me interested. We didn’t have a big collection of music. We listened to the radio mostly. My uncle gave me a ukulele with one string on it [laughs]. This is one of the reasons I claim I’m more of a soloist than a chord guy, because obviously the very limited chord you could play with one string [laughs]. I was fascinated by picking up melodies, so I did for a while and then eventually I got a guitar and hadn’t put one down since. That was when I was 13 years old. There wasn’t really much of a local music scene for 13 years old boys, so I was just listening to records. Bill Haley had his first hit, when I was a young guy. Our idea of rock ‘n’ roll in this country was a guy called Cliff Richard & The Shadows. They were a very influential instrumental band. At school I started a band playing Shadows covers. And also Duane Eddy, The Ventures and bands like that. Those bands helped us to have a repertoire, because I hadn’t started writing at that point.

Was there a certain moment when you knew you wanted to become a musician? Who were your major influences?

I guess it was sometime at school that I thought I might be able to get away with this. Maybe when I left high school and started college where I was going to Harrow School of Art and Harrow’s Technical College simultaneously which was fun, because I would tell people at the art school that I was at the technical college that day and vice-versa. I wasn’t really interested in school after a certain point, because as soon as I really became interested in guitar that was about it. I didn’t really care much about anything else. I wasn’t into sports, so… I guess I was about 17.

Tell us about the very early bands like The Falcons and The Disastisfied Blues Band?

The Falcons were my Shadows cover band at school, which was great fun. We used to play in the local youth club and every now and then we played at dance halls. We really didn’t make any money, but it was fun to do. 

The Disastisfied Blues Band started at college. We had gigs and were making a bit of money. We would play at the Marquee Club opening for bands like The Yardbirds and Spencer Davis Group. They had Stevie Windwood on guitar. In those days he didn’t play Hammond. Then we also played with The Herd, which had Peter Frampton in it… so it was quite an interesting time musically. Eventually manager of The Yardbirds and one of the co-manager of the Marquee Club Giorgio Gomelsky thought I might be interested in a band that he had called The Ingoes and asked me if I would like to join, which I did and that went into Blossom Toes.

You also played with Dave Mason in Julian Covay and the Machine in 1967 and moved on to join The Ingoes.

Julian Covay was a man of many names. His other name was Philip Kinorra and he was quite a serious jazz drummer. He had some gigs at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, a premiere jazz club in Britain, maybe even in Europe, but he wanted to be a singer. He put this band together and somehow I found myself in, although I can’t really remember how I got the job. It was actually a really good band. They were all grown up R&B players and jazz and blues players. I was very much the new boy, I didn’t know what I was doing. Some of them were very kind and took me under their wing and showed me things that I would be playing, and stopped me being the square peg in a round hole. Dave Levy was the keyboard player and he kindly took me under his wing and led me back to his apartment in London and sat with me and showed me chords progressions and things that I still use now. He was a very nice player. I think it was probably self-preservation on their part as they couldn’t bear what I was choosing to play and thought I needed more education [laughs]. Despite the rumours Dave Mason and I were never in the band at the same time, but there’s a guy called Cliff Barton, who was the bass player. In those days he was considered to be the hottest bass player in town. He played with The Graham Bond Organisation, Cyril Davies and The R&B All Stars – you know, all the blues bands that you wanted to see in town. He was a great player.

What led you to name change into Blossom Toes?

At some point I joined The Ingoes as I explained before due to Giorgio Gomelsky’s invitation. I remember Giorgio sent us off to France as The Ingoes to hone our skills. The thing he liked about The Ingoes was Brian Godding’s songwriting. Brian already had a couple of records out with other people singing his songs. He’s a very good writer. He was hugely underrated and sadly never managed to get the hits he deserved. Giorgio just threw me into that mixture and I didn’t really realize that I could write some successful songs, which took me a little while to figure out how to do it, but eventually I figured out how to do it and was bloody lucky to be standing at the right place at the right time. That’s about how you get a hit [laughs]. We stayed in France working in clubs and made a very good reputation of themselves. We played as resident musicians in certain clubs. Boulevard de Clichy in Paris, in Toulouse there was a great club, we were there for a month. Eventually Giorgio thought we were ready and brought us back to England. We had to sadly change our drummer, because Colin Martin, a very lovely man, went on to become quite an important person in the BBC. He wasn’t quite up to speed for making albums, so we brought in Kevin Westlake who played with Little Richard and some other big names. He was a very good drummer, very good musician. He came in and Giorgio said we need a name change and some guy who was in Giorgio offices came up with a name. We all hated it, but Giorgio insisted that it’s the right name for a psychedelic band. When you consider Pink Floyd is kind of an odd name, we had an odd or even weirder name.

What are some of the recollections from working on your debut album, ‘We Are Ever So Clean’?

It was a very interesting record to me, because the band went to the studio and cut the tracks. Giorgio chose David Whittaker, who was an arranger to finish it. Giorgio was a bit of a string guy actually. He thought he knew what he was doing, which was not really true at all. Nobody really knows what they are doing. It’s just take your chances and follow your nose. Giorgio had a sizable nose, so he really had to follow it [laughs]. David Whittaker came in and helped some of the tunes and wrecked some of them. At some point he brought in a bunch of session players to play a couple of the tracks. I think Jimmy Page is on one of the tracks, and Allan White played drums on some of them. You know, they were really great players. They definitely had more skills than us at the time, but it didn’t make the album that much better. It just got done quicker. I think it was a bit overproduced.

By the time of your second album, your sound changed quite a bit and you were working on much more heavy material. What are some of the strongest memories from working on ‘If Only for a Moment’?

