DREAM BAND/GIG THREAD

burk48237 · #1 03-19-2005, 03:45 PM

Now heres the scenerio, you've been called by your favorite A & R guy to put together a tour, You get to pick all the members, your holding down the low end. No budget restraints, record company is behind you 110%, and MTV's gonna put you in heavy rotation. You get to pick the style of music. Mine would be old school R & B with a little bit of jazz. What would your band look like? Don't choose an existing group, be creative!
Here's My "Dream tour" band:
BASS: ME
DRUMS: Dennis Chambers
KEY'S and BACKGROUND VOCALS: Michael McDonald ( good on keys but does anyone remember his backup work with the Dan?)
GUTIAR: Robben Ford (I figure he can hang with the jazz cats and has a great R & B feel)
SAX: Joshua Redman
TRUMPET: Roy Hargrove
TROMBONE: James Pankow (wrote great horn parts, early Chicago)
LEAD VOCALS: Joss Stone ( She can sing and I can't think of a better place to stand then behind her on stage!)

I-Love-Ratm · #2 03-20-2005, 01:29 PM

Me on Bass
Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band on Drums
Ben Harper on Vocals and Guitar
And John Frusciante on Lead Guitar

It would be a funk band.Not heavy just always groovin!

fatbassjazzer · #3 03-20-2005, 01:55 PM

Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom on lead guitar and vocals.
Flo from Cryptopsy on drums.
James Malone from Arsis on 2nd guitar.
Jannes Warmen from Children of Bodom on keys.
And of course me on bass and vocals too.

Brendan · #4 03-20-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fatbassjazzer

Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom on lead guitar and vocals.
Flo from Cryptopsy on drums.
James Malone from Arsis on 2nd guitar.
Jannes Warmen from Children of Bodom on keys.
And of course me on bass and vocals too.

That would be truely cool.

Of course, something that caliber, I'd have zero chance of being anywhere near those guys. I'd stink up the place so bad, small children would cry in their homes in a 4.3 mile radius from the epicenter of suck.

Alexi and Jannes dual lead bits are really cool live. Jannes is hilariously apathetic about playing, he just knocks back beers and sorta spaces out. It's great.

nonsqtr · #5 03-20-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by burk48237

Now heres the scenerio, you've been called by your favorite A & R guy to put together a tour, You get to pick all the members, your holding down the low end. No budget restraints, record company is behind you 110%, and MTV's gonna put you in heavy rotation. You get to pick the style of music. Mine would be old school R & B with a little bit of jazz. What would your band look like? Don't choose an existing group, be creative!

Boy are you dreamin' !!!

But, I'm thinking, "Deep Purple". Ian Paice on drums, Jon Lord on the keys, Ian Gillan on vocals, and someone other than Richie Blackmore on the guitar. Someone who doesn't feel the need to take twenty minute guitar solos.

My other dream band is a killer fusion band, consisting of Alan Holdsworth on guitar, David Sancious on keys, Billy Cobham on the kit, and an Ian Gillan equivalent on the mic. If all those personalities could somehow mesh, that would be a killer band.

msquared · #6 03-20-2005, 02:47 PM

I can't even imagine what any of these would sound like (especially with me trying to keep up), but it's fun to imagine the possibilities.

Mike Patton: vox
Matt Chamberlain: drums
Bob Mould: guitar
Melora Creager: cello
Mike Dillon: percussion

John Medeski: organ
Future Man: Future Man
Adam Dietch: drums
Bjork: Bjork
Pat Metheny: guitar

John Fruiscante: guitar
Usher and Ludacris: vox
Questlove: drums
Dr Dre: beats
Ornette Coleman: sax

James Hart · #7 03-20-2005, 02:50 PM

Hmmm...

a core group of
Bass: Me
Keys: Ivan Neville (Aaron's kid)
Drums: Yuval Gabay or Billy Martin

Then a mix/match combo of the following till it all clicked:
Guitars: August Rutkowski
Guitars: John Scofield
Guitars&vox: David Gilmour
Flute&Vox: Ian Anderson
Computers&Vox: Peter Gabriel

Joss S, Sarah M & Fiona A could hang too

Joe Nerve · #8 03-20-2005, 02:55 PM

Me on bass.
Chad Smith on drums.
Brian May on guitar.
Britney Spears in a bikini on lead vocals.
The Simpson sisters on backing vocals.
Uma Thurman on tambourine.
Lori Partridge (if she could be brought back) on keyboards.

