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Topic: Your 70s Prog All-Star Band
Posted By: thief
Subject: Your 70s Prog All-Star Band
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:03
Pick your players from 1968-1980 era. You decide pretty much everything about this All-Star Band makeup:
  • either a long term, LP recording band (5+ years) or just a World Tour project;
  • what genre of prog/related music do they play (symphonic, eclectic, fusion, Canterbury, space, kraut...)
  • you can have up to 7 musicians on board! Fill the slots:
Vocals; Guitars; Bass; Drums; Keys; + different instrument; + flexible slot

It's pretty straightforward. You can very well recreate bands that really existed and just tune them to your liking (i.e. ELP + Andrew Latimer), or come up with completely new collaborations (i.e. Thijs van Leer, Robert Wyatt, Geddy Lee and Captain Beefheart...).Flexible slot has no restrictions.

It's fine if you pick multi-instrumentalists here, just assign them to a slot - it'll be their main duty anyway (75%).



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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:15
For a one recording and toruing project..

Vocals - Greg Lake
Vocals - Kate Bush
Guitar - Dave Gilmour
Bass - Geddy Lee
Keys - Tony Banks
Sax - Dave Jackson
Violin - Daryl Way
Drums - Gavin Harrison


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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:16
MY LONG TERM BAND

Ian Anderson
Steve Hackett
John Wetton
Michael Giles
Tony Banks
Ian McDonald
David Palmer

I specifically avoided the most notoriously dominant/demanding figures of progressive universe, such as Roger Waters, Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp or Ginger Baker (:D). I'd like my band to actually work towards a greater goal and avoid the clash of personalities - as much as I could. There is a place for, let's say, two intense personalities to exchange ideas and create some tension... but a band consisting of 5-7 devilishly talented and conceited blokes wouldn't last a year.

So, my leader is Ian Anderson - for his wit, charisma, strong leadership, no-nonsense approach and actual talent. His group WILL release at least eight albums during that timespan and I bet half of them are guaranteed classics. His acoustic guitar tapestries in the background and lively flute fills are welcome, too. David Palmer is included - most needed to smooth out (or write) orchestral arrangements and serve as additional pianist on stage... he also had a good chemistry with Ian. They form songwriting backbone.

Steve Hackett and Tony Banks serve multiple purposes here. They are truly gifted composers, hopefully they will form a second songwriting nucleus in this mixture, relieving Ian from this burden a bit. I know for certain that stuff they create will be unbelievably melodic, emotional, lush and progressive in that old-fashioned Genesis way... I suppose their "fairy tales" Edwardian stuff will mix nicely with jubilant, folkish Anderson style. Steve Hackett is a peaceful man on top of it, should be "safe" addition. Tony Banks will have some creative differences with Ian, but he put up with Gabriel's quirks for years so they'll work it out.

I trust John Wetton and Michael Giles to form a reliable and impressive rhythm section. Wetton brings very strong, tectonic basslines, knack for improvisation and backing vocals, if needed - all with a laid-back personality, they say. I mean that was the common opinion, no? We need those glue guys in every team, I believe. Michael Giles had such a rare talent on drums, always knew what should be played at what time EXACTLY. I always find his performances engaging and thought-out. Remember his studio work on In the Wake of Poseidon? He wasn't even a member at this point, but laid down so much effort. Love the guy, wish he recorded more.

The last pick - my joker card - is Ian McDonald of King Crimson fame. Tell me all you want, I believe he came up with a half of ITCOTK's good stuff. Played clarinets, saxophones, organs, the Mellotron... In this band he's free to do whatever he does best, we already have keyboards and flute covered. Hopefully he's able to put more kinetic energy and a bit of KC darkness here. Should be a good fit next to Michael Giles.

I think this band is, in the same time, greatly talented and well-organized, everyone has a niche to fill and all talents could be used. Everyone is credited when it comes to royalties ^^


Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:21
Hate to bust your bubble but I think it's been done.