We went back on the road and started writing our own material again. We discovered this “harmony guitar” idea, which we actually developed when we were living in Paris. We have been in a hotel right across the club and we’d go in there in the afternoon and practise and eventually we ended up with this “harmony guitar” bit that became our trademark for Blossom Toes’ second record.

“The beatniks and the society crowd met and danced to our music”

What were some of the gigs that stayed close to your heart?

One is when The Ingoes played at The Bus Palladium in Paris. We had a residency there for about four months, I think and gave it to Arthur Brown when we left. We actually started the club we were known to the club owner. They wanted a bigger venue from the place they were running. So we went and there was nobody there to begin with. We were playing in empty rooms, but we had a couple of different groups of friends. For example we were friends with all the beatniks who would sleep under the bridges in Paris because they were the ones who could provide us with hash, which was of course an important element of our work at the time. Thankfully I have given that stuff up a long time ago. At the time we bought all the hash from them. Great guys. We asked them if they would come to the club, because we didn’t have the audience so they came down and then we also had made friends with several society people from Paris. (Bob Dylan showed up in this club after his gig, The Who showed up and that sort of thing.) We made friends with this local society and asked them if they would come to see us. The beatniks and the society crowd met and danced to our music. Promoter smartly brought a camera man down there and made a big fuss about how this is happening. How could the two groups of people rub shoulders together successfully? That kicked the club off and it’s still going. On a great day, we had people like Salvador Dali to Henry Fonda visiting Bus Palladium.

Did you experiment with psychedelics?

Yes, absolutely. We took quite a lot of acid when we came back to London. I found acid very interesting. It’s a dangerous drug. I don’t recommend people taking it, but I have to say my experience was 90% good. I had a couple of things which I would describe as a bad trip, which was pretty scary. I survived it, but some of the visions that I had when I was exceedingly high were most interesting, I found. I reckon that a large part of the brain has not been used before. Well, I’m Irish, so of course my brain is absolutely brand new. I haven’t used it all [laughs].

What was the songwriting process like for the band?

Brian Godding and I normally write things separately and then collaborate on the arrangements. I liked him much better than I liked my own to be honest. He was definitely a more musical writer. I just occasionally had a half decent idea. For my band I collaborate mainly with Sam Tanner. I like collaborating in the room with the other writer. That was my favourite way to work with Rod Stewart and Steve Harley. You just sit down and start playing and see what you can come up with. You’re always gonna come up with something, I mean it might be just crap, but you’ll come up with something. That’s the nature of what you do. It’s a strange idea to write with somebody new because you feel like you go into room and get naked, because you can’t hold back any of your emotional process, so specially if you’re writing songs about love and relationships, you can’t bullshit, well I suppose you can, but it’s not a good idea. So you have to be honest and that’s good for you. A good way to explore where the songs are going is by being honest.

Would you like to comment on your guitar technique? Give us some insights on developing your guitar technique.

Several years, maybe 30 years, when I was in Rod Steward’s band Jeff Beck came out on tour with us and we had about a month of rehearsal which were really … haha, forget rehearsal in that band. It was an excuse to get together, play for half an hour and get down to the pub and hangout. We loved hanging out together. Jeff Beck sat in with us and then we would do half an hour of his own using our rhythm section, so I got off the stage during that point. He would get back on stage and play some of our songs with us and he was unbelievably good. Scary, wonderful guitarist. I got to know him a bit since those days and he was a lovely man, an excellent human being. He showed me some things that I still try to play now. He could do 16th note up and down on bass string with his thumb nail at high speed and then using the other fingers play a syncopated rhythm. I can do it for about a second and a half before I fall apart [laughs]. I liked the idea of playing with my fingers. The last ten years I have been using my fingers more and more and I love not having a guitar pick. I find that I don’t like using a pick anymore, although a couple of tunes require a certain style of strumming. There I will use a pick.

I’m self taught and got my first guitar lesson when I was 42 years old. I had six guitar lessons in Los Angeles, which were very helpful, but I tried to teach myself how to read music a few times, but my problem is as soon as I figured what the notes could be, then my ear takes over and I’m playing again by ear which is what guys like me do. I would always recommend people to get guitar lessons. I think you get a lot of shortcuts that way.

How was it to work with Julie Driscoll on her solo album released in 1969?

Some of that is lost in the mist of time. I remember we sang backgrounds for Julie Driscoll. I think I played on one track. It’s a bit hard to remember. Julie was a part of the family, because Brian Godding married Julie’s sister Angie and they’re still together, which is quite extraordinary. Congratulations to them, they are a lovely couple. Julie was brilliant, but sadly I can’t remember much about the making of that track.

What led to the formation of Stud? And tell us about those two albums you recorded. How come you were so popular in Germany?

