Favorite "They Played on THAT Tune?"

[ThatGermanDude]

there is a dvd with Eric Clapton on guitar, Steve Gadd on drums, Marcus Miller on bass and Dave Sandborn on saxofon.
although sandborn overplays some of the songs the dvd is kickass

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

steve vai did the theme song to "Ren and Stimpy"

Steve Vai on the video game theme song for Halo.

 

[Philbiker]

Elvis Costello's "Veronica" has a fantastic bassline by Sir Paul McCartney.

 

[KPJ]

Eric Clapton's "Veronica" has a fantastic bassline by Sir Paul McCartney.

Elvis Costello's "Veronica".

Sir Paul credited Elvis with getting him to play the Hofner again for that song.

 

[jazzbo]

Jamerson on "Boom Boom Boom"

 

[driver800]

Keith Richards on bass on Sympathy For the Devil.

Duane Allman played guitar on Aretha's version of "The Weight" and on Boz Scaggs' "Loan Me A Dime" and as part of Derek and The Dominos.

Junior Walker played sax on Foreigner's "Urgent"

 

[Philbiker]

Elvis Costello's "Veronica".

Oops! Submliminal mind work from reading clapton's name in other posts!

 

[The Owl]

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Flea on "Principal's Office" by Young MC-
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He was also on "Bust A Move"

 

[Alan Vorse]

Ron Carter with A Tribe Called Quest
Ron Carter with Eryka Badu
Chet Baker with Elvis Costello
Stanley Jordan with Kenny Rogers

 

[swohawk]

One of the guitarists from Slayer (Kerry King I think) on No Sleep 'til Brooklyn by the Beastie Boys.

 

[Alan Vorse]

How about Jerry Garcia on Ornette Coleman's Virgin Beauty.
Bobby McFerrin with Laurie Anderson.
Adrian Belew on Nine Inch Nails' Downward Spiral.

 

[Murf]

Steve Bailey on GNR Appetite for destruction
Hugh Mcdonald on Bon Jovi Slippery when wet

 

[bryanjnkns]

Robert Trujillo on Nickel Creeks "Smoothie Song"

 

[stretchcat]

Vinnie Colaiuta - The Commodores "Nightshift"

 

[The Lurker]

Jonas Hellborg played bass on "Rise" by Public Image Ltd. As well a Steve Vai on guitar and Ginger Baker on drums...

that album has GOT to be one of the strangest collections of musicians ever.....just people you would never expect to see working together....

Hell, mike watt was invited to play on some kelly clarkson CD...

 

[SteveC]

Los Lobos does the music for Handy Manny.

 

[Bigwig]

Flea on the Mars Volta. From then on I was like HOW DID I NOT HEAR THIS? I CALL MYSELF A BASS PLAYER!

i definatly agree on this one...
flea is a mad man in volta, they came him so much space to drop his ****. and boy he dropped it.

 

[funkalicious101]

BJ Cole on Tiny Dancer by Elton John, it sounds nothing his 1973 album "The New Hovering Dog"

 

[sincity]

Max Weinberg (Drums) & Roy Bittan (Piano) from the E Street Band, and Tod Rundgren on Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell Album.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Marcus Miller played bass on Jean Michel Jarre's Zoolook album.