They were called "Emerson Lake and Palmer"   Wink
Later reformed as "The Best"

But seriously...

Keith Emerson - Keys (Duncan Mackay as the understudy)
Chris Squire - Bass (Tony Levin as the understudy)
Carl Palmer - Drums (Keith Moon as the understudy)
Alex Lifeson - Lead Guitar (Steve Hackett as the understudy)
Kerry Livgren - Rhythm Guitar (David Gilmour as the understudy)
Peter Gabriel - Vocals (Roger Daltrey as the understudy)
Thjis Van Leer - Flute (Ian Anderson as the understudy)
Bill Bruford - Percussion (Ruth Underwood as the understudy)
Jean Luc Ponty - Violin (Robby Steinhardt as the understudy)

Let me know if you hear of them touring...I'm all in !



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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:26
That would be the already assembled Bruford band
in 1979. Bruford, Holdsworth, Stewart and Berlin.

For fun maybe... Jon Anderson (v), Ray Schulman (b), Tony Banks (k), Frank Zappa (g), and Steve Gadd (d).


Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:29
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

For a one recording and toruing project..

Vocals - Greg Lake
Vocals - Kate Bush
Guitar - Dave Gilmour
Bass - Geddy Lee
Keys - Tony Banks
Sax - Dave Jackson
Violin - Daryl Way
Drums - Gavin Harrison


Love this team. Geddy and Gilmour are so likeable, Lake brings emotional side, Bush - another dimension. Darryl Way is a terrific under the radar pick. Minor complaint - Gavin Harrison was 17 in 1980 which is the "end date" of this project... But I bet he already had good chops.

JD, you came up with a fantastic list of talent as well, but there are 9 musicians - the limit is 7. :)


Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:36
Originally posted by thief thief wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

For a one recording and toruing project..

Vocals - Greg Lake
Vocals - Kate Bush
Guitar - Dave Gilmour
Bass - Geddy Lee
Keys - Tony Banks
Sax - Dave Jackson
Violin - Daryl Way
Drums - Gavin Harrison


Love this team. Geddy and Gilmour are so likeable, Lake brings emotional side, Bush - another dimension. Darryl Way is a terrific under the radar pick. Minor complaint - Gavin Harrison was 17 in 1980 which is the "end date" of this project... But I bet he already had good chops.

JD, you came up with a fantastic list of talent as well, but there are 9 musicians - the limit is 7. :)


Damn, yes you're right! I bet Harisson was good at 17 though, but in line with the rules, I'll swap him with Phil Collins, and begrudgingly drop Way (I can live without violin) that still leaves 8 I guess...

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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 05:40
MY ONE YEAR PROGRESSIVE TWISTED FANTASY

Peter Hammill
Robert Fripp
Greg Lake
Bill Bruford
Rick Wakeman
David Jackson
David Cross

This one is wild. Fripp is the boss, but Hammill can write all the lyrics he wants - doesn't matter for Bob. I believe Robert will impose his will on this group (with one exception), so the sound will gravitate towards jazzy/classical/avantgarde this time. Cross and Bruford are almost automatic picks, I know for a fact they work well with Fripp and definitely fit the bill here.

Jackson makes the sound 2x richer and he's also capable enough to improvise with the boys.

There is also Greg Lake enlisted, I need him to alternate with Hammill on those epic-scope grand-as-Iliad songs, no matter if they are more of Epitaph or Man-Erg breed. Perhaps there is a room for intricate acoustic guitar pieces with 3 axe-wielders on board...

The only problem I see is Rick Wakeman who always had his way of doing things. I believe he was fed up with constant tuning and quirky studio ideas, but it's likely that this band would focus on impressive stage performance and live recording so he might put his talent to great use.

It's definitely harder to make this band click and stay together for a decade than the previous one... But one album is likely, some twisted cross between Larks' and Godbluff with pinches of Tarkus and Awaken on top.


Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 06:02
Francesco Di Giacomo, Annie Haslam, Stella Vander - Vocals
Chick Corea - Keyboards
Steve Hackett - Guitar
Ray Schulman - Bass, Violin
Ruth Underwood - Vibes, Persussion
Carl Palmer - Drums, Percussion
Roger Dean - Cover Art



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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 06:03

Annie Haslam - lead & backing vocals

Michael Dunford – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Jon Camp – bass, backing vocals
John Tout – keyboards, backing vocals
Terence Sullivan – drums, backing vocals, percussion


Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 06:05
Robert Fripp
Jeff Lynne
Dave Greenslade
Phil Collins
Alphonso Johnson
Robby Steinhardt

I doubt this lineup would last a week together.


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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 06:17
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Keith Emerson - Keys (Duncan Mackay as the understudy)
Chris Squire - Bass (Tony Levin as the understudy)
Carl Palmer - Drums (Keith Moon as the understudy)
Alex Lifeson - Lead Guitar (Steve Hackett as the understudy)
Kerry Livgren - Rhythm Guitar (David Gilmour as the understudy)
Peter Gabriel - Vocals (Roger Daltrey as the understudy)
Thjis Van Leer - Flute (Ian Anderson as the understudy)
Bill Bruford - Percussion (Ruth Underwood as the understudy)
Jean Luc Ponty - Violin (Robby Steinhardt as the understudy)
 
chance of survival beyond first practice/rehearsal, five minutes.... and never meeting if Greg Lake is involved LOL
 
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Ian Anderson (vcls, flute, sax and general obnoxiousness)
Grace Slick (beauty and political awarenessHeart, vcls as well)
Roger Waters (for lyrics, acoustic guitar and pretentiousness)
Robert Fripp (L guit, mellotron, & twitt behavior)
Peter Townshend (R guitar & stage antics, since Fripp is about as alive as Entwistle is)
Jack Casady (jamming ability, endurance, & grass supply)
McCoy Tyner Chester Collins (a duet for the price of a monologue) Big smile
Keith Moon  Robert Wyatt Keith MoonLOL (for wheelchair reasons) Embarrassed
 
 
 
 
 


Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 07:02
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Francesco Di Giacomo, Annie Haslam, Stella Vander - Vocals
Chick Corea - Keyboards
Steve Hackett - Guitar
Ray Schulman - Bass, Violin
Ruth Underwood - Vibes, Persussion
Carl Palmer - Drums, Percussion
Roger Dean - Cover Art


I can almost hear this music... beautiful!

Sean Trane's band has a startling contrast between the pretty and the ugly... Seeing them live would be a jarring experience Tongue


Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 07:25
I would want a band that could present something totally new and different, Symphonic-World-Canterbury-Jazz-Fusion. These guys just might be up for it:

Guitars: Jan Akkerman

Keys: Patrick Moraz

Violin, keys, etc: Eddie Jobson

Vocals, keys, etc.: Demetrio Stratos

Bass: Percy Jones

Flute, keys, vocals, etc.: Thijs Van Lier

Percussion, vocals, etc.: Zakir Hussein



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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 07:30
Vocals: Francesco Di Giacomo
Guitar: Robert Fripp
Bass: Chris Squire
Keys: Keith Emerson
Drums: Phil Collins
Violin: Jean-Luc Ponty
Flute: Ian Anderson
Sax: Theo Travis

I like this format a lot - especially the vocals from Di Giacomo, Anderson, Squire and Collins!!!


Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 08:05
On guitars - Martin Barre and Steve Hackett
On keyboards - Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson
On Bass - Gary Thain and Jeff Berlin
On Drums - Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer
On Vocals - Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Annie Haslam
On Flute - Ian Anderson and Andy Latimer
On Sax - Mel Collins and David Jackson


Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 08:07
OK, I built this one with the idea of some weird collaborations in mind, not not necessarily my favorite players. 

Vocals - Jon Anderson
 Guitar - Frank Zappa
 Guitar Robert Fripp
 Bass - Chris Squire
 Keys - Keith Emerson
 Keys/ Violin - Eddie Jobson
 Drums - Neil Peart
 
 


Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 08:09
Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, John Wetton and Eddie Jobson. Hey wait a minute...I think they were together before. Kind of.