An unusual band formed essentially by John Wilson, (he was drummer in Taste with Rory Gallagher) and Richard McCracken (bass player for Taste) so we started a power trio, but the direction that John Wilson wanted to take the band (he was the band leader) was in the style of The Tony Williams Lifetime, which was high technique, wild time signatures (I learned how to play 3 and 2 thirds 4), which I suppose some of us has to learn how to do that [laughs]. It just happened to be me that week [laughs]. It was odd, so eclectic. I was writing songs that very often have their roots in folk music. I never really feel the need to be terribly technical. In Stud the job was to be technical, so I tried really hard to be John McLaughlin, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I just made a lot of rackets and played as fast as I could and hoped that some would think that I was a jazz player. Unfortunately I got that entire thing out of my system so I don’t need to play like that anymore. Honour to all of them could spend so much time doing that, but I’m not one of them. I’m a bluffer. I think it’s best that I confess now [laughs]. We were popular in Germany, no idea why. I mean we needed a producer and had this dreadful bloke, Eddie Kennedy, who used to manage Taste. He was sort of a Northern Ireland gangster. I didn’t like him at all, but he came with the job. He came with the guys because he managed Taste and he put his son, a lovely guy, Billy Kennedy. He was given a job of being the producer, but hadn’t had a clue what he was doing. We needed a real producer, because you need somebody to advise and guide you when you’re in the studio. You are so busy thinking to play the right thing, that you don’t have any overview. As a producer myself now, I very often hire guitar players and very rarely play on the record myself because it’s hard to be objective when you’re the bloke in the room with the band. It’s really hard for you not to think if you’re playing right or what’s going on. It’s very difficult to do, but if you’re in the control room listening and not playing it’s much easier to have a bit of overview. That was one of the reasons it was crappy to work on those recordings. I liked working with the guys, they were great, lovely people and we laughed at ourselves when we were in Germany several times. They were so amusing. Eventually John Weider (bass player from Family) joined us on violin and guitar. He was very good. He showed me a lot of Nashville stuff that I still use now. Very clever country licks on the guitar. So then that fell apart.

What led you to join the Family in September 1972? What was that experience like for you?

Stud fell apart and I joined the Family. I love Family. Roger Chapman is a very interesting character. He has a very powerful personality and he has this brutal honesty, which I found at first a little off putting and then eventually I started to respect it immensely, because it’s a very good way to live your life. You don’t bullshit anybody or anything. I’m not so sure that I can do that as well as he can, but I admire him for doing that. And Charlie Whitney was a creative writer and wonderful player. He’s retired in Greece or somewhere (if you’re reading this Charlie, I still love you, old pal!). We had great fun. Then we had Tony Ashton in the band – one of the silliest people I ever knew. Great piano player, sadly no longer with us. We toured around America. It was my first experience going to the USA as a professional musician. It was a fulfilment and a great dream to show up in the States and be paid for it. It was brilliant. We were opening for Elton John on the 13th week tour, which was highly intensive, and were travelling on the scheduled airline. You had to get up at six o’clock in the morning to catch different planes to get to the places where you were playing. It was fairly nuts, but brilliant fun and I started a friendship with Bernie Taupin, which is still going on.

We sadly couldn’t convince the American that we were worth having so we eventually gave up. What we did was we worked our way around Europe to Britain to make a load of money, because we were quite popular. We spent all that in America and we had to come back and do another tour of Europe again. That was very frustrating and we fell apart.

You also played with Shawn Phillips on that ‘Second Contribution’ album, right?

Yeah, I did play on that record. I think I remember one story of Rick Wakeman of Yes coming into the Trident Studio in London with a case of lager under his arm; 24 cans [laughing]. We all said, Rick, oh what a great guy. Thank you! He said, none of this is for you, it’s all for me. [laughin] He didn’t give us any, but he still played brilliantly. He was lovely and terribly funny. I like Shawn very much. A very interesting character. He used to be in the marines and now had this really long hair… 

Would you mind sharing how you first met Linda Lewis?

I met Linda Lewis at the Procol Harum gig outdoor free festival back in 1968 (probably). Blossom Toes were playing it. I don’t know if she was there just as a guest or whatever, but we liked each other and I did a stint sitting in with her band which was called The Ferris Wheel. We did two weeks at the club in Geneva and started to cement a friendship that blossomed to romance and we were together for about ten years. Five of them unmarried and five of them married. She very kindly gave me my first opportunity to be a producer, because we produced her second record. It was called ‘Lark’. We produced that together in Apple Studios. It was great. We went on to tour the world with opening for Cat Stevens, who started a friendship with Alun Davies, his guitar player. One of the nice things about our business is that you sometimes meet people that are so kind-hearted that you have them as friends for the rest of your life. Sometimes he would be away, I would be away and it’s a few guys like that… James Honeyman-Scott from The Pretenders and I for example just hit it off like setting a building on fire. I wouldn’t see him hardly at all, but every time we met up it was like one of us had just gone out to put money in the parking meter and come back in. It was that kind of friendship.

Where did you first meet Steve Harley?

George Sweetnam [Ford] was the bass player in The Ferris Wheel and was quite a successful session player and after the gig I did, he obviously fairly liked what I was up to and Steve Harley was putting a band together when the original band broke up. He wanted to cut a track in Air Studios in London and asked George if he knew any guitar players and George recommended me. I just came to the studio and met Steve for the first time. We got on fine. It was a great little band. Pete Wingfield on piano, Simon Philips on drums, George Sweetnam [Ford] on bass and myself on guitar. We cut a couple of tracks for Steve and I think he put out a single. The next thing was he said do you want to play Reading Festival, which was quite a big event (30,000 or 40,000 people) and we were the second on the bill with two days rehearsal, which is not enough, went and did and that’s when all my cheat notes that I put on the corner of drums riser to refer to you know, how many verses, how many choruses before the end. After the second song a big wind came along and blew them all away [laughing]. Oh god, I still got the job anyway.

What was it like to have such a hit with ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’?

We had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’. That was a fun band to be in. Stuart Elliott was one of the funniest people you can bump to. Steve Harley has a great sense of humour as well. George Sweetnam [Ford] and Duncan Mackay were great musicians. This song was my first number one. I could play on a couple of hits before, but this was my first number one and we were all over the place. We went to America and supported The Kinks. The Americans didn’t really get Cockney Rebel. Steve’s vocal style was something that they didn’t embrace. The band was kind of quirky too…

Life as a Cockney Rebel must have been busy… how did it all lead to your longtime collaboration with Rod Stewart?

