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08-06-2008, 10:31 AM
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Can anyone tell me what band I'm thinking of? They we're from the 60's/70's I believe. They consisted of a keyboard player, a bassist and a drummer who was also the lead vocalist. At least a couple of them wore some sort of glam style makeup. From what I remember of a live video of theirs, the bass player used a EB-2 style bass.
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08-06-2008, 10:35 AM
|  | (aka Greg Harman) | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dunbar, West Virginia | | | The Dave Clark Five was one of the few bands in the 60's who had a drummer lead vocalist. No make-up though and more than a trio by two. Of course The Band had Levon Helm...Ringo never was a lead vocalist.....I never have really listened to bands that wore make-up. Sorry, you got my best effort...
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08-06-2008, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BC/AB, Canada | | | Thanks for the effort. I'd heard of the Dave Clark Five but never listened to them before. I just checked them out, pretty groovy.
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08-06-2008, 11:17 AM
| | (aka Greg Harman) | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dunbar, West Virginia | | | Maybe "The Searchers" or "The Romantics"....
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08-06-2008, 11:18 AM
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08-06-2008, 11:29 AM
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Pretty sure Lake used an EB-3, too.
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08-06-2008, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BC/AB, Canada | | | Nope, it wasn't any of them mentioned yet. I recall this band didn't have a guitar player (at least in the videos I've seen).
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08-06-2008, 11:39 AM
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BTW ELP didn't have a guitar player, just bass (Lake), keys (Emerson) and drums (Palmer).
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08-06-2008, 11:42 AM
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08-06-2008, 11:52 AM
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Here is a drummer singing with glam make-up - is this it?
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08-06-2008, 11:54 AM
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08-06-2008, 11:59 AM
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08-06-2008, 12:04 PM
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08-06-2008, 01:18 PM
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08-06-2008, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Mind | Intriguing. Just enough abandon to be interesting, yet well-played enough that it doesn't sound like some random noise. I should check these folks out more.
And you can't beat Donald Sutherland playing soprano sax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52yeumLkfKI
Kidding, of course...
The Fender Six String Bass is cool too.
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08-06-2008, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rappa29 BTW ELP didn't have a guitar player, just bass (Lake), keys (Emerson) and drums (Palmer). | Lake played bass & guitar w/ ELP (e.g. "From The Beginning")...in concert, he would do an solo acoustic guitar mini-set.
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08-06-2008, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Mind Can anyone tell me what band I'm thinking of? They we're from the 60's/70's I believe. They consisted of a keyboard player, a bassist and a drummer who was also the lead vocalist. At least a couple of them wore some sort of glam style makeup. From what I remember of a live video of theirs, the bass player used a EB-2 style bass.
Talkbass, I call upon thee for help! | This I like! the first 2 that come to mind would be The Nice, Keith Emerson's trio (origianlly a quartet) And Brian Auger and theTrinity. Then as I'm thinking, the Soft Machine began as a trio. None of theses guys was "Glam" per se, but they did dress up for the show.We all did back then. Give me a little more time and I think I can come up with some even more obscure bands. |
08-06-2008, 04:03 PM
| | | Not sure just how 'obscure' bands like Soft Machine & Gong are/were...fans of Alan Holdsworth knew 'em. 
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08-06-2008, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JimK Not sure just how 'obscure' bands like Soft Machine & Gong are/were...fans of Alan Holdsworth knew 'em. | +1, For those Soft Machine/Holdsworth fans, there was a reunion of sorts a few years back, they called it Soft Works and the album was called 'Abracadabra'. I dug it!
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08-06-2008, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mid Hudson Valley, NY | | | Not obscure at all if your old enough to remember them back in the day. Virtually everyone in the Canterbury music scene played with them at one point or another, they were the opening band for Hendrix's American tour and Andy Summers was an early and short lived member of the band.
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