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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 08:25
Wink
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fripp" rel="nofollow - Robert Fripp  – electric and acoustic  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" rel="nofollow - guitars ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron" rel="nofollow - Mellotron ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianet" rel="nofollow - Hohner pianet , devices
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetton" rel="nofollow - John Wetton  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" rel="nofollow - bass ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" rel="nofollow - vocals ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" rel="nofollow - piano  
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bruford" rel="nofollow - Bill Bruford  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" rel="nofollow - drums ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbales" rel="nofollow - timbales ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell_%28instrument%29" rel="nofollow - cowbell ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_%28instrument%29" rel="nofollow - wood block
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cross_%28musician%29" rel="nofollow - David Cross  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin" rel="nofollow - violin ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola" rel="nofollow - viola , Mellotron,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianet" rel="nofollow - Hohner pianet ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute" rel="nofollow - flute  
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Muir" rel="nofollow - Jamie Muir  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument" rel="nofollow - percussion , drums, "allsorts" (assorted found items and sundry instruments)


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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 09:05
Gabriel....Theatrics and lead vocals.
Wakeman.....Moogs, Mellotron, Hammond Organ, Electric and Acoustic Piano, Harpsichord and Pipe organ.
Hackett....six and twelve string acoustic guitar, Lead guitar, backing vocals
Squire...Bass guitar and bass pedals, backing vocals.
Peart...Drums

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 10:18
Originally posted by thief thief wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

For a one recording and toruing project..

Vocals - Greg Lake
Vocals - Kate Bush
Guitar - Dave Gilmour
Bass - Geddy Lee
Keys - Tony Banks
Sax - Dave Jackson
Violin - Daryl Way
Drums - Gavin Harrison


Love this team. Geddy and Gilmour are so likeable, Lake brings emotional side, Bush - another dimension. Darryl Way is a terrific under the radar pick. Minor complaint - Gavin Harrison was 17 in 1980 which is the "end date" of this project... But I bet he already had good chops.

JD, you came up with a fantastic list of talent as well, but there are 9 musicians - the limit is 7. :)
Sorry man, my band needs all the players to execute their latest album "Close to the Dark Side of a Crimson Brain's Broadway Brick", an 8CD release covering the 2019 US Impeachment Inquiry. Very complex...Very Dark.


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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 10:41
Originally posted by tamijo_II tamijo_II wrote:

Wink
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fripp" rel="nofollow - Robert Fripp  – electric and acoustic  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" rel="nofollow - guitars ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron" rel="nofollow - Mellotron ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianet" rel="nofollow - Hohner pianet , devices
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetton" rel="nofollow - John Wetton  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" rel="nofollow - bass ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" rel="nofollow - vocals ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" rel="nofollow - piano  
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bruford" rel="nofollow - Bill Bruford  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" rel="nofollow - drums ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbales" rel="nofollow - timbales ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell_%28instrument%29" rel="nofollow - cowbell ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_%28instrument%29" rel="nofollow - wood block
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cross_%28musician%29" rel="nofollow - David Cross  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin" rel="nofollow - violin ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola" rel="nofollow - viola , Mellotron,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianet" rel="nofollow - Hohner pianet ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute" rel="nofollow - flute  
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Muir" rel="nofollow - Jamie Muir  –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument" rel="nofollow - percussion , drums, "allsorts" (assorted found items and sundry instruments)
Nice. Wink

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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 10:47
Steve Howe - Guitars, etc.
John Entwistle - Bass
Ian Anderson - Flutes and whatever else needs playing, backing vocals only
Justin Hayward - Vox & rhythm guitar
Manfred Mann - Keys
Ringo Star - Drums
Brian Eno - Overlord to keep egos in place, producer, sound treatments


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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 11:08
Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Gabriel....Theatrics and lead vocals.
Wakeman.....Moogs, Mellotron, Hammond Organ, Electric and Acoustic Piano, Harpsichord and Pipe organ.
Hackett....six and twelve string acoustic guitar, Lead guitar, backing vocals
Squire...Bass guitar and bass pedals, backing vocals.
Peart...Drums

THIS!!!!