Meanwhile Rod Steward comes to see the band play at the place called Roxy Theatre at the Sunset Strip and takes a bit of a liking of what I was doing. Somebody contacted me after and eventually that led me to join his band. It was quite difficult to leave Cockney Rebel, because we were successful, we were doing very well making lots of money, but there was no songwriting and I always have been a songwriter, even in Family I managed to squeeze a song in there. At this point songwriting was really important. It’s part of my identity. Steve guarded the songwriting part with quite jealousy and later on he stopped doing that and we wrote good tunes together. One strange enough was recorded by Rod Stewart.

I guess the rest we can read in your autobiography, ‘And on Guitar…’, was it difficult to remember all the details from the past?

The reason for the title of my autobiography is that I was always introduced like that. “… and on guitar Jim Cregan.” I thought it was an appropriate title. Yes, it was pretty difficult to remember everything, but once you start, and especially if you have a wonderful co-writer Andrew Merriman who is a professional writer it’s easier. The book would never be finished without him, although he would agree that I did actually write quite a big part of it actually myself. It wasn’t done in the interview form. I would sit and type it out. I actually found out that I was better at writing lyrics than I was before, because I discovered there’s a puzzle to try to find an adjective or the right phrase and that puzzle is the same puzzle in writing a book or writing lyrics. Writing a book gave me some confidence that I didn’t have before. You have to take into consideration that I have been writing with some of the finest lyricists in the world. Bernie Taupin must be one of the most revered, delightful lyricists, and I write with Gerry Goffin, who often wrote with Carole King, and I wrote with Rod Stewart and Steve Harley. I bumped into a lot of lyricists in my life. I thought my job was to be a melody guy, so let’s leave it like that, but then after the book, I thought I can actually do both, so that’s what I do now. Sometimes I also collaborate with Sam Tanner et cetera.

Did it bring any (almost) forgotten memories?

Yes, I think once you start to dig around in your past… Andrew Merriman talked to relatives and friends about me as a writer and musician, and he would come back to me with things like that. 

How did you cope with the last few turbulent years as an active musician?

I didn’t have a chance to play live, which I absolutely love to do. That was hard, but I also found that I did a lot of other stuff I have been meaning to do.

What else currently occupies your life?

I finished songs, I wrote new songs. I have a little studio with great equipment and I can make albums… so I would busy myself doing that. I’m a single father living with my now 17 years old daughter who is absolutely brilliant and we laugh and we cook and we go out and walk and do stuff together. We have a little boat to go on the river down to the beach…

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This great band perform a full on, upbeat set of Rod Stewart’s classic hits with the guitarist Jim Cregan who wrote, produced and performed them more...

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“We’ve created a million memories and even more laughs!”  -Rod Stewart from his introduction to Jim’s  autobiography … “And On Guitar”

“A laid-back journey through the career of one of the most respected performers of the last 6 decades”                 Pete Barton,  Promoter.

Jim thought it might be a wild idea to start a new band.

He wanted to create an intimate evening of stories and songs, taken from a remarkable career as a writer, producer, guitarist and band-leader.  

So with old friends, Pat Davey on bass and Sam Tanner on piano, they play music from Jim’s first hit sessions. Starting with Murray Head, through Blossom Toes, Family, Cockney Rebel, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Katie Melua and some of their own hit songs, the evening is both irreverent and captivating.

Along the way, they laugh, tell stories and conjure up a certain magic that only comes with age, respect and friendship. 

Not a bad way to spend an evening.

  For bookings and contact info please go to the home page and click on Contact

• New Studio Album from Cregan & Co. Out Now!

Click this link to stream the title track:  https://linktr.ee/thatjimcregan

It took us ages to make this and most of the songs are originals, just for a change 🙂 It’s available on apple music etc but if you want an actual physical CD please go to our website shop at  https://www.creganandco.co.uk  and we will be happy to send you one.

• Stars Cars Guitars Podcast

What is Stars Cars Guitars?

It’s a podcast, presented by singer Tony Hadley, guitarist Jim Cregan and broadcaster Alex Dyke.

What is Stars Cars Guitars all about?

It’s three guys talking about rock and roll adventures, their favourite cars and tales of the stars and friends they met on the way.

So it’s all about stars, cars and guitars – right?

Yes… and no. It’s also about success, fame, family, laughter, memories and dreams. It’s really a show about friendship. It’s a conversation between three old mates, who like telling stories and sharing jokes. It’s a safe place. Join them!

Angel Force USA

Hi, I am involved in a non-profit organisation called Angel Force USA.

We are trying to help veterans with mental health issues and PTSD find tools and treatments to stop twenty of them committing suicide EVERY DAY.

California band The Side Deal and I have written and recorded a song called ‘The One That Got Away (see opposite) to benefit the organisation. Please check it out and if you like it, download it for less than a dollar. It’s available from Dec 1st. Thanks.

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Chichester Festival

Sorry about the trumpet blowing but the Chichester gig with 3 new guys guesting and only one rehearsal, went very well. Thanks to Matt Gest, Tommy Blaize and Jamie Moses who all rocked the place. See the review…

http://www.chichester.co.uk/whats-on/music/review-jim-cregan-tony-christie-priory-park-festival-chichester-sunday-1-8048185

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“If you can’t afford my ticket, go see these guys – they’re just as good and half the price!” – Rod Stewart [ Tickets ]

The Faces broke up in 1975 and Rod Stewart started his own band.​ One of the most influential guitarists in this line-up was Jim Cregan . Now, more than 40 years on, Jim, together with four outstanding musicians, performs that well-loved heritage music under the name ‘Cregan & Co’.