Something like that. I'd probably want a week or so to really think it over though.

snapple · #9 03-20-2005, 03:41 PM

Ian Paice on drums
Dallas Green (alexisonfire) on vox and guitar
agent m (tsunami bomb) vokills
Tom Morello on guitar

what a wierd combonation. i guess it would be really groovy punk or something.

msquared · #10 03-20-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by James Hart

Keys: Ivan Neville (Aaron's kid)
Drums: Yuval Gabay or Billy Martin

Now THAT would be a blast!

Erlendur Már · #11 03-20-2005, 04:59 PM

Bass: Erlendur Már Antonsson
Singers: Dokaka and Emilíana Torrini
Guitar: Regi Wooten
Drums: Terry Bozzio
Saxophone: Charlie Parker
Backup singers: The I-Threes

I know that didn't make sense but it's ok, I'm tired.

Mike Money · #12 03-20-2005, 05:07 PM

Bass: Me
Lead guitar: Randy Rhoades
Rythm guitar: Tony Iommi
Drums: Travis Barker
Vocals: Ozzy, Tina Turner, Gwen Stefani, and the dude from Gwar

Wow. that would suck.

the_vza1 · #13 03-20-2005, 05:08 PM

ummmm

bass: ME
lead bass: Flea (piss off, i have two bassists)
guitar: jonhny fru (plus backup vocals)
drums: barret from wailers
vocals: jimmy cliff
vocals: Del the funkee homosapien

we would be unstoppable

khay0s · #14 03-20-2005, 06:53 PM

Bass: Me
Drums: Danny Carey
Percussion: Morgan Rose
Guitars: Adam Jones
Vocals: Chris Volz, MJK and Layne (RIP).

Percussion and vocal heavy - just the way I like it.

Leigh

Brendan · #15 03-20-2005, 06:57 PM

I dunno. Instead of all these huge names, I'd rather tap a bunch of my friends to do some huge tour. I mean, all these guys, they get to do it all the time. How often would I get the chance to hit the road with 3-5 of my best friends and rock the hell out?

I'd let the famous people stick to their bands, and have my friends at an offer like that.

Jason Carota · #16 03-20-2005, 07:38 PM

Hmmm... I would need two.

Band #1

Bass: Me
Drums: Horacio "El Negro" Sanchez
Piano: Hiromi Uehara - Just bought her new album, Brain. Amazing pianist with some unusual chord voicings.
Guitar: John McLaughlin
Horn: Jerry Gonzalez

Band #2

Bass: Me
Drums: Ahmir "?uestlove" Thomson
Piano: Alicia Keys
Guitar: Larry Coryell

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #17 03-20-2005, 07:47 PM

People I'd love to play with if I could:

Guitar: Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Zappa, Ritchie Blackmore, Ron Thal (This guy is AWESOME, not only as a guitarist. His whole musicianship is astounding. I can't recall when was the last time I was that impressed with a "new" musician).

Drums: Neil Peart, John Bonham.

Vocals: Adrian Belew (very underrated as a singer IMO), Robert Plant, vintage Ian Gillan.

page · #18 03-21-2005, 07:42 AM

We'd be a Prog-funk band

Me - bass & vocals

Sly Stone- guitars & vocals ( mainly the slurry vocals he did on Family Affair)

Joe Walsh - Guitars

Jean Paul Gaster(I think thats his name,the dude from Clutch) - Drums

Bernie Worrell- Keyboards

fatbassjazzer · #19 03-21-2005, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Brendan

That would be truely cool.

Of course, something that caliber, I'd have zero chance of being anywhere near those guys. I'd stink up the place so bad, small children would cry in their homes in a 4.3 mile radius from the epicenter of suck.

Alexi and Jannes dual lead bits are really cool live. Jannes is hilariously apathetic about playing, he just knocks back beers and sorta spaces out. It's great.

Those guys could all run circles around me. Seeing Bodom live was amazing. Alexi and Jannes were great. He doesn't even pay attention to his playing but its spot on.

**j-raj** · #20 03-21-2005, 09:59 AM

me= bass, bass mandolin, bass bazouki, bass sitar, bass vena
David Fiuczynski= fretless guitar
David Torn=oud
Steve Coleman= Sax
Gene Lake & Jeff Sipe=Drums
Billy Banks=Violin
Kofi Burbridge= Flute and B3 organ
Trilok Gurtu= percussion