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Assemble your All-Star rock band.

I want to know what musicians you would assemble to make a killer band. Have fun with it. For added bonus-- give 'em a band name.

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Permalink Reply by Roy Anderson on August 24, 2010 at 10:12am

Paul Westerberg: vocals, guitar
Lucinda Williams: vocals, guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn: Bass
Charlie Watts: Drums

Name: Honey and Swagger

Just think of the raw harmonies between Lucinda/Paul. Straight, rockin' rythm section with clever bass lines. No "lead" guitarist-- Lucinda and Paul would have to cover that territory as well.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Fitzpatrick on August 24, 2010 at 8:39pm

Robin Zander - vocals & rhythm guitar
Ronnie Wood - 2nd rhythm guitar
Andy McCoy - lead guitar
Paul Simonon - Bass
Phil Rudd - Drums
RFTC's brass section
Ronnie Spector & Lisa Kekaula guesting on backing vox

the band would be called "Dreamstate Manifest"

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Permalink Reply by Roy Anderson on August 25, 2010 at 1:39am

I would definitely go see that. Nice touch with the RFTC horn section and Kekaula/Spector back-up singers. Andy McCoy from Hanoi Rocks? Interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Haggard on August 30, 2010 at 6:41am

Paul McCartney - bass & vocals
John Lennon - Guitar & vocals
George Harrison - Guitar and vocals
Richard Starkey- drums (please - no vocals!)
I'd call 'em "The Beatles". Oh, wait.... someone just told me that's already been done.

Then how about: Barry Manilow, Yanni, Neil Diamond and Madonna. I'd call the band "Yawn - i".

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Axewielder on August 30, 2010 at 11:04am

Correct! The Beatles would be a great name.

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Permalink Reply by Heikki on August 30, 2010 at 12:41pm

Supergroups (those by design and not by accident) have rarely been more than sum of their parts. And quite often, a lot less.

Years ago I fantasized about the following combo:

Steve Jones: guitar
Rattt Scabies; drums
Sami Yaffa: bass
Michael Monroe: vox

Didn't think of any names, though. Scum would've done.

Hey, wait a second. Wouldn't Michael's current line-up w/ Steve Conte, Ginger, Sami and Karl Rockfist be pretty close. At least, live they were. All-star, maybe not. Rock band, most definitely. Rock is chemical (rather than mechanical). How's that.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Fitzpatrick on August 30, 2010 at 9:01pm

Heikki - wow that knocked a cobweb out of the memory attic..... did you ever hear Rene Berg's "The Leather, The Loneliness and Your Dark Eyes"? (Rat Scabies, Bernie Torme, Paul Gray and Rene - who was in Hanoi Rocks for about an hour and a half before they hung it up the first time).... pretty fun record....worth finding, if only for a completist's mentality....

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Permalink Reply by Heikki on August 30, 2010 at 9:40pm

Used to have his sole (?) solo album. Must've ditched it at some stage when "cleaning". Yes, I've got rid of a reasonable share of my collection over the years. Didn't first think I could do it but easier done than said. I hope the ones I have parted ways with all found a better home where they've been loved and cherished. Looking at another thread there are lots of good artists we all apparently do not just get;)

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Axewielder on August 30, 2010 at 9:49pm

Dream band!

Tommy Shaw
Ted Nugent
Jack Blades
Michael Cartellone

A great name would be Damn Yankees! I can only dream.......

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Permalink Reply by Heikki on August 30, 2010 at 10:37pm

Retained the 1st, ditched the 2nd. Shame on me.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Jurrjens on October 15, 2010 at 9:10am

Yeah, I have a problem with 'supergroups' - like Heikki said, they're rarely the sum of their parts. The internal chemistry of the band weighs too heavily to just throw players together and expect brilliance.

That being said, I would have liked to have heard what Led Zep would have sounded like with Terry Reid on vocals. At the same time, I'm glad he turned 'em down. And if I had to make my own, it might be:
Richard Lloyd - guitar
Jack Bruce - bass
Janet Weiss - drums
and someone who can sing like Steve Marriott did.