We’ve had a peak at the band’s set list and it includes some smashers! Pick from: Baby Jane • Forever Young • Hot Legs • The Wild Side of Life • I Was Only Joking • You’re in My heart • Make Me Smile • Young Turks • Twistin’ the Night Away • Sweet Little Rock & Roller • Maggie May to name but a few of the hits Jim Cregan has written or played on!

Cregan & Co also have a new album ‘Spreading Rumours’ out now:

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

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Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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2024 Masters Round 1 recap: Leaderboard, how Tiger Woods did, highlights

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Day 1 of the 2024 Masters has blown by.

Bryson DeChambeau holds the lead with a score of minus-7 after completing all 18 holes on Thursday. It’s his career-best round at Augusta. The world’s top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, sits in second one stroke behind after finishing his first round.

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Tiger Woods is in one of nine groups that didn’t finish first-round play. There was a weather delay, which pushed back start times. The five-time Masters champion has a score of minus-1 and is tied for 17th. He, Jason Day and Max Homa made it through hole No. 13 before the alarm sounded that darkness was starting to descend.

2016 Masters champion Danny Willett finished the round with a score of minus-4 in his return from shoulder surgery. Last year’s champion, Jon Rahm, has a score of plus-1. — Victoria Hernandez

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Who is leading at the Masters 2024? 

American Bryson DeChambeau is atop the leaderboard after the first round of the 2024 Masters. DeChambeau, who has one major win to his resume, finished the day with eight birdies and only one bogey for -7 on the day. DeChambeau joined LIV Golf in June 2022 and is one of 13 in the field at the Masters this year. He’s in pursuit of his first green jacket — his best showing was at the 2016 Masters when he finished tied for 21st place. 

DeChambeau only has a one stroke lead over fellow American Scottie Scheffler (-6), who sits in second place. Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard (-5) is in third place and has the potential to climb up the leaderboard. He only completed 15 holes in round one before play was suspended due to darkness. Højgaard will resume play on the first round on Friday.  — Cydney Henderson

What did Tiger Woods shoot today?

Tiger Woods got off to a good start at the 2024 Masters. He shot minus-1 through 13 holes before play was suspended at Augusta National due to darkness. He will resume the first round at 7:50 a.m. ET on Friday morning. 

The 15-time major winner showed power on the day, reaching up to 180 MPH ball speed on several drives. He also had several clutch saves during the round, including a precise chip shot out of the bunker on the 10th hole to stay under par on the day. So far, he’s shot two birdies and one bogey. 

Woods has won the Masters five times his career, most recently in 2019. — Cydney Henderson

Round 1 suspended due to darkness

Play during Round 1 of the Masters was suspended at 7:51 p.m. ET at Augusta National Golf Club.

Subpar weather conditions at Augusta National caused a two-and-a-half-hour delay Thursday. The first tee time, which was originally scheduled for 8 a.m. ET, was moved to 10:30 a.m.

The first round will resume on Friday at 7:50 a.m. ET. Among the golfers still on the course when Round 1 play was suspended were Nicolai Højgaard (-5 through 15 holes), Max Homa (-4 through 13), Tyrrell Hatton (-3 through 14) and Tiger Woods (-1 through 13).

Round 2 play will begin at 8 a.m. ET on Friday. — Jim Reineking

Bryson DeChambeau leading Masters using 3-D printed irons only approved by USGA on Monday

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Mad Scientist is at it again.

Bryson DeChambeau, who opened with a  7-under 65 in the first round  of the  Masters  at Augusta National Golf Club, is playing with a custom set of single-length irons made by little-known clubmaker Avoda that are made by 3-D printing and weren’t approved by the USGA until Monday . With no hesitation, DeChambeau inserted them in the bag at the Masters. — Adam Schupak , Golfweek

Wyndham Clark carded 1-over in his  first competitive round at Augusta National.

Wyndham Clark takes shot at LIV golf when asked about Masters leader Bryson DeChambeau

When asked if an 8-shot deficit to leader —  and LIV golfer — Bryson DeChambeau is insurmountable , Clark brushed off the suggestion.

“We've got 54 holes,” the reigning U.S. Open champion said . “In LIV Golf they only play 54, so I like my chances.” — Doug Stutsman, Special to the Augusta Chronicle

Tiger Woods finishes day one under par after 13 holes

The 13th hole (par 5) threatened to end Woods’ streak of eight consecutive holes at par or under. He teed off a 295-yard drive with 173 MPH ball speed that ended up in the rough behind a line of trees. He took a moment to strategize how he was going to avoid hitting any trees that surrounded him and ultimately decided to play it conservatively with a low straight shot that found the fairway. He landed on the green his next stroke and two-putted the ball in to save par. He finished the day at minus-1 through 13 holes. — Cydney Henderson

Nicolai Højgaard moves up leaderboard

Nicolai Højgaard sits in third place on the leaderboard, behind Bryson DeChambeau (minus-7) and Scottie Scheffler (minus-6) after 15 holes of play.

Højgaard vaulted up the leaderboard after birdies on four of five holes on the back nine. After birdying holes Nos. 11-13, Højgaard bogeyed No. 14 and then rebounded with a birdie on No. 15.

Both DeChambeau and Scheffler have completed Round 1. — Jim Reineking

Tiger Woods saves par on No. 12, stays under par

Woods teed off at the 12th hole (Par 3, 150 yards) with a seven iron and overshot the green, ending up in the rough at the back of the hole. The ball was positioned near a sprinkler head, so Woods had to awkwardly get into position for his second stroke, but he was able to make clean contact with the ball despite the debris. He gently chipped the ball on the green and knocked down the putt to save par. He’s at minus-1. — Cydney Henderson

Drip check: Jason Day rocks hammer pants that wave in the wind

A weather delay pushed back tee times on Thursday and the wind continued to push Jason Day’s pants around.

