Conference mr1pst::music

    This is a pretty thought-provoking idea, in a completely theoretical
    sense. The closest thing I can think of would be picking the players
    for the Olympic basketball team. However, in the case of music, it's
    much more difficult to pick a reasonable union since what we're talking
    about is art. As the failings of the super-groups indicate, the music
    usually suffers when you put together the "ultimate" band. Of course,
    there is the additional difficulty in that bands are not a fixed
    quantity or combination of musicians. In basketball, you know you have
    2 guards, 2 forwards and a center. Would my All-star band have 2
    guitars? Probably not. (In reality, I might even like an All-star band
    with no guitars).
    
    Here's a whack at defining a band which is made up of my current crop
    of favorite musicians (in a five piece lineup, with keys and no
    second guitar):
    
    		guitar.........................	Trevor Rabin
    
    		bass .......................... Tony Levin
    
    		vocals ........................ Charlie Farren
    
    		drums ......................... Bill Bruford
    
    		keys .......................... Dave Stewart
    
    (the "other" Dave Stewart).
    
    Of course, Charlie Farren would also play guitar. Obviously,
    most of my lineup comes from people who have played with Yes,
    which is no coincidence. I'm not sure what these people would
    play if stuffed together in a room, but frankly, I doubt I'd
    like it. The sum of the parts, vs. the sum of the whole, and
    all that stuff...
    
    Brian

    
    	Drums		Steve Gadd
    	Bass		Abe Laboriel
    	Vocals		Gino Vannelli
    	Keys		Joe Zawinul
    	Sax		Wayne Shorter
    	Guitar		Jeff Beck
    
    	Beat that All Star Band, Ringo...
    
    

    
    Drums - me.
    Bass  - Steve Garry
    Guitar - Yngwie Malmsteen
    Vocals - Micheal Kiske

                                                                      
                                                                             
    Nile Rogers    -  Guitar  -   Chic
    Marcus Miller  -  Bass    -   David Sanborn     
    Aaron Hall     -  Vocals  -   Guy                 
    Chucki Booker  -  Keyboards   Band leader (Janet Jackson Tour)    
    Nate Adderly Jr-  Keyboards   Band Leader (Luther Vandross Tour)                                   
    Narada Michael Walden - Drums
    
                                    

	This is very difficult.  Part of the challenge is to try to invent a 
band where the member's styles would be artistically complimentary.  Rock band 
is a team sport!  Also, there probably should be one or two in the band that
can write.

vocals		Chrisse Hinde
guitar		Keith Richards	(but he doesn't get to sing lead)
guitar		Ry Cooder
bass		Tony Butler
drums		Steve Jordan

    Vocals - Stevie Nicks (backup - Me!)  :^)
    Guitar - Waddy Watchel (or Lindsey Buckingham)
    Bass - Geddy Lee (but NOT vocals)
    Drums - Neil Peart
    Keyboard - Christine McVie
    
    K.C.

Guitar - Jerry Garcia
Guitar - Bob Weir
Bass - Phil Lesh
Keys/vocals - Rob McKernan
Drums - Bill Kreutzman

;^)

 Ah, ya beat me to it Scott :-)






 Jum

    
    	RE: .7/.8
    
    	Yeck.  Are you sure you replied to the right note?
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI

    
    	Vocals:		Rob Halford
    	Lead Guitar:	Eddie Van Halen
    	Lead Guitar:	Steve Vai
    	Bass:		Steve Harris
    	Drums:		Anybody.  Heck, a drummer is a drummer.
    
    
    	OK, OK, just kidding.  Charlie Benante.
    
    	And Eddie and Steve Vai can trade lead/rhythm guitar, like KK
    	Downing and Glenn Tipton from Judas Priest, or Eddie and JJ from
    	Twisted Sister.
    
    							GTI
    

    Michelle Shocked's lineup for "Arkansas Traveler" would suit me just
    fine:
    
    Mark.

    
    Vocals:   Todd Rundgren
    Guitar:   Todd Rundgren
    Keys;     Todd Rundgren
    Drums:    Todd Rundgren
    Producer: Todd Rundgren
    Engineer: Todd Rundgren
    
    Where have I seen this before?
    
    -Ed
    

    
    	Vocals: David Coverdale   Whitesnake
    	Guitar: Jimmy Hendrix 
    	Keys:   Jan Hammer or the guy from Little Feat?
    	Drums:  Jon Bonnem(sp)  Led Zepplin
    	Bass:   Paul McCartney
    
    That would rock some folks!  :*)
    
    B.A.