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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 11:43
Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Steve Howe - Guitars, etc.
John Entwistle - Bass
Ian Anderson - Flutes and whatever else needs playing, backing vocals only
Justin Hayward - Vox & rhythm guitar
Manfred Mann - Keys
Ringo Star - Drums
Brian Eno - Overlord to keep egos in place, producer, sound treatments

Ringo on drums? Interesting choice. 


Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 12:15
Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Steve Howe - Guitars, etc.
John Entwistle - Bass
Ian Anderson - Flutes and whatever else needs playing, backing vocals only
Justin Hayward - Vox & rhythm guitar
Manfred Mann - Keys
Ringo Star - Drums
Brian Eno - Overlord to keep egos in place, producer, sound treatments

Ringo on drums? Interesting choice. 
yeah, that's strange. Dave Clark would be better for prog, me thinks.

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Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 13:15
Originally posted by thief thief wrote:

MY ONE YEAR PROGRESSIVE TWISTED FANTASY

Peter Hammill
Robert Fripp
Greg Lake
Bill Bruford
Rick Wakeman
David Jackson
David Cross

This one is wild. Fripp is the boss, but Hammill can write all the lyrics he wants - doesn't matter for Bob. I believe Robert will impose his will on this group (with one exception), so the sound will gravitate towards jazzy/classical/avantgarde this time. Cross and Bruford are almost automatic picks, I know for a fact they work well with Fripp and definitely fit the bill here.

Jackson makes the sound 2x richer and he's also capable enough to improvise with the boys.

There is also Greg Lake enlisted, I need him to alternate with Hammill on those epic-scope grand-as-Iliad songs, no matter if they are more of Epitaph or Man-Erg breed. Perhaps there is a room for intricate acoustic guitar pieces with 3 axe-wielders on board...

The only problem I see is Rick Wakeman who always had his way of doing things. I believe he was fed up with constant tuning and quirky studio ideas, but it's likely that this band would focus on impressive stage performance and live recording so he might put his talent to great use.

It's definitely harder to make this band click and stay together for a decade than the previous one... But one album is likely, some twisted cross between Larks' and Godbluff with pinches of Tarkus and Awaken on top.



Wow, what a perfect team. I would still add Robert Wyatt as a guest star :)


Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 13:24
I don't know what this would be like...

Vocals : Peter Hammill, Greg Lake
Keyboards : John Lennon
Drums : Robert Wyatt
Guitar : Robert Fripp
Bass : Geddy Lee
Flute : Peter Gabriel

Composers : Hammill, Lennon, Wyatt, Fripp



Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 17:12
Inspired by recent King Crimson, I try out a trio of drummers:
Jaki Liebezeit, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Bruford.
Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol is the right bassman against three drummers.
Robert Fripp is well tested to work with three drummers and Mike Oldfield brings in the melodies.
To balance against a too strong King Crimson influence I get Irmin Schmidt in on keyboards and Holger Czukay can add his wave receiver and do the mixing.
Vocals shared by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. 


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 17:15
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Inspired by recent King Crimson, I try out a trio of drummers:
Jaki Liebezeit, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Bruford.
Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol is the right bassman against three drummers.
Robert Fripp is well tested to work with three drummers and Mike Oldfield brings in the melodies.
To balance against a too strong King Crimson influence I get Irmin Schmidt in on keyboards and Holger Czukay can add his wave receiver and do the mixing.
Vocals shared by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. 
 
"Don't Give Up"
 


Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 17:17
hmmmm

drums - Carl Palmer
Bass - Jack Bruce
keyboards - Keith Emerson
guitar - Adrian Belew

thread win for me.. absolute sonic destruction there...