The Australian golfer, who is in the same group as Tiger Woods, was a trending topic on X, formerly Twitter, for his oversized pants that flapped in the wind. Fans compared Day to rap icon MC Hammer , who was known for his parachute pants, or implied that perhaps the golfer was trying to pay homage to a younger Woods .

Day is currently tied for 31st place with an even score through 10 holes. — Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods pars No. 11, still at minus-1

Welcome back to Amen’s Corner, Tiger.

Woods drove the ball 300 yards up the fairway with a ball speed of 174 MPH to open up the 11th hole, the start of Amen’s Corner, a stretch of three holes at the Masters that is considered to be particularly difficult. According to the ESPN broadcast, the 11th hole (par 4, 530 yards) is the second toughest hole on the course today. 

As Woods approached his second shot, the wind howled before he dropped the ball right in front of the green. His next shot was a work of art. He chipped the ball inches away from the hole to a lot of applause from the crowd and tapped it in for a par. He remains at minus-1. — Cydney Henderson

Tiger Woods on back nine, still at one under par

Woods started the 10th hole (par 4, 495 yards) out strong with a 306-yard drive down the fairway, but he missed to the right on his next stroke and landed in the bunker. Woods was not satisfied with his shot, rolling his eyes and taking a swipe at the grass with his club afterward, but he rebounded nicely. Woods executed a chip shot to get out of the bunker and set himself up for a routine putt for par. He remains at minus-1 through 10 holes. — Cydney Henderson

Tiger Woods shows he can still drive the ball

Tiger Woods still has power. At the ninth hole, Woods teed off on a 303-yard drive with a 177 MPH ball speed to set him up for a birdie attempt. 

Although he had an opportunity to climb up the leaderboard, Woods’ putt for birdie lost steam uphill against the wind. Woods is at minus-1 at the halfway point. He had two birdies and one bogey in the first nine holes. — Cydney Henderson

Rory McIlroy finishes up-and-down Round 1

Rory McIlroy finished the first round at Augusta National tied for 15th place at 1 under par after a roller coaster of a day. 

McIlroy, a four-time majors winner who has yet to win the Masters, got off to a rough start and bogeyed two of the first four holes. He proceed to right the ship, however, and shot four birdies to bring him to minus-2 heading into the 17th hole. Then, disaster struck and McIlroy shot his third bogey of the round and finished at minus-1 on the day. — Cydney Henderson

Scottie Scheffler finishes first round alone in second

Scottie Scheffler put on a show in his attempt for his second green jacket. The top-ranked player in the world finished his first round at the Masters with a score of -6 with 66 strokes through all 18 holes. He had six birdies, including one on hole No. 16 to bring him within one stroke of leader Bryson DeChambeau. Scheffler won the 2022 Masters. — Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods picks up birdie, gets back under par

Tiger Woods is back under par after picking up a birdie on hole No. 8, which the ESPN broadcasters dubbed the “easiest hole on the golf course today” at Par-5 and 570 yards. 

Woods opened the hole by launching a 307-yard drive down the right side of the fairway with a ball speed at 180 MPH. He landed on the green with his next stroke and two-putted the ball in for his second birdie of the day. He’s tied in 15th place at -1 through eight holes. — Cydney Henderson

Scottie Scheffler moves closer to lead with birdie

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler is showing his skills and lingering at the top of the leaderboard.

He shot a birdie on hole No. 16 to come within one stroke of leader Bryson DeChambeau. Scheffler smacked a drive where the ball landed squarely on the green. He then easily tapped in the putt to score two strokes on the par-three hole.

His score of -6 stands alone in second place. - Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods scores par on No. 7

Tiger Woods is staying consistent and scored par on hole No 7. He tapped a short putt on the fourth stroke of the hole to finish it off. He’s scored par on five of his holes so far with a birdie and a bogey. His even score is tied for 29th place. - Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods even through six holes

Tiger Woods' putt on the sixth hole was bad. He left the uphill effort well short. That’s not the kind of effort we’re used to seeing from the 15-time major champion. He converted from 5 feet out for par, so no harm no foul. - Adam Woodard, Golfweek

Patrick Cantlay nails eagle after early struggles

Patrick Cantlay joined in on the fun by scoring the Masters' third eagle of the day.

On his second stroke of the No. 17 hole with 146 yards to go, he smacked the ball and it bounced on the green before casually rolling into the cup. He cracked a little smile and fist bumped his competitors.

Cantlay has shot three birdies and four bogeys in the first round. The eagle brought him to a score of -1. - Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods hits bogey

Tiger Woods is back at even par after a tough time on hole No. 4. With the ball sitting on the edge of the green, the five-time champion analyzed his shot. He took the putt and tapped the ball just beyond the cup. 

He then marked his spot while Jason Day finished his hole with two putts and Max Homa took his two shots. Woods then finished with a little tap for a bogey. - Victoria Hernandez

Will Zalatoris scores eagle on hole No. 13

Will Zalatoris is keeping the competition fierce and scored an eagle on hole No. 13. He boosted a drive on the 197-yard, par-five hole and the ball landed firmly on the green. He then tapped a putt to finish in three strokes.

The American now has a score of -3 to put him in a tie for third place. - Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods stays in red after two holes

Tiger Woods made par on hole No. 2. He finished the parfive hole with a short putt that rolled smoothly into the cup. His score remains -1 after he hit a birdie on his first hole.

