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I know, I know, it's all subjective and even moot, but...

 

If you could put a super-group together out of members of great bands what would you like to see?

 

For me it's gotta begin and end with British Blues groups, but I want to add an America flare too...

 

I have to start with my Peter Green and Danny Kirwan Duo, but I'll trade-out Jeremy Spencer for Duane Allman. On drums, as wrong as it seems, I'll trade-out Mick Fleetwood for Ginger Baker, and on bass I'm conflicted... Keeping John McVie is a tie with trading him out for Leo Lyons of Ten Years After; arguably the hardest bopping bassist in all of rock & roll. That will round things out nicely but I'll add either Jon Lord or possibly Ray Manzarek on keyboards for that whole organ thing...

 

Peter Green

Duane Allman

Danny Kirwan

Leo Lyons

Ginger Baker

Ray Manzarek

 

or

 

Peter Green

Duane Allman

Danny Kirwan

John McVie

Ginger Baker

Jon Lord

 

As stupid and pointless as this whole exercise is, it is kinda fun to think about how such matchings would have turned-out...

 

What changes in music history would you have made tried if given the omnipotence?

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Bach- Organ

Paganini- violin

Tasmin Little- violin

Johnny Rotten- lead vocals

Pavarotti- backing vocals

Joanna Kozlowska- backing vocals

Franciso Tárrega- guitar

Andres Segovia- 2nd guitar

Mishca Maisky- Cello

Ralph Kirshbaum- Cello

William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user

Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production/instrument tech

Adolph Sax- Saxophone

Martin Fröst- clarinet

Ringo Starr- drums

Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar,

Arvo Pärt- compostion

Shotakovich- composition

Debussy- messing with original compositions

Ives- change altered compositions

Stravinsky- change the previously changed compositions

Schoenberg- remove useless tonality from compositions

Varèse- remove useless instrumentation from compositions

Mussorgsky- remove useless Western influences

Tchaikovsky- insult all other composers

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Bach- Organ

Paganini- violin

 

Pavarotti- vocals

Franciso Tárrega- guitar

Mishca Maisky- Cello

William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user

Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production

Ringo Starr- drums

 

LOL! Ringo Starr on drums with all those greats!

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I'm glad you got the joke, if you have any more greats you'd like to add, I'm open for suggestions.

 

Maybe a few more musicians with;

 

Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar,

Ralph Kirshbaum - cello,

Tasmin Little - Violin,

Joanna Kozlowska - Vocals

Arvo Part & Dmitri Shostakovich - Composition/ Arr.

Charles Ives - Composition/ Arr. to conflict with the original compositions!

...and lastly Johnny Rotten - Lead vocals

 

 

In terms of Contemporary music I would have;

 

John McLaughlin, Joe Maphis & Joe Pass - Guitar (would be interesting to see what they came up with)

John Paul Jones - Bass

Jon Theodore - Drums

Joe Henderson - Sax

Herbie Hancock - Piano/ Rhodes

 

All instrumental so no vocals included and just noticed they all are John's or Joe's except Herbie oddly, so could be called Herbie and the J's lol!

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"The Intro and The Outro" - Bonzo Dog Band -

 

 

Hi there. Nice to be with you. Happy you could stick around

 

Like to introduce "Legs" Larry Smith, drums

And Sam Spoons, rhythm pole

And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Newell, bass guitar

And Neil Innes, piano

Come in, Rodney Slater, on the saxophone

With Roger Ruskin Spear, on tenor sax

Hi, Vivian Stanshall, trumpet

 

Big hello to big John Wayne, xylophone

And Robert Morley, guitar

Billy Butlin, spoons

And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler, on vibes. Nice!

Princess Anne on sousaphone

Introducing Liberace, clarinet

With Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals

 

Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing

In the groove with Harold Wilson, violin

And Frankln MacCormack, on harmonica

Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele. Hi Eric!

On my left, Sir Kenneth Clark, bass sax. A great honour, sir

And specially flown in for us, a session gorilla on vox humana

Nice to see Incredible Shrinking Man on euphonium

 

Drop out with Peter Scott on duck call

Hearing from you later, Casanova, on horn. Yeah!

Digging General de Gaulle on accordion. Really wild, General! Thank you, sir

Roy Rogers on Trigger

Tune in Wild Man of Borneo, on bongos

Count Basie Orchestra on triangle. Thank you

Great to hear the Rawlinsons on trombone

 

Back from his recent operation, Dan Druff, harp

And representing the flower people, Quasimodo on bells

Wonderful to hear Brainiac on banjo

We welcome Val Doonican as himself

Very appealing, Max Jaffa. Mm that's nice, Max!

What a team, Zebra Kid and Horace Batchelor on percussion

And a great favourite (and a wonderful performer) of all of us here, J. Arthur Rank, on gong

 

From their 1967 debut album "Gorilla"

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Bach- Organ

Paganini- violin

Tasmin Little- violin

Johnny Rotten- lead vocals

Pavarotti- backing vocals

Joanna Kozlowska- backing vocals

Franciso Tárrega- guitar

Andres Segovia- 2nd guitar

Mishca Maisky- Cello

Ralph Kirshbaum- Cello

William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user

Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production/instrument tech

Adolph Sax- Saxophone

Martin Fröst- clarinet

Ringo Starr- drums

Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar,

Arvo Pärt- compostion

Shotakovich- composition

Debussy- messing with original compositions

Ives- change altered compositions

Stravinsky- change the previously changed compositions

Schoenberg- remove useless tonality from compositions

Varèse- remove useless instrumentation from compositions

Mussorgsky- remove useless Western influences

Tchaikovsky- insult all other composers

 

You forgot Iannis Xenakis to ruin all the compositions totally! I like the classical in jokes too! You don't hear too much reference to a lot of these composers/ musicians on here!

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"The Intro and The Outro" - Bonzo Dog Band -

 

I must confess I had to google The Bonzo Dog Band to find The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band...

 

Do Not Adjust Your Set!

I must also confess I've never heard of it all...

 

I've never followed Avant-Garde art...

 

But I am fond of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Benny Hill! They were a little closer to my own tastes and a bit more circulated here in the states...

 

It went right over my head, which doesn't usually happen...

 

Well played!

 


If we're gonna take it there, then my "dream-team" would have to include Spike Jones & Beetle-Bomb!

 

With a smattering of Ray Stevens on the side! You can't get away with "Ahab The Arab" in this day of Islamo-Fascist PC BS!

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There are a few fans of the Doo-Dahs hereabouts!

 

A couple of small notes;

 

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And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler, on vibes. Nice!

Princess Anne on sousaphone...

 

Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele. Hi Eric!..

Apparently there was a bit of a kerfuffle with the juxtapositioning of Adolf and Her Royal Highness...

Eric Clapton DID actually play the ukulele on the recording!........how cool is that?..........[woot]

 

Great track!

 

P.

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