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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 18:04
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Inspired by recent King Crimson, I try out a trio of drummers:
Jaki Liebezeit, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Bruford.
Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol is the right bassman against three drummers.
Robert Fripp is well tested to work with three drummers and Mike Oldfield brings in the melodies.
To balance against a too strong King Crimson influence I get Irmin Schmidt in on keyboards and Holger Czukay can add his wave receiver and do the mixing.
Vocals shared by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. 
 
"Don't Give Up"
 

Nah! I hate that one actually. Either Peter or Kate sings, but not the two together.


Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 18:58
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Steve Howe - Guitars, etc.
John Entwistle - Bass
Ian Anderson - Flutes and whatever else needs playing, backing vocals only
Justin Hayward - Vox & rhythm guitar
Manfred Mann - Keys
Ringo Star - Drums
Brian Eno - Overlord to keep egos in place, producer, sound treatments

Ringo on drums? Interesting choice. 
yeah, that's strange. Dave Clark would be better for prog, me thinks.
 
I wanted to have someone who could keep a solid ground rather than a drummer who would fly all over the place.


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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 19:02
Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Steve Howe - Guitars, etc.
John Entwistle - Bass
Ian Anderson - Flutes and whatever else needs playing, backing vocals only
Justin Hayward - Vox & rhythm guitar
Manfred Mann - Keys
Ringo Star - Drums
Brian Eno - Overlord to keep egos in place, producer, sound treatments

Ringo on drums? Interesting choice. 
yeah, that's strange. Dave Clark would be better for prog, me thinks.
 
I wanted to have someone who could keep a solid ground rather than a drummer who would fly all over the place.
Maybe Roger Taylor would have been a better choice.


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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 19:09
Vocals & Bass - Greg Lake
Drums - Chris Cutler
Keys - Dave Stewart
Guitar - Phil Miller
Bassoon - Michel Berckmans
Percussion - Jamie Muir


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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 20:25
If I want the most talent possible then..

Lead Singer - Annie Haslam
Lead Guitar - Steve Hackett
Bass - Chris Squire
Drums - Neil Peart
Keyboards - Keith Emerson

Band of my favs..

Singer - My man Collins
Lead Guitar(and humorous vocals at times) - My man Frank
Bass - Sir Paul
Drums - Carl Palmer
Keyboards - Wakeman


Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 13 2019 at 21:41
I don't know if you can throw together any four musicians and have it work.   There's usually a reason bands stay together and have some success... like musical and personal chemistry.



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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 00:34
Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance










Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 00:47
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Inspired by recent King Crimson, I try out a trio of drummers:
Jaki Liebezeit, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Bruford.
Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol is the right bassman against three drummers.
Robert Fripp is well tested to work with three drummers and Mike Oldfield brings in the melodies.
To balance against a too strong King Crimson influence I get Irmin Schmidt in on keyboards and Holger Czukay can add his wave receiver and do the mixing.
Vocals shared by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. 
 
"Don't Give Up"
 

Nah! I hate that one actually. Either Peter or Kate sings, but not the two together.
Oh well, at least I tried. I won't Give It Up just yet. Tongue
 


Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 08:47
I'd say

Vocals Jon Anderson
Guitar Steve Howe
Bass Chris Squire
Drums Bill Bruford
Keys Rick Wakeman

But looking for an alternative

Vocals Greg Lake
Guitar  Andy Latimer
Bass Doug Ferguson 
Drums Andy Ward
Keys Peter Bardens

The impossible one which would collapse under its own weight:

Vocals Jon Anderson
Guitar Robert Fripp
Bass Roger Waters
Drums Billy Cobham
Keys Keith Emerson
Trumpet Miles Davis
Flute Ian Anderson

I can see them fighting with wands and clubs in the rehearsal room.




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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 08:57
Hi,

Can't help it ... even in dream time this is ... 

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz ......


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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 09:17
Why do you even post?

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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 09:55
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,

Can't help it ... even in dream time this is ... 

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz ......

Yeah...spread your dengue fever elsewhere...