Bryson DeChambeau finishes first round with lead

Bryson DeChambeau has finished his first round at Augusta. He completed the 18 holes with a score of -7 and 65 strokes, including eight birdies. The score puts him three strokes ahead of three second-place golfers. It’s his career best round at the Masters.

"I felt like I placed the golf ball in the right place today," he told ESPN. "I didn’t put myself into too many poor spots. I got a couple good breaks, but for the most part, I rolled it well, drove it well, hit my irons pretty well and took advantage when the opportunity presented itself."

Viktor Hovland moves up to second with three consecutive birdies

Viktor Hovland came to play. He is tied for second with a score of -4 after shooting three consecutive birdies on holes No. 7, 8 and 9. He also had a score under par on hole No. 2.

Hovland finished tied for seventh at last year’s Masters, his best finish so far at Augusta. - Victoria Hernandez

Tiger Woods tees off to much fanfare

Tiger Woods teed off at Augusta at 3:54 p.m. ET. He was met with loud applause when he was announced ahead of his first stroke at hole No. 1. Wearing a pink polo, he lined up for a swing and smacked the ball cleanly. The crowd cheered again when it fell on the fairway.

He finished the hole with a birdie.

Jason Day and Max Homa are in the same group as the five-time Masters champion. - Victoria Hernandez

Danny Willett finishes impressive first round in return from injury

Danny Willett’s quest to capture a second green jacket is going swimmingly so far.

The 2016 Masters champion finished the first round with a score of -4 totaling 68 strokes and is tied for second. His birdie on hole No.1 was the field’s first hole under par for the tournament. This is his first competition since September when he had shoulder surgery. - Victoria Hernandez

Bryson DeChambeau takes Masters lead

Ryan Fox had been leading the Masters through the afternoon, but Bryson DeChambeau reclaimed the spot at the top of the leaderboard.

He had a birdie on hole No. 15 to make his score -5 and separate himself from Fox. It was his sixth birdie of the day. He shot 2 under par at the three holes that make up Amen Corner. - Victoria Hernandez

Scottie Scheffler wows with birdie

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler offered some excitement on hole No. 6. He took a moment to line up for a mid-range putt on the green, his second shot on the hole. He gave the ball a gentle tap and it rolled smoothly across the green and dropped into the cup.

It’s his second birdie of the day. He also made it on the second hole.

His -2 score ties him for fourth. - Victoria Hernandez

Will Zalatoris chips in shot to save par

Will Zalatoris kept his score in the negative when he made a chip shot at hole No. 5.

The ball was sitting on the fairway just outside the green. Zalatoris lined up and perfectly smacked it to dribble on the green and plunk into the hole.

He is tied for eighth with a score of -1. - Victoria Hernandez

Justin Thomas barely misses putt 

Hole No. 5 is proving tricky for the field today.

Justin Thomas is the latest to struggle on the hole. The ball was sitting on the green and he lined up for a putt, which would be his fourth stroke for par. He tapped the ball and it glided just next to the cup. The crowd groaned with Thomas at the missed shot. He then tapped the ball in for a bogey.

Thomas now has an even score through five holes. He is tied for 18th on the leaderboard.

Ryan Fox is in the lead at -5 through nine holes. - Victoria Hernandez

Masters leaderboard: Ryan Fox's eagle gives him lead at 5 under

An eagle on the par-5 eighth hole has given New Zealand's Ryan Fox the outright lead in the opening round of the Masters.

Fox birdied his first three holes of the day to grab a share of the lead, but after a run of four consecutive pars, he carded the first eagle of the tournament to move to 5-under on his round.

Fox, 37, tied for 26th at last year's Masters, his first appearance at Augusta and made the cut in all four major championships in 2023.

Erik van Rooyen and Byeong Hun An are tied for second at 4-under. — Steve Gardner

Tiger Woods at Masters

Follow every single Tiger Woods shot during the Masters here .

Woods is scheduled to tee off at 3:54 p.m. ET, along with Jason Day and Max Homa.

Masters leaderboard: Christo Lamprecht joins the top

One of the tallest competitors in Masters history, amateur Christo Lamprecht has grabbed a share of the lead.

The 23-year-old South African hit a nearly perfect tee shot on the par-3 sixth hole that left him with a putt shorter than his 6-8 height, which he converted for one of his three birdies on the front nine.

Lamprecht won the British Amateur last year and was the low amateur at the 2023 British Open. Born in South Africa, he's currently a senior at Georgia Tech. — Steve Gardner

Erik van Rooyen continues solid start

Making his third Masters appearance, Erik van Rooyen is making the most of it.

Van Rooyen, who was part of the first pair to tee off, is in a four-way tie for the lead at 3 under as he hits the turn.

The South Africa native has two wins on the PGA Tour, but his highest finish in a major was in 2019 when he tied for eighth at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. — Casey Moore

Masters leaderboard: Ryan Fox, Byeong Hun An join Bryson DeChambeau

New Zealand's Ryan Fox matched Bryson DeChambeau's sizzling start with birdies on his first three holes to share the early lead.

Fox, 37, tied for 26th at last year's Masters, his first appearance at Augusta. The DP World Tour player of the year in 2022, Fox made the cut in all four major championships in 2023.

Not to be outdone, Korea's Byeong Hun An also birdied his first three holes to grab a share of the lead. — Steve Gardner

Masters forecast at Augusta

The storm front that forced a 2 1/2-hour delay in starting first-round play at Augusta National has given way to sunshine and breezy conditions with the arrival of the noon hour.

The wind is expected to gust up to 40 mph during the course of the day, making it more difficult for players with afternoon tee times.