    
    
    here we go:
    
               vocals:Freddie Mercury
               bass  :Tina Weymoth
          lead guitar:Stevie Ray Vaughan
        second lead  :Dave Gilmour
              drums  :john Bonham
            
    
    keyboards are optional:Keith Emerson
    
    mac
    

    Here's a couple:
    
    Jeff Beck    (guitar)
    Tony Levin   (bass)
    Bill Bruford (drums)
    
    **********************
    
    Paul McCartney  (bass, lead vocals)
    Elton John      (piano, lead vocals)
    Peter Frampton  (lead guitar)
    Phil Collins    (drums, lead vocals)

    
    vocals	Steve Perry & Pat Benetar
    guitar	Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton
    drums	Mick Fleetwood
    keyboards	Christine McVie
    

    Bass -Chris Squire
    Leads- David Gilmore
    Drums- Terry Bozzio
    vocals- Charlie Farren
    rythme guitar- Ed Van Halen

    - .1 
    
     Oh yeah....
              Keyboards...the keyboard player from the band Boston !

    
    VOCALS: Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
    DRUMS:  John Bonham
    BASS:  Geddy Lee
    GUITAR: Alex Lifeson
    
    

    re: a few back
    
     Keyboards for Little Feat: Billy Payne
    
    
    
    -Tony

    Slightly diverse but :
    
    Vocals:  Robert Smith (The Cure)
    Guitar:  Eric Clapton
    Guitar:  Mark Knopfler
    Drums:   Lars Ulrich
    Bass:    Lemmy Kilminster
    
    Mark
    
    

    Rock all-stars
    
    Guitar:    Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth
    Bass:      Billy Sheehan
    Keyboards: Keith Emerson
    Drums:     Rod Morgenstein
    Vocals:    Mariah Carey, Greg Lake
    Roadie:    Dave Blickstein
    
    Jazz All-stars
    
    Guitar:  Larry Carlton, Allan Holdsworth
    Bass:    Abe Laboriel 
    Drums:   Rod Morgenstein
    Keyboards: Dave Grusin, Terry Trotter
    
    And I duo I'd REALLY like to see:
    
    Vocals:   	Mariah Carey
    Keyboards:	Dave Blickstein    ;-)

    OK,
    
    Steve Walsh       Lead vocals, keyboards
    Eddie Van Halen   Lead guitar
    Charlie Farren    Vocals, second guitar
    Geddy Lee         Bass, Vocals
    Terry Bozzio      Drums
    
    And most importantly, to make it work:
    
    Songwriting:   Walsh/Farren/Lee
    
    Cheers,
    Ken
    

    here goes,
    
    	Billy Joel      Accordeon/Piano/Vocals
    	Bruce Hornsby   Piano/vocals
        Mick Fleetwood  Drums
    	Liberty de Vito Drums
    	John De  Faria  Lead Guitar
    	Jeff Lynne	Rhythm Guitar
    	Daryll Hall	Vocals/Guitar/synthesisers
    	John Oates	Guitar
    	Jorge Casas 	fretless bass
    	Paul McCartney  Bass/vocals
    	Mike Scaglione	Saxaphone
    	Mark Riviera	Saxaphone
    	Randy Barlow 	Trumpet
    	Teddy Mulet 	Trombone
    	George Harrisson Sitar
    	
    	 
    	           
    
    	Gloria Estefan     Vocals
    	Stevie Nicks       Vocals
    	Christie McVie   Keyboards/Vocals
    
    	and for some 'craic' the 6 sawdoctors,
    	Davy,Leo,Turps,tony,john bon and pearce!!!!
    
    some band eh??

    re .15
    
    >> Jeff Beck    (guitar)
    >> Tony Levin   (bass)
    >> Bill Bruford (drums)
    
    Ya know, this almost seems like it could be arranged.  Maybe if we get
    a petition going or something :-)

    
    	There's ALWAYS room for David Bowie ...
    
    
    	... after all, floors have to be cleaned, windows have to be
    	washed, etc.
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI

guitar  Mike Campbell --
guitar  Brian May     -- These two even look alike
bass    Geddy Lee
drums   Neil Peart
keys	Rick Wakeman
vocals	Robert Plant

    CORRECTION to previous entry (how could I forget about Steve Walsh)
    Rock all-stars
    
    Guitar:    Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth
    Bass:      Billy Sheehan
    Keyboards: Keith Emerson
    Drums:     Rod Morgenstein
    Vocals:    Mariah Carey, Steve Walsh
    Roadie:    Dave Blickstein
    
    Jazz All-stars
    
    Guitar:  Larry Carlton, Allan Holdsworth
    Bass:    Abe Laboriel 
    Drums:   Rod Morgenstein
    Keyboards: Dave Grusin, Terry Trotter
    
    And I duo I'd REALLY like to see:
    
    Vocals:   	Mariah Carey
    Keyboards:	Dave Blickstein    ;-)

    
    
    Guitar #1: David Gilmour (and some vocals)
    Guitar #2: Steve Howe
    Guitar #3: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    
    Drums:     Bill Bruford
    
    Keys:      Rick Wakeman  
               Rick Wright
    
    Bass:      Levin or Squire
    
    Vocals:    Jon Anderson
    	       Maire Brennan
                                      

    
You want weird? Think of them doing jazz ballads: It would be wild!

	Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
	Bass:   Steve Swallow
	Horn:   Miles Davis
	Drums:  the dude from Mahavishnu Orchestra with the shades... 
	Organ:  Sun Ra

    

    
    
    re -.1 
    
      The dude with the shades is Billy Cobham. I saw him once with Larry
    Coryell and Jaco on bass. They actually did a cover of "Third Stone
    from the Sun". Wild...
    
    
    Peter Gabriel ..Vocals 
    Joe Zawinaw (sp?) ex-weather report ..Keys
    Steve Morse ..Guitar
    Jeff Berlin ..Bass
    Bill Bruford ..Drums
    
    
    RichC
    

OK, line your all-star band up at one end of the hall and I'll put
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels at the other end of the hall and
we'll draw the entire crowd and blow your band right out the door!

All these bands with the likes of Keith Emerson and Mariah Carey 
would certainly put the crowd to sleep.

an apocryphal story:

Seems that Mitch Ryder did some serious damage to his knees imitating
James Brown's famous jump-and-land-on-your-knees-and-vault-to-your-feet
moves. Nobody told him that the Godfather wore kneepads.

True? 

as I was saying in .35 . . .

an apocryphal story (apropos of Tom's reply earlier on):

It's said that Mitch Ryder did some serious damage to his knees through
years of imitating James Brown's jump-and-land-on-both-knees-and-vault-
to-your-feet move. Nobody told him that the Godfather wore knee pads.

True?

    
    
    Clive Barker..guitar
    Edgar Allen Poe..Keys
    Steven King...drums
    Dean Koontz..bass
    

    The ideal all star band already exists, if only people would recognise
    it.........
    
    Little Village........ Ry Cooder (gtr, vocals), John Hiatt (gtr,
    vocals), Nick Lowe (bs, vocals), Jim Keltner (drms).
    
    If they wanted a guest on keys, Van Dyke Parks.
    
    
    andy

    Piano:          Billy Joel
    Vocals/Flute:   Ian Anderson
    Guitar:         David Gilmour
    Bass Guitar:    Sting
    Drums:          Barriemore Barlow (used to be in Tull with I.A.)
    
    Hmmm... that's kind of an unusual group... wouldn't mind hearing
    it, though...

    
    
    	  *                  *
    Bass/Vocals            Vocals                         *
    Paul McCartney	  Joe Cocker       Guitar       Guitar
    					  Jimmy Page 	Eric Clampton 
    
    						      *	/ Piano	
             *    *    *           \  00    /          / Elton 
             Background            | Drums[]|                 
          Patti Stevie  Mellisa
    	Sciafla  Nicks  Ethridge   Neil Peart
    					

>                              -< Picture it ... >-

    ... under 500 feet of molten rock.
    
    Hmm... yeah!  I can picture it!
    
    Thanks, dude,
    Ray

That's not 500 feet of molten rock, that's Neil Peart's drum set.

    
    	Rhythm gtr	- Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
    	Bass		- Phil Spalding (various)
    	Vox		- Liz Frazer (Cocteaus)
    	Lead Guitar	- Tony Iommi (Black Sab)
    	Drums		- Stez Styx (Macc Lads)
    	Keyboards	- Bill Currie (Ultravox)
    
    	Can't really see it though, somehow...

    Could you perhaps have Muttley MacLad on the backing vocals?? :)

    I thought maybe he'd do the lyrics...

    
    Lead Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Vocal -       Joe Strummer
    Bass  -       Flea
    Drums -       Will Calhoun
    
    Support band ...
    
    Lead Guitar - Vernon Reid
    Rhythm Guitar - Johnny Ramone
    Vocal - Lemmy
    Bass - Jack Bruce
    Drums - Topper Headon
    
    Let the good times roll...

    Progressive Choice:
    
    Vocals- Fish, Larry Gowan
    
    Keys  - Emerson (need you ask!?!)
    
    Bass  - Levin, unless he's touring with Gabriel, then Squire, if he's
            out of detox, then, oh, why bother....
    
    Drums - Palmer and/or Peart, depending if Palmer's ego fits next to Peart's
            drumset
    
    Guitar- Holdsworth, or that guy from Tribal Tech, whatever his name is
    
    	All of the other stuff should be played by those two guys that hung
    out near the back of the stage on Pat Metheny's last tour.