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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 11:44
How about an all-German band?

Barbara Dennerlein - Hammond B3 including bass pedals
Roman Bunka - guitar, oud, vocals
Chris Karrer - guitar, violin, saxophone, oud, vocals
Mani Neumeier - drums, percussion
Inga Rumpf - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion

The band could not have gone off before 1979 though when a 15-year old Barbara Dennerlein had her stage debut. And yes, she is a jazz organist but was always open for experimentation.

As to the oud: Both Bunka and Karrer probably did not start playing oud before the 80s, so this is a bit cheating. But they definitely play oud now.

A bass player is of course not needed when Barbara Dennerlein is around (she used the bass pedals at the very beginning of her career already).


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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:35
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance










I believe I read sometime that Emerson... well, I think it was something like he always thought of his band as a trio, but the guitar player he would would have wanted would have been Howe.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:37
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:


I'd say

Vocals Jon Anderson
Guitar Steve Howe
Bass Chris Squire
Drums Bill Bruford
Keys Rick Wakeman

But looking for an alternative

Vocals Greg Lake
Guitar  Andy Latimer
Bass Doug Ferguson 
Drums Andy Ward
Keys Peter Bardens

The impossible one which would collapse under its own weight:

Vocals Jon Anderson
Guitar Robert Fripp
Bass Roger Waters
Drums Billy Cobham
Keys Keith Emerson
Trumpet Miles Davis
Flute Ian Anderson

I can see them fighting with wands and clubs in the rehearsal room.




The Yes Line-up, it's always the one I think of on this type of threads. You might want to think about perfect bands and all... but we did have it with this line-up of Yes... it can't get any better than this.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:41
OK, so, besides the CttE Yes line-up, one I can think of is:
Peter Hamill on vocals.
Robert Fripp on Guitars.
Keith Emerson on Keyboards.
David Jackson on Sax (and some flute).
Ian Anderson on flute (and additional vocals).
Chris Squire on bass (and backing vocals).
Bill Bruford on drums.

It would be nice to have room for adding Jimmi Hendrix on guitars too, and Jamie Muir on percussions, and David Cross on violin. Oh yeah, and Jannis Joplin on vocals... it would have been awsome to have a duet of her and Hamill.



Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:47
So, for an American (not so prog) band:
- Jimmi Hendrix on Guitar (and some vocals).
- Jim Morrison on vocals.
- Jannis Joplin on vocals.
- Ray Manzarek on keyboars.
- And I'm afraid I haven't paid enough attention to be able to choose a bass and drum player suitable for this line-up.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:50
For a more pastoral line-up:
- Annie Haslam on vocals.
- Greg Lake on vocals and bass.
- Steve Hackett on guitars.
- John Tout on piano.
- Ian McDonald on flute / sax / mellotron.
- Michael Giles on drums.


Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:57
A  challenging one:

John De Leo - Vocals
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Christian Vander - Drums
Thierry Zaboitzeff - Cello
Jannick Top - Bass
Gleb Kolyadin - Piano
Mont Campbell - Keys
Lars Andreas Haug - Tuba
Geinoh Yamashirogumi (the whole) - Backing Vocals
Tommaso Leddi - Violin





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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 13:59
Sorry I've forgotten that it was a '70s lineup

John De Leo - Vocals 
Demetrio Stratos - Vocals
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Christian Vander - Drums
Thierry Zaboitzeff - Cello
Jannick Top - Bass
Gleb Kolyadin - Piano
Rick Wakeman - Piano
Mont Campbell - Keys
Lars Andreas Haug - Tuba
Mel Collins - Sax
Geinoh Yamashirogumi (the whole) - Backing Vocals
Tommaso Leddi - Violin



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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 14:47
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

So, for an American (not so prog) band:
- Jimmi Hendrix on Guitar (and some vocals).
- Jim Morrison on vocals.
- Jannis Joplin on vocals.
- Ray Manzarek on keyboars.
- And I'm afraid I haven't paid enough attention to be able to choose a bass and drum player suitable for this line-up.

