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General => The Shed => Topic started by: adam04 on December 29, 2005, 23:42:14

Title: ideal band!
Post by: adam04 on December 29, 2005, 23:42:14
what would you have as your ideal band??

Which drummer??
Bassist??
Guitarist?
More guitarist?
Lead singer?
Etc..?

Then if you want to be more adventurous and give us more info on the band....type of music, what songs they would cover and even a band name!
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Mrs Ava on December 30, 2005, 00:01:40
grr, replied once, then told it was forbidden!  Will try again!

Lead singers...Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine
Piano...Fats Domino, Jools Holland
Drums...Dave Grohl
guitar...Carlos Santana, BB King, Jimi Hendrix

Why, Ella I have worshipped since a child.  Billy's voice I love (and have a soft spot as I worked with his son for a while).  Fats and Jools are my own piano playing inspiration.  Dave Grohl, foo fighters not Nirvana, is passionate about the drums and looks amazing!  Carlos and BB make beautiful music from those instruments which are a real mystery to me and Jimi, well just because!

I find it hard to pick musicians from todays bands, plenty of singers, but not so many musicians, people who love their instruments and make amazing noises from them.

As for a name for that bunch.......an ecclectic noise I think!
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 30, 2005, 01:43:00
Grrr EJ you have chosen all my favourites too...

ok

lead singers, Gloria Estefan (don;t even go there !!!), Annie Haslam, and Petra Berger
Piano, yes Jools ...
Guitar, Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, BB King ...

That is all, the jams between these people would be awesome.

As for a name ... Intonation ...
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: ACE on December 30, 2005, 08:25:44
Derek on guitar,

undercarriage on flute

wardy on drums, (she's always banging on about something)

I play a wicked triangle.


We could do covers of the Loving Spoonful

But call ourselfs 'The Stinking Prongfull'
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: sammyd on December 30, 2005, 08:48:02
GLORIA ESTEFAN ??? ???
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 30, 2005, 08:53:10
Why the ??? ??? sammyd ?
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: sammyd on December 30, 2005, 09:10:52
justa wonderin why you choose her


made me chuckle before i leave for work ;D
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on December 30, 2005, 09:55:27
I'd go for Salif Keita, Lucky Dube and Peter Tosh; three forms of what's basically African music, and see what they'd make of it together.
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: aquilegia on December 30, 2005, 10:00:59
that's a hard one... (I hope dead people are ok!)

Guitar would be a battle between Santana (from the 70s - not as he is now), Jimi Hendrix and Jerry Garcia
Piano - Cat Stevens or Tom Waits
Vocals - Jimi, Cat, Janis Joplin, Bjork

Actually no sod it - I just like to hear a jam between those guitarists! That would be mindblowing!
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: undercarriage plan on December 30, 2005, 11:40:16
Ace, as long as my stage name wasn't Undercarriage Plan, I could hide behind the curtains with my back to the audience...no probs... ;D
As for the ideal band, can't choose, sorry! Still in a state of indecision, may be permanent.. :-\
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 30, 2005, 11:51:27
Come on Aqui, make your mind up ... are you going for an all guitar band then?
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Ozzy on December 30, 2005, 11:57:48
okays here goes

drummer = Ginger Baker

Bass Guitar = Jean-Jacques (JJ) Burnel (the stranglers)

lead guitar = Gary Moore or Albert Collins

Vocals = JOSS STONE or Tom Jones

Piano/keyboard = Jools Holland

trumpet = Lois Armstrong

Violin = Nigel Kennedy

Harmonica = Mike Turk



Thats my line up but mahn they probbo wouldn't gel.. would love to hear Tom doing Parisienne Walkways with Gary on guitar and Jools on piano and fire nigel in there with the violin.. that would work..

EJ agree with you about Ella what a fantastic talent she was and truly awesum range, I am big fan of any duet of Ella with Lois Armstrong, those two together are simply phenomenal..

ozzy

:-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: aquilegia on December 30, 2005, 12:03:46
Quote from: Derekthefox on December 30, 2005, 11:51:27
Come on Aqui, make your mind up ... are you going for an all guitar band then?
yeah - hell why not? You could join it.

Me make up my mind? Do you not know me Derek?
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 30, 2005, 12:17:40
Never heard of Mike Turk until just now Oz, but the sound samples are just amazing ... thanks for picking him !!!

As much as I would love to play alongside those fabulous musicians Aqui, I think I might be stretched just a little ...
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: adam04 on December 30, 2005, 12:46:29
right thought bout mine, well some of it, will have a think for the ones im missing:----

Drummer: Tre Cool (Greenday)
Guitar: Slash (Guns & Roses) Pete Townsend (The who)
Lead singers: Axel Rose (Runs & Roses), Jonny Rotton (Sex pistols)
Synthosier:- Brandon Flowers (Killers)
Bassist:
Song writer: Pete Doherty (Libertines)

Band name:  Unknown!

Genre of music: Punk Rock!

They would play a big venue if to play live, stadiums or milton keynes Super Bowl.
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: terrace max on December 30, 2005, 13:30:30
Morrissey - vocals
Johnny Marr - guitar
Andy Rourke - bass
Mike Joyce - drums

I think I would call them The Joneses, or maybe The Smiths...
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: adam04 on December 30, 2005, 13:44:31
 ;D
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Yellow Petals on December 30, 2005, 21:03:59
Now let me think .....

Drums ...  Roger Taylor
Bass ...  John Deacon
Guitar ...  Brian May
Vocals ... Freddie Mercury

I'm not sure how they would do together <shrug> could be a success.  Can't think of a name but all that talent together is sheer musical royalty. 

;D ;)
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: katynewbie on December 31, 2005, 00:38:55
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Chuckles.......nuff said YP!!!!!!
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 31, 2005, 01:38:08
You not said anyone Katy? I thought you would have Steve Hackett as your guitarist anyway ...
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: katynewbie on December 31, 2005, 14:00:01
Absolutely right Derek!!
But as for the rest........ooooooooh cant make up my mind!!

Like Ella, Joss Stone, the guy who was singer in Suede, erm...

Drums???? Too many to choose from!!

Am far too eclectic in my taste to choose just one of each!! Thats my excuse anyway!
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on December 31, 2005, 16:41:56
Aha another Joss Stone fan eh, Oz introduced me to her the other day ... simply gobsmacked I was ...
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Yellow Petals on January 01, 2006, 13:35:02
Still can't get my ideal band together!  Such a toughie is this one, Adam!

So far I have decided I would like

Drums -        Roger Taylor (Queen) and/or Phil Collins
Guitar(s) -    Mark Knopfler
                    Steve Hackett
                    and I think I might add The Delevantes!
Keyboards - Paul Carrack and/or Joshua Kadison/Barry Manilow
Vocals -        definitely John Waite (with backing by The Delevantes - so useful, those brothers  ;D )
Can't decide on a my bassist.  I might have to hold auditions.
Title: Re: ideal band!
Post by: Derekthefox on January 01, 2006, 15:34:05
There you go Adam, your first audition !!!