Robin Le Mesurier

In September 2015, Le Mesurier joined Rod Stewart and Rolling Stone Ron Wood for the Faces reunion.

Le Mesurier is the son of two of Britain's best-loved comedy actors, Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier. Le Mesurier gained a strong following during and after his appearance on Living TV's reality show Rehab (2009), in which he opened up about his battle with alcoholism.

In 1994 he recorded two tracks on French singer Johnny Hallyday's first English-language record Rough Town. He became Hallyday's musical director, besides founding the group Farm Dogs with Bernie Taupin and Jim Cregan.

At the beginning of his collaboration with Rod Stewart, Le Mesurier was mainly a guitar-tech and session man, then in 1976 he signed with a Rod Stewart related record company. He toured the US with Air Supply in 1977 as the opening act for Rod Stewart. After a period with Lion, eventually renamed The Difference, he was invited in 1980 to join the Rod Stewart group.

In his prime, Le Mesurier was a fan of The Faces and of guitar stars Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and Jeff Beck. His first official band was The Reign (whose first single was written by the Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarty). The band lasted till 1973, then Le Mesurier became the guitarist of The Wombles, a novelty pop-rock band whose musicians used to dress as the characters from the British children’s TV show The Wombles.

Robin Le Mesurier (born Robin Mark Le Mesurier Halliley, 22 March 1953 in Kensington, London, England) is a British guitarist, known for his long collaboration with Rod Stewart and Johnny Hallyday, as well as for the wide-ranging nature of his musical performance, including membership of such bands as The Wombles.