 How about Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead on bass & Mike Shieve of
Santana on drums to round out your line up? 
I think they would be good fits for that band. 




Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 15:05
My all star band...

Lee, Lifeson, Peart.  

Done. 

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Okay, so for a Rush-free lineup, it's:

Guitar: Allan Holdsworth
Bass: Chris Squire
Drums: Bill Bruford
Keys: Keith Emerson
Vox: Ian Anderson (+flute)


Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 15:47
Andy Latimer - Guitar, flute, vocals
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards, clarinet
John Wetton - Bass, vocals
Andy Ward - Drums

With that band, you don't need anyone else.


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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 15:57
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance










So I guess my band of
Robert Fripp
Ruth Underwood
Phil Collins
Lemmy Killmister

Would have a similar problem.

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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 16:52
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:


But looking for an alternative

Vocals Greg Lake
Guitar  Andy Latimer
Bass Doug Ferguson 
Drums Andy Ward
Keys Peter Bardens


That would have been amazing!


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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 17:03
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance



I believe I read sometime that Emerson... well, I think it was something like he always thought of his band as a trio, but the guitar player he would would have wanted would have been Howe.

actually Jimi Hendrix had been in discussion (which would have led to the same "amusing initials"). his untimely death put an end to this though


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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 17:35
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance

I believe I read sometime that Emerson... well, I think it was something like he always thought of his band as a trio, but the guitar player he would would have wanted would have been Howe.
I've been mulling over the whole guitar thing in ELP lately. The few times Greg played a little electric guitar it was precise and tasteful. Sometimes (think Bo Diddly) it was raw and in your face. Don't forget, he had the same music teacher as Robert Fripp. I often wonder why they didn't make more use of it in their recordings. Other than the fact Keith (and the boys) have talked previously about not being able to replicate Trilogy live due to the overdubs and that they had no interest in backing musicians. To quote Keith himself "ELP play ALL the music).

So what do you think? How different would the band have been.


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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 20:35
Friede did an all-German band, I'll go for an all-French band:


Pierre Moerlen - drums
Cyrille Verdeaux - keyboards
Christian Boulé - guitar
Bernard Paganotti - bass
Didier Malherbe - saxes, flutes, other woodwind instruments
Didier Lockwood - violin

an alternative would be Christian Vander on drums


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 23:58
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance

I believe I read sometime that Emerson... well, I think it was something like he always thought of his band as a trio, but the guitar player he would would have wanted would have been Howe.
I've been mulling over the whole guitar thing in ELP lately. The few times Greg played a little electric guitar it was precise and tasteful. Sometimes (think Bo Diddly) it was raw and in your face. Don't forget, he had the same music teacher as Robert Fripp. I often wonder why they didn't make more use of it in their recordings. Other than the fact Keith (and the boys) have talked previously about not being able to replicate Trilogy live due to the overdubs and that they had no interest in backing musicians. To quote Keith himself "ELP play ALL the music).

So what do you think? How different would the band have been.
 

It's true that Greg was a fine guitarist and proved it many times. When ELP played live , Keith would replicate some of bass guitar parts on the keyboard to allow Greg to play lead (KE9 being the main one) . Howe would have brought more on the writing side perhaps but it is hard to say whether HELP would have been that much different. Howe was able to play in the spaces very well and never felt the need to dominate the band. You can hear that with Yes very well I think. 
Another guitarist that ELP considered was Randy Bachmann (BTO) but PLEB would also have been problematic initials wise Wink


Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 01:57
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Howe
Emerson
Lake
Palmer

apart from amusing initials this would have worked. Howe and Emerson had a great deal of mutual respect and would have written some amazing stuff together given half a chance


So I guess my band of
Robert Fripp
Ruth Underwood
Phil Collins
Lemmy Killmister

Would have a similar problem.
 
good one... LOL
 
But then again, we could come up with bands that would spell DICK or DORKor its female equivalents



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