Unusual Rock Trivia?

[jamro217]

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter was in a band called Ultimate Spinach before joining Steely Dan. When Steely Dan decided to quit touring he was invited to join The Doobie Brothers who were sharing the tour. When Tom Johnston became ill, it was Baxter who suggested bringing in Michael McDonald (who was a Steely Dan sideman) to add vocals and keyboards to fill the void. That turned into the "Takin' It To The Streets" version of the band that was possibly even more successful than the original lineup.

 

[jamro217]

Ed King who played lead guitar on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" also played lead guitar on Strawberry Alarm Clock's hit "Incense and Peppermints".

 

[jamro217]

Organist Lee Michaels (best known for his 1971 hit "Do You Know What I Mean?) used to jam with Jimi Hendrix.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Ed King who played lead guitar on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" also played lead guitar on Strawberry Alarm Clock's hit "Incense and Peppermints".

Wow, great one!

In that same vein, Alabama-born, Southern rocker Wayne Perkins provided guitar overdubs on Bob Marley and the Wailers' seminal reggae album, "Catch A Fire." Perkins plays the leads on "Concrete Jungle," "Stir It Up" and "Baby We've Got a Date."

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Didn't Duane Allman play on Layla?

 

[jamro217]

After his 1966 hit "Tell It Like It Is" had no lasting impact, Aaron Neville went back to work driving a truck. He regained his fame over twenty years later when he teamed up with Linda Ronstadt. Although he'd been a part of The Neville Brothers, his solo success wasn't there.

 

[jamro217]

Didn't Duane Allman play on Layla?

Yes. Actually the song Layla was two songs put together, the guitar part and the instrumental keyboard part (that was either written by Jim Gordon or stolen from Rita Coolidge depending on which story you hear).

 

[jamro217]

Joe Walsh, Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple), and Domenic Troiano (The Guess Who) all were guitarists in The James Gang, although not at the same time.

 

[jamro217]

When Emerson, Lake and Palmer were forming, the plan was to be a quartet, but guitarist Randy Bachman didn't join, and they remained a trio. Originally Hendrix's drummer Mitch Mitchell was considered. Lemmy Kilmister was a roadie for Emerson's old band The Nice.

 

[Son of Wobble]

When Emerson, Lake and Palmer were forming, the plan was to be a quartet, but guitarist Randy Bachman didn't join, and they remained a trio.

"BELP"? Hmmm, not quite as elegant as "ELP."

 

[tangentmusic]

David Bowie changed his name from Jones so he wouldn't be confused with Davy Jones of the
Monkees

 

[Honch]

Jon Anderson of Yes, once performed as a solo in Germany only, artist called "Hans Christian Anderson" and released one single. Maybe two.



Can you believe that is a very young Jon Anderson singing? Not me!

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British diminutive tv-comedian Charlie Drake once recorded a novelty tune single called "You'll Never Know". A twin and double meaning to the title, as his backing band on that session was anonymous stellar band even for the time being. The tune was written by Peter Gabriel, and produced it also (under pseudonym Gabriel Earwax) , and that backing band consisted of Robert Fripp on guitar, Keith Tippett on keys, Phil Collins on drums and Percy Jones on bass! Oh, and Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention performs some backing vocals too. She's the female voice on all Led Zeppelin IV wherever there's one!

And if you hear it...well... "you'll never know"!

The story of it, was of a cunning manager/management gathering with "treats" or "threats" through the phone. The first one who got a call was Peter and they just said to him - very reluctant at first to the whole idea - "Well, Robert Fripp is involved" while Peter responded "Well, if he's into it, I am into it too". And then - fast as hell - they phoned Fripp up and said to him "Well, Peter Gabriel's into it!" and to which he replied "Well, if he's into it, I'll go, it must be good" and then did the same to Phil, Keith, and Percy Jones too... cunning smartass bastards...they did - of course - never told them about this at all. And no credit anywhere. The single sunk, and died at thousand deaths and no one cared.



Here's the demo prior, with none other than Peter Gabriel singing the lead:



On the last one, you can really here the influences from early Genesis days, where they were a little zany and the parts from "Flower" part in "Suppers Ready". All steeped in british music hall tradition and novelty acts.

