The Cornerstone of Your Prog Supergroup

Progmind wrote: My cornerstone player would be Paul Mc Cartney because:   - he can get along with anybody,   - he can play any kind of music, His work with the Beatles and solo can prove that   - he works well in the studio or live on stage,   - he has a great, fun-loving, personality, that does not get caught up in interpersonal squabbles,  - he is a virtuoso musician (not just bass player)   - he is all business yet very adaptable to any recording, creative, touring conditions,  - is tireless, has boundless energy  - LOVES music!

Progishness wrote: My cornerstone would be someone like Roger Waters, if only he could get on with his cohorts. That aside he is/was a great lyricist, *architect, concepts & ideas man, and band leader.  Not to mention being a more than decent bassist & vocalist. *in a musical sense

Actually, I think you are right. If only he could het on with the other members of the band... and yet, for a little while, they did get along... well enough to work together, and magic happened.

Progishness wrote: Dellinger wrote: Progishness wrote: My cornerstone would be someone like Roger Waters, if only he could get on with his cohorts. That aside he is/was a great lyricist, *architect, concepts & ideas man, and band leader.  Not to mention being a more than decent bassist & vocalist. *in a musical sense Actually, I think you are right. If only he could het on with the other members of the band... and yet, for a little while, they did get along... well enough to work together, and magic happened. Up to around the time they were making 'Wish You Were Here' PF seemed to function in reasonable harmony with two artists (Wright & Gilmour) and two architects (Waters and Mason), but from the making of 'Animals' onwards Roger started taking more and more control, to the point of 'Final Cut' being more or less a Waters solo album.

I don't buy into the Waters dominated Animals album. On that one, the music for Dogs was written by Gilmour, as I understand, and Waters gets credits too because of the lyrics, and Dog takes almost half of the album, and is usually considered the favourite track on the album, so I think it's a fairly even album comoposition-wise.

This will certainly be an unusual take and maybe one that isn't received very well.... but John Paul Jones would be my pick easily. I would be extremely interested to see what kind of prog music he could crank out of a mellotron, organ, piano, electric bass or any of the other various instruments he played. While Jimmy is typically seen as the mastermind behind the sound of the band, it is still true that some of their most unique sounding records feature a prolonged JPJ intro on a keyboard. He is a great musical mind and understands the art very well.