Who Would Be The Members Of Your Dream Band?

[danieldust]

One could come up with a thousand great combinations. Here's just one:

Guitar - Robert Fripp (no one else need apply)
Trumpet - Miles
Drums - Bill Bruford
Sitar & Percussion - Collin Walcott
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Keys/Synths - Klaus Schulze

An example of this actually happening occurred in the 1970's when jazz guitarist Larry Coryell recorded with three members of the group Oregon to produce the Coryell album "The Restful Mind"

I've never heard of this album. Being an Oregon fan, I'll have to look for this one.

[D.]

Classic Rock:

Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore (DP)
Guitar: Jimmy Page (LZ)
Bass: John Entwistle (The Who)
Drums: Phil Rudd (AC/DC) someones got to keep it simple & steady in this line-up
Vocals: *Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Co./The Firm)

*David Coverdale could also fit in this line-up nicely

Alt Rock:

Guitar: *Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses/Breeders/Belly)
Guitar: John Squire (Stone Roses)
Bass: Andy Metcalfe (Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians) or Peter Hook (New Order)
Drums: Reni (Stone Roses)
Vocals: PJ Harvey

*Bernard Butler (Suede) would be my alternate

Metal:

Guitar: Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Guitar: Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
Bass: Geezer Butler (Sabbath)
Drums: John Bonham (LZ)
Vocals: *Ronnie James Dio

*Bruce Dickinson or Rob Halford could easily interchange

Country:

Guitar: Junior Brown or Unknown Hinson
Guitar: Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam)
Bass: Marshall Grant (Tennessee Two)
Drums: Jeff Donavan (Dwight Yoakam)
Banjo: Buck Trent (Porter Wagoner)
Vocals: Johnny Cash or Hank Sr.

[lbgrrl]

John, Paul, George and Ringo

[newdreams]

One could come up with a thousand great combinations. Here's just one:

Guitar - Robert Fripp (no one else need apply)
Trumpet - Miles
Drums - Bill Bruford
Sitar & Percussion - Collin Walcott
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Keys/Synths - Klaus Schulze

An example of this actually happening occurred in the 1970's when jazz guitarist Larry Coryell recorded with three members of the group Oregon to produce the Coryell album "The Restful Mind"

I've never heard of this album. Being an Oregon fan, I'll have to look for this one.

That's a good album. Also check out Indian sarod virtuoso Vasant Rai with members of Oregon on the Vanguard label. Two albums exist - "Spring Flowers" and "Autumn Song" (both available on a single CD titled "Spring Flowers"). Rare, but well worth finding if you like Indo-jazz fusion and/or Oregon.

I also like Colin Walcott's two solo albums on ECM, "Cloud Dance" and "Grazing Dreams". Colin's rarer ECM collaboration "Dawn Dance" with guitarist Steve Eliovson is also nice, but quite rare. I've only seen the one copy I have.

You can hear samples of Vasant Rai and Oregon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Spring-Flowers-Vasant-Rai/dp/B00006BC5G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335770326&sr=8-1
Just turn up the volume and click on "Listen to all".

[danieldust]

Hey there, newdreams. Thanks for the heads up.

I actually stumbled upon Vasant Rai on Youtube just a few weeks ago and was stunned I'd never heard of him before. I don't have any of his stuff yet, but the albums he did with the guys form Oregon are definitely on my want list!

I do have the Steve Elliovson LP, and it's very nice. I agree it seems to be quite rare, but I managed to get a copy on GEMM pretty easily.