James Cregan (born 9 March 1946) is an English rock guitarist and bassist, best known for his associations with Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and Rod Stewart.

[4] Cregan appears on four of her albums, also assuming a production role on Lark (1972), Fathoms deep (1973) and Not A Little Girl Anymore (1975), which gave him the opportunity to work with the Tower of Power horn section.

Cregan co-wrote many hits with Stewart, including "Passion" and "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)", winning the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award for outstanding songwriting, with each.

Cregan has received thirteen multi-platinum awards for his work with Stewart and together they have thirty recorded songs to their joint credit.

In 1993 Cregan was reunited with Stewart to record Unplugged...and Seated which was also filmed by MTV and featured a guest appearance by Ronnie Wood.

[8] In the same year Cregan recorded Van Morrison's song "Have I Told You Lately"[2] (1993) with Stewart, which became a number 1 hit in UK and had top twenty success elsewhere.

[8] Over the next four years he worked as producer and musician with artists such as Janis Ian, Kathleen Keane, Peabo Bryson, Cat Stevens, W.G Snuffy Walden, Grand Drive, Gaelic Storm and Joe Cocker.

Along with broadcaster Alex Dyke and Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley, he began a podcast in 2020 called Stars Cars Guitars, which is also hosted on a YouTube channel.

[15] With Mike Batt With Blossom Toes With Roger Chapman With Rita Coolidge With Julie Driscoll With David Essex Family With Farm Dogs With Steve Harley With Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel With Murray Head With Janis Ian With Linda Lewis With Katie Melua With The Quireboys With Bruce Roberts With Rod Stewart With Streetwalkers With Stud With Roger Taylor With Glass Tiger With various artists Cregan was married to Linda Lewis for five years.

On Steve Harley's BBC Radio 2 show aired in January 2004, he explained that he had grown tired of Los Angeles culture and moved back to the U.K. "...And on Guitar" Autobiography by Jim Cregan and Andy Merriman with foreword by Sir Rod Stewart