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06-01-2005, 09:32 AM
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A couple friends and I are attempting to put together what started out as a "classic" rock band, but due to the lack of a lead guitar player, it is more of a piano rock band. Our instrumentation:
piano and good rhythm-type guitar (think DMB)
piano and just learning guitar
bass (killer player  )
drums
sax/utility
We have a bunch of Billy Joel and some Ben Folds.
With all the people on this forum, I figure someone has to know some more groups or songs that fit our instrumentation. I just heard a new group on VH1 called Keane that are kind of "popish" piano, bass, drums.
You don't NEED a lead guitar to be successful, right? |
06-01-2005, 09:51 AM
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06-01-2005, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Metro NYC | | | Well, I don't know your tastes, but there's always Bruce Hornsby. There used to be a group around the East Coast called Suddenly Tammy! that was piano-based and made at least two CDs. If you want to go back a ways, you could consider bands like JoJo Gunne or Traffic. Some Elvis Costello is pretty piano-heavy. Little Feat features great piano playing.
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06-01-2005, 10:16 AM
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06-01-2005, 10:19 AM
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06-01-2005, 10:37 AM
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You guys need to cover "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson. |
06-01-2005, 10:49 AM
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06-01-2005, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Lindsey Well, I don't know your tastes, but there's always Bruce Hornsby. | Prior to 'maikn' it'...The Bruce Hornsby Band sounded a lot like Steely Dan.
I recall a Doobies' concert on HBO back in the day...Mike McDonald was sportin' a Bruce Hornsby Band T-shirt(Jeff Baxter had an interest in the band as a producer, IIRC).
I remember thing "Damn, someone from this area is making it".
Then they were history...& then I recall seeing Sheena Easton on American Bandstand with Hornsby on keys; he got some major applause when introduced to the crowd.
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06-01-2005, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Sane Dont rule out ole Elton now ... im sure you could jam down pretty hard on Benny and the Jets | ...early Elton had no guitar.
He has a live R&B-ish album with just piano-bass-drums.
(Your guitarist can play some backbeat guitar parts & probably fall right into it).
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06-01-2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JimK ...early Elton had no guitar.
He has a live R&B-ish album with just piano-bass-drums.
(Your guitarist can play some backbeat guitar parts & probably fall right into it). | That was "11/17/70" or something like that? Back then, Elton was *working*.
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06-01-2005, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: T-Dizzle fo shizzle | | | Keane is terrific. They use a lot of synths and extra computer noises too though. When I've seen them live (on the TV) the keyboard player has a laptop sitting on a rack with some sort of sequencer running playing whatever else.
Not a whole lot of guitar in Drum & Bass. Not exactly classic rock though! |
06-01-2005, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Lindsey Well, I don't know your tastes, but there's always Bruce Hornsby. There used to be a group around the East Coast called Suddenly Tammy! that was piano-based and made at least two CDs. If you want to go back a ways, you could consider bands like JoJo Gunne or Traffic. Some Elvis Costello is pretty piano-heavy. Little Feat features great piano playing. | Bruce Hornsby is another word for Jesus. Check him out. |
06-01-2005, 02:48 PM
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There's always the Beatles, too...
Heck.. bunches of Van Halen uses great Piano and keyboard action... (Jump, Right now)
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06-01-2005, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Philbiker You guys need to cover "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson. |
You guys need to cover a lot of Joe Jackson. His later stuff got a little cheesy, but lots of great material.
Yeah, old Elton too. Not the right setup, but you should check out some Morphine for some kind of Jazzy inspiration.
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06-01-2005, 04:17 PM
| | | | Spoon has some great minimalist songs that you could do. They are an indie band, so you may not know them. They have a new album out now. Give "the beast and dragon, adored" and "my mathematical mind" off of the 'Gimmie Fiction' album. Sorry, but there are no sax parts to their songs. They are relatively easy melodies, so you could make some up.
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06-01-2005, 04:22 PM
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06-01-2005, 05:06 PM
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06-01-2005, 05:24 PM
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06-01-2005, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: florence , mississippi | | | Vanilla Fudge - Look of Love isnt too guitar heavy and can make for some trippy **** with two keyboards. Also, you can probaly arrange You Keep Me Hangin on with just rythmn guitar , make the keys play all of the lead parts.
+1 for Supertramp
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06-01-2005, 08:33 PM
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