Among the more prominent names who will have to deal with those conditions: defending champion Jon Rahm (1 p.m. start), 2022 winner Scottie Scheffler (1:12) and five-time champ Tiger Woods (3:54). — Steve Gardner

Bryson DeChambeau birdies first three holes

2020 U.S. Open Bryson DeChambeau is off to a scorching hot start, making birdies on each of his first three holes to take over the lead at Augusta.

Erik van Rooyen is still at 2 under after seven holes, good enough for second place. Danny Willett, who birdied two of the first three holes, bogeyed No. 5 to fall into a pack tied for third at 1 under.

Getting ready to tee off next is Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka and Tony Finau.

Masters leaders: Willett, van Rooyen tied at 2 under

England's Danny Willett and South Africa's Erik van Rooyen each have a pair of birdies on their scorecards in the early going at Augusta National.

They share the lead at 2-under par.

Van Rooyen, in the day's first pairing off the tee, birdied the third and sixth holes.

Willett, the 2016 Masters champ, had his birdies on No. 1 and No. 3. — Steve Gardner

Updated Masters live TV coverage

ESPN will have live broadcast coverage of Thursday's opening round from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET.

ESPN+ will also have live streaming coverage ., as well as Paramount+ and Fubo .

In addition, live streaming coverage can also be found on the Masters website , beginning at 11:15 a.m. with several different viewing options:

• Holes 4, 5 & 6
• Featured groups (and Featured Group Plus)
• Amen Corner
• Holes 15 & 16

Jake Knapp bogeys No. 4

The four-way tie for the much-too-early-to-discuss leaderboard has become a three-way tie.

Jake Knapp turned in a bogey on hole No. 4, which leaves Erik van Rooyen, Taylor Moore and Danny Willett at the top with 1 under par.

Knapp is now even with six other golfers on the course. Luke List is 1 over after 1 hole and Austin Eckroat is 2 over after two. — Casey Moore

Danny Willett gets first birdie at 2024 Masters

And the first birdie of the opening round of the 2024 Masters goes to … Danny Willett.

The 2016 Masters champion knocked in a 25-foot birdie on the opening hole of his round to take the early lead. Willett missed the cut in last year's Masters.

Jake Knapp and Erik van Rooyen (on No. 3) and Taylor Moore (No. 2) also added birdies on their scorecards to tie Willett for the very early lead. — Steve Gardner

Pars all around

Jose Maria Olazabel, Taylor Moore and amateur Santiago de la Fuente joined Erik van Rooyen and Jake Knapp with pars on hole No. 1. The next group rolling is is Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat and Stephan Jaeger, followed at 11:06 a.m. ET by Charl Schwartzel, Luke List and amateur Christo Lamprecht. — Casey Moore

Masters 2024 underway

With delayed anticipation, Erik van Rooyen (South Africa) and Jake Knapp (United States) have gotten this Masters going.

Both players safely completed the opening hole with pars on the 445-yard par 4.

Next up: Jose Maria Olazabel, Taylor Moore and amateur Santiago de la Fuente will tee off at 10:42 a.m. ET. — Casey Moore

Masters honorary starters tee off

Let the game begin!

Augusta National chairperson Fred Ridley took the first tee promptly at 10:10 a.m. ET and introduced the three honorary starters: Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.

As Ridley pointed out, the trio combined for 11 Masters victories and 140 appearances across six decades. — Casey Moore

Masters Round 1 start time

The first round of the Masters has been delayed until 10:30 a.m. ET on Thursday due to weather . The original start time was 8 a.m., with Erik van Rooyen and Jake Knapp the first pairing.

What time does Tiger Woods tee off at the Masters? 

Tiger Woods will start his Masters at 3:54 p.m. ET. Woods, who was originally scheduled to tee off at 1:24 p.m., is paired up with Jason Day of Australia and fellow American Max Homa.

Masters tee times Round 1 

Here is every updated tee time and pairing for round 1 of the Masters . These will be updated when possible.

Masters live stream 

For cord-cutters, select focuses of the Masters will be available on Paramount+ and ESPN+ over the four-day event. Cord-cutters can also turn to Fubo, which carries CBS and ESPN.

Masters odds 

World No. 1  Scottie Scheffler  is the pre-tournament favorite to win the title at Augusta National, potentially adding a second green jacket to his collection. Here’s the complete list of Masters 2024 odds . 

• Scottie Scheffler: +400 
• Rory McIlroy: +1000 
• Jon Rahm: +1200 
• Xander Schauffele: +1400 
• Brooks Koepka: +2000 
• Hideki Matsuyama: +2000 

List of LIV players in Masters 2024 

Thirteen golfers from the LIV Golf circuit are set to compete in the Masters Tournament this year. They are: Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio García, Tyrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Adrian Meronk, Phil Mickelson, Joaquín Niemann, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith and Bubba Watson.

Masters 2024 announcers

ESPN will feature a veteran team of hosts and analysts for its coverage of this year's tournament.  Jim Nantz  makes his return for CBS as does Verne Lundquist , who will be calling his final Masters.

Here are the broadcasters for the 2024 Masters .

Augusta National course map 

Check out this complete Augusta National course map for the 2024 Masters Tournament.

Augusta National hole-by-hole guide 

Here's everything you need to know about all 18 holes of the Masters at Augusta National . 

History of Green Jacket at Masters

The Green Jacket awarded to the Masters champion each year is one of the most iconic symbols in sports. The tradition dates back to the founding of Augusta National Golf Club when it was decided that members should wear brightly colored blazers at the 1937 Masters so that patrons would know who to ask if they needed assistance.

Read more about the Green Jacket's history here. — Steve Gardner

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2024 Masters Round 1 recap: Leaderboard, how Tiger Woods did, highlights

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