 

[micguy]

My entire music career is trivia.


No, wait... trivial. Sorry....

 

[Papalampraina]

The 12th Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi (...)

When I read this, something hit me very hard.

 

[Honch]

When Emerson, Lake and Palmer were forming, the plan was to be a quartet, but guitarist Randy Bachman didn't join, and they remained a trio. Originally Hendrix's drummer Mitch Mitchell was considered. Lemmy Kilmister was a roadie for Emerson's old band The Nice.

No, I read it the other way, that Keith Emerson didn't really want any guitarist since all of them where too ... inane. If there was one, it would be Hendrix only, but since he had his thing going already, he actually offered the spot to Steve Howe who bowed out*. Now guess what? The initial of those two peoples surnames....

So they stuck with a trio, and cried for ELP.

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* Steve Howe (musician) - Wikipedia

"He then played with members of the progressive rock band The Nice as a potential new member, but decided it was not for him, and left the next day.[18]"

 

[jamro217]

No, I read it the other way, that Keith Emerson didn't really want any guitarist since all of them where too ... inane. If there was one, it would be Hendrix only, but since he had his thing going already, he actually offered the spot to Steve Howe who bowed out. Now guess what? The initial of those two peoples surnames....

So they stuck with a trio, and cried for ELP.

You may be right. I read this Bachman thing years ago, and there hasn't been much talk of it since, maybe it was a hoax. Hendrix would have been jamming with Lee Michaels, anyway, and that would have been that. He did have Steve Winwood and the rest of Traffic on one album. Winwood's a much better singer than Emerson, but the keyboard prize would have to go to Keith.

 

[jamro217]

The Atlanta Rhythm Section was made up of musicians who backed Roy Orbison and were members of The Classics IV and The Candymen.

 

[Plake]

Primus sucks. Little known fact.

 

[Honch]

You may be right. I read this Bachman thing years ago, and there hasn't been much talk of it since, maybe it was a hoax. Hendrix would have been jamming with Lee Michaels, anyway, and that would have been that. He did have Steve Winwood and the rest of Traffic on one album.

Winwood's a much better singer than Emerson, but the keyboard prize would have to go to Keith.

Frankly I can't tell, I've never ever heard Keith Emerson sing at all. Not in the Nice, not with ELP. Not even background vocals. Solely by Greg Lake. Keith Emerson has stated in interviews himself that he sings so bad that deaf people refuses to read his lips.... No wonder Winwood topped him on all accounts.

Yes, the myth is that they played/jammed with Mitchell and Hendrix, but they didn't. They played several sessions with Mitchell who was on tour, and then as fast as the Band Of Gypsies has ended Mitchell was going to ask Hendrix for this. For Greg and Keith this was ok, hey, it was Hendrix and you'll just wait for him to finish his business. However, management didn't want to wait another 3 weeks so they found Palmer who klicked immediately. Although THE PLANS were there, they did never ever actually play with Hendrix, Mitchell only. Howe and Hendrix was the only gtrds Keith would ever consider working with. And you know what? Within that period of "waiting 3 weeks" Hendrix died anyway.

BTW HELM would be as bad moniker as HELP! If Mitchell has stayed!

 

[Son of Wobble]

And if you hear it...well... "you'll never know"!

The story of it, was of a cunning manager/management gathering with "treats" or "threats" through the phone. The first one who got a call was Peter and they just said to him - very reluctant at first to the whole idea - "Well, Robert Fripp is involved" while Peter responded "Well, if he's into it, I am into it too". And then - fast as hell - they phoned Fripp up and said to him "Well, Peter Gabriel's into it!" and to which he replied "Well, if he's into it, I'll go, it must be good" and then did the same to Phil, Keith, and Percy Jones too... cunning smartass bastards...they did - of course - never told them about this at all. And no credit anywhere. The single sunk, and died at thousand deaths and no one cared.



Here's the demo prior, with none other than Peter Gabriel singing the lead:



On the last one, you can really here the influences from early Genesis days, where they were a little zany and the parts from "Flower" part in "Suppers Ready". All steeped in british music hall tradition and novelty acts.

Blast you, Honch! Now I have this infernal "You Never Know" stuck in my head!