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And someone implied that I've lost MY mind??? :smug: Although Wright (keys and g), Al McKay (g), Mel Dunlap (BG), and the great James Gadson (D) did comprise a very nice rhythm section.But there were also horns involved...

Not trolling...Just EDUCATING...You know the game...whisper something in one persons ear, and by the time it gets to the end of the class...the message has changed....I'd hate to think that some of these impressionable minds might ever come across somebody who actually understands musical...

Yup...Duck Dunn and Big Al Jackson...along with Booker T and Steve Cropper made quite a rhythm SECTION... And while we're at it...Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Purdie, Cornell Dupree (Guitar) and Truman Thomas (organ) also comprised a terrific rhythm SECTION for King Curtis...LOL

TOP is da bomb...Rocco is great...and according to some...he's a rhythm section all by himself LOL

Not quite sure I understand...but the difference between an ensemble consisting of only guitars, drums, a bassist and/or a keyboard only...a rhythm section and a "band" is that the same ensemble is marketed as a band, especially once you add in a vocalist (not a rhythm instrument)...As with my...

The three piece band in and of itself can also be a rhythm section (see my previous post) assuming all three are playing rhythm instruments (keyboard, bass, drum, guitar, or percussion instrument)...Those are not mutually exclusively concepts, just as Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin and Frank...

Fair question...A rhythm section is called a section because it contains the instrumentation that makes up a section, meaning rhythm instruments...Many singers or performers hire a rhythm section to back them up...meaning backup musicians made up of rhythm instruments...throw in a saxophone...

So you're saying that Geddy and Peart, Garibaldi and Prestia, McCartney and Ringo, Wyman and Watts, Ronnie Baker and Earl Young are "cut off from the rest of the band? What did they do...make them go play outside? I've been in more recording sessions than I need to remember, and while I have on...

What you call "grooving", I call "locking" between a bass and drummer...Rocco and Garibaldi, Jamerson and Benny Benjamin, Rainey and Purdie, Bruce and Baker are some of the best at this locking technique...Entwistle and Moon...not so much...Both tremendous players...but they tended to work...

Not just from big bands...in any traditional jazz setting up to and including today, the classical rhythm section is considered to be piano, bass, and drums (a la Nat King Cole)...occasionally guitar, bass and drums (like Wes Montgomery worked with)...and sometimes, piano (or organ) , guitar...

Rhythm sections are made up of "rhythm instruments...Guitars and keyboards are considered rhythm instruments...Yes...many rock bands consist primarily of rhythm instruments, therefore, the entire band would be considered as a rhythm section (or ensemble) like The Who...Daltry and Townsend would...

Add Lukather and Paich and you've got one hell of a rhythm section...

T They weren't 7 pages worth of comments...they were 7 pages worth of names...some of which named bass/drum combinations...others listed rhythm sections... LOL

The only reason I make a correction is to point out what is CORRECT and contribute to an actual discussion...I listed my favorite rhythm section (which I believe is actually a "rhythm section") earlier... People can, should, and do list whomever they want, including Pinky Lee and Deputy Dawg as...

Phil (and I) celebrating The Funk Brothers (including James Jamerson's) Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame 2013...Great guy and terrific bassist...