Looking Around
Day 2. Resolutions tested, but holding. The first step away has been taken.
2008-03-01
One For The Money...
And two for the show. Surely Simon Phillips & Leland Sklar can't be so hard up for cash ~ having been 2 of the busiest session players on drums & bass respectively ~ that they need to tour with Toto!?!?!?
Okay, I'm biased, I never liked the band & I couldn't stand their singer, who has rejoined them, ego & annoying voice intact if the accompanying article is to be believed...
In fact, it raises an interesting music trivia question. Has there ever been a band made up of session musicians which has been any good?
It's a subjective question, down to personal taste too, but I can't think of one... not The Alan Parsons Project, Toto, Bad English & any number of projects featuring either Nathan East or Virgil Donati... or possibly both.
Okay ~ in typing this & wracking my brain, I think I can nominate one band of players... The Blues Brothers, but I mean the original lineup from the 70s (Saturday Night Live & the movie) not the endless, revolving door incarnations that have trampled the legacy ever since.
Any others?
Okay, I'm biased, I never liked the band & I couldn't stand their singer, who has rejoined them, ego & annoying voice intact if the accompanying article is to be believed...
In fact, it raises an interesting music trivia question. Has there ever been a band made up of session musicians which has been any good?
It's a subjective question, down to personal taste too, but I can't think of one... not The Alan Parsons Project, Toto, Bad English & any number of projects featuring either Nathan East or Virgil Donati... or possibly both.
Okay ~ in typing this & wracking my brain, I think I can nominate one band of players... The Blues Brothers, but I mean the original lineup from the 70s (Saturday Night Live & the movie) not the endless, revolving door incarnations that have trampled the legacy ever since.
Any others?