Your Dream Band

Hmm......


Guitar:  David Gilmour
Keyboards: Tony Banks
Drums:  Neil Peart
Bass:  Chris Squire
Vocals:  Roger Daltrey  (non prog, but hes a great vocalist)

David Gilmour - guitars\vocal
Keith Emerson - keys
Mike Porcaro - bass
Simon Phillips - drums
Ian Anderson - flute
(probably the best line up but it would never sound right)

rileydog22 wrote: I got one: Fripp-Guitar Bruford-Drums Levin- Bass Belew-Guitar and vocals Oh wait...

Edited by k_crimson - September 12 2006 at 16:59

How about this line-up:
Christian Vander (drums and vocals)
Roman Bunka (sadly very little known excellent guitar player) - guitar and oud
Barbara Dennerlein - organ

No bass needed; Barbara Dennerlein would provide the bass with the foot pedals of her organ (her technique with the bass pedals is unsurpassed). I can imagine them playing some excellent fusion trio work (Vander plays traditional jazz when he is not playing with Magma, by the way; we have an album of his jazz trio).

The Policy of this thread is not fair, but well this is my list.

Alright, I might as well take a shot (though basically no one reads these, but it's a nice mental exercise)

Percussion: Bill Bruford
Flute/Arranging: Ian Anderson
Guitar: John Mclaughlin
Keys: Rick Wakeman
Bass Guitar: Tony Levin
Lead Vocals: Richard Sinclair
Production: Brian Eno

And to make things interesting, an explanation for why this group:

First of all, I want a thorough mix of jazz and classical influences. This is why I have combined some jazzier types (such as Bruford and Mclaughlin) with some more classically-influenced musicians (Wakeman and Anderson). For a bassist I was thinking we need someone very solid without too many flourishes - so I picked Tony Levin, who can distinguish himself with the Chapman Stick. I picked Sinclair as the lead vocalist because, in my opinion, he has one of the most accessible voices in progressive music. And to keep all these ambitious musicians in line, I picked Eno as a producer - he'll keep things nice and sweet, maybe add in some background ambience on certain tracks.

And for a name, they are to be called: Yethro Crimson Orchestravan.

Their first album will be called: In the Mounting Flame of a Passion Pink Edge.

I tihnk this would be interesting

2 keyboardists: Eddie Jobson and Martin Orford

micky wrote: hmmmm..... ahhhh micky - Rickenbacker bass ( resident model for album covers and promotional items) Erik - Mellotron  ( who being such a number freak we'd leave in charge of finances) Ivan - Piano (and trying to electocute Erik with miswired 'trons) Jody - Drums ( with assorted explosives in the bass drums) Bern - whatever the hell he plays.... I just want his 'pic' on Jody's bass drums TLC - guitars ( resident troublemaking drunk who plays guitars when sober and fights with Jody not) and on vocals..the one and  only..goddess of all things prog...... Ghost Rider  (with her sultry raspy voice and broken english gives us some serious stage presence ..and something for the kids to see while that bands tears itself from limb to limb on stage)

I play flute

And I'd be happy to be featured on Jody's bass drum