(Is this too morbid?)
Who's playing? I've got:
Vocals: Prince
Keyboards: Keith Emerson
Guitars: Frank Zappa and Terry Kath
Bass: Chris Squire
Drums: John Bonham
What's your starting line-up?
(Rest In Peace to al the above, my beloved heroes...)
(Is this too morbid?)
Who's playing? I've got:
Vocals: Prince
Keyboards: Keith Emerson
Guitars: Frank Zappa and Terry Kath
Bass: Chris Squire
Drums: John Bonham
What's your starting line-up?
(Rest In Peace to al the above, my beloved heroes...)
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No Hendrix.. no band..Originally Posted by miamiscot
Prince as vocals would make me cringe with that falsetto of his. The greatest rock singer of all time would be fronting my lineup
Vocals: John Lennon
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Guitar: Johnny Winter
Bass: Jack Bruce
Drums: Mitch Mitchell
Keyboards: Jon Lord
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Seems a waste of talent not to have Prince play any instrument.
Hopefully, in your concept, the dead heroes enter Heaven with their playing skills restored to the level of their younger days...
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OK, I'll play
Heaven's Funk:
Marvin Gaye: Vox
James Brown: Vox
Otis Redding: Vox
Carla Thomas: Vox
James Jamerson: Bass
Benny Benjamin: Drums
Prince: Vox, all instruments
Johnny Griffith: Keys
Jimi Hendrix: Guitar and Vox
Heaven's Roadhouse
Ronnie Van Zant: Vox
Joe Cocker: Vox
Duane Allman: Guitar
Johnny Winter: Guitar
Rory Gallagher: Guitar
Billy Powell: Keys
Rick Danko: Bass, Vox
Levon Helm: Drums, Vox
Heaven's Thunder
Ronnie James Dio: Vox
Tommy Bolin: Guitar, Vox
Ronnie Montrose: Guitar
Randy Rhoads: Guitar
Jon Lord: Keys
John Entwistle: Bass, Vox
Phil Lynott: Bass, Vox
John Henry Bonham: Drums
Heaven's Space Cadets
David Bowie: Vox, guitar, sax
Mick Ronson: Guitar
Prince: Guitar, Vox
Ronnie Lane: Bass, Vox
Buffin Griffin: Drums
Heaven's Invasion
Steve Marriott: Guitar, Vox
John Lennon: Guitar, Vox
George Harrison: Guitar, Vox
Brian Jones: Anything with strings
Jack Bruce: Bass
Keith Moon: Drums
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Good band, but
One does not have Jack Bruce in a band and replace him on lead vocals with a lesser singer.
IMO, of course.
Since it's all imaginary, you can put in whoever you want.
Bowie - drums
Emerson - bass
Lemmy - keyboards
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
Don't forget The Righteous Brothers, who sang, "If there's a rock and roll heaven, you know they got a hell of a band" in 1973...
I wouldn't call John lesser. But, as truly great a singer as Jack was (one of the greatest ever, IMO), since I took away John's rhythm guitar, it only seemed fair.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I'm thinking at least some of these musicians would be playing in Hell's All-Star band. I mean, some of them must have sold their souls at the crossroads...
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
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I have seen it theorized that the reason Keith Richards is still alive is that the Devil fears a takeover.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I'd restore Lennon's rhythm guitar playing and let him sing backup. As an added bonus, Yoko's still among the living, so he won't drag her along.
David Bowie, Jack Bruce & Nina Simone: vocals
Duke Ellington: piano
Keith Emerson: organ
John Coltrane: tenor & soprano sax
Eric Dolphy: alto sax, flute, bass clarinet
Yusef Lateef: flute, tenor sax
Roland Kirk: assorted winds
Donald Byrd & Lee Morgan: trumpets
J.J. Johnson: trombone
Jimi Hendrix: guitar
Hugh Hopper: bass
Tony Williams: drums
Frank Zappa: composer
Prince: lyricist
(If pressed, Emo can have a Minimoog too, but his GX-1 went to Hell.)
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Tri-Vocals: Mercury, Dio, Lennon
Tri-lead guitar: Zappa, Prince and Hendrix
Rhythm guitar and harmony vocals: Glenn Frey
Tri-Keyboards: Emerson, Jon Lord and Guy LeBlanc
Tri-bass: Squire, Lemmy and Jack Bruce
Tri-drums: Bonham, Cozy Powell and Eric Carr
Songwriters: Prince and Maurice White
"It's such a fine line between stupid and... clever" -- David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls, Spinal Tap
I like the idea of including the jazzers, although I'd add a few more horns:
Snooky Young: lead trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer: second trombone, compositions
Gerry Mulligan: baritone sax, clarinet
And also
Put FZ and Prince on guitars as well as writing,
Add Charles Mingus on upright bass and compositions,
and add Phil Ochs as a lyricist.
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Sitar-Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee
Bansuri(Hindustani bamboo flute):Raghunath Seth
Venu(Carnatic flute):T.R.Mahalingam
Violin(Hindustani):V.G.Jog
Violin(Carnatic):Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Tabla(Hindustani):Alla Rakha
Mridangam(Carnatic):Palghat Mani Iyer
Shehnai:Ustad Bismillah Khan
Rudra Veena:Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Sarangi:-Ustad Sultan Khan
Sarod-Ali Akbar Khan
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No sarod slot for Ali Akbar Khan?
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Dang.I had his name on the list i wrote out but plum forgot to post him.Mea culpa.He belongs,for sure.Thanks for spotting it.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I've tried to put together bands of various genres but then thought we've practically already got some (with one original member extant):
Country rock: The Flying Burrito Brothers
Blues rock: Canned Heat
Glam: the Spiders from Mars
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Punk: The Ramones
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