Prog Musician Longest Tenure With 1 Band?

verslibre wrote: HackettFan wrote: Jon Field - Jade Warrior Alex Lifeson - Rush Edit: No, sorry. Jon Field played flute on Tubular Bells. Alex has guested on a few albums by other artists (I Mother Earth, Platinum Blonde, Gowan, Tom Cochrane, Porcupine Tree, and more recently on new albums by Marco Minnemann and Fu Manchu), and he's recorded some one-off tunes as a member of the Big Dirty Band and Bubbles & The Sh*t Rockers.

verslibre wrote: Kingsnake wrote: That's exactly what I said, hahahaha. You even quote me on saying exactly that, hahahaha Yes, on the Magnum, I did. LOL! But Jim's still way back in line compared to other prog guys (and Saga is ending, while Eloy, Kraftwerk and Hawkwind are still truckin').

yeah. But Saga only recently called it quits. Who knows, they will return.

^ well then I did not see your post about Mick LOL, sorry about that, I meant no harm 

verslibre wrote: Kingsnake wrote: I would say Jim Crichton from Saga. Been there since 1977. The only collabs he did were producing (he has his own studios) and programming keyboards for other bands (Magnum, Yes, etc.) Jim's played on other bands' albums, e.g. he's credited with keyboards (not producer) on No Sweat's eponymous 1990 debut. Michael Sadler also did some backup vocals on it. Jim also did some synth programming on Magnum's Goodnight L.A. (released the same year, in 1990).

That's exactly what I said, hahahaha.

Jon Field - Jade Warrior
Alex Lifeson - Rush


Edit: No, sorry. Jon Field played flute on Tubular Bells.

Edited by HackettFan - February 18 2018 at 23:30

Cristi wrote: Mark Kelly of Marillion (1981- present day) Unlike Rothery, I don't think he did anything else other than Marillion

Mark Kelly of Marillion (1981- present day)

Edited by Cristi - February 18 2018 at 12:45

^ He did vocals on 2002's "Space Metal" released by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, which was not really in the Hawkwind family.

Frank Bornemann.  First album "Eloy" 1971. Last album (but still counting!) "The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part 1", 2017.  So he's at 46 years.  I'm assuming there will be a "Part 2" pretty soon, so he'll leap-frog past Ralf Hutter for the undisputed lead for iron-man of prog.

The reason I choose to base longevity on album releases is that it is easy to verify, and there's no wishy-washy estimates of when, exactly, did someone start or join a band.  Also, there are a lot of musicians still alive that haven't recorded an album in decades, even though they are technically still part of the band.