Fantasy rock bands, but not using rock musicians.

[OlDefGuy]

Holly Cole trio doing a classic rock cover album.

 

[OlDefGuy]

Holly Cole trio doing a classic rock cover album.

Almost forgot they don’t have a guitar player so throw in Roy Buchanan or Chris Whitley, perhaps both

 

[brookdalebill]

Ella Fitzgerald vocals
Nat King Cole vocals and keys
Barney Kessel on guitar
Ray Brown on bass
Levon Helm on drums

 

[Tricone]

Which is better? Potato chips or soup?

Steak,shrimp, and a salad. Appetizers just waste space.

 

[ping-ping-clicka]

So, here’s an example.
mozart - lead guitar
federic Chopin - keys
beethoven, keys
J S Bach - bass
richard Wagner - drums.

Suggestions - must be musicians. (But having sports guys, say, who play in real life, as an example, works)
M ust be credible. None of the above played the instruments assigned, but Bach on bass? Hell yeah. Mozart on a strat? Sign me up. Etc ;
s

interesting yet complex idea

 

[ClashCityTele]

Fantasy Country-Rock band.

Drums: Billy-Bob Thornton
Bass: Keanu Reeves
Piano: Clint Eastwood (Bandleader:-he'd keep the egos in check)
Guitar: Kevin Bacon
Banjo: Steve Martin
Vocals: Robert Downey Junior

Keanu Reeves is a real bass player in Dogstar.

 

[Kandinskyesque]

Keanu Reeves is a real bass player in Dogstar.

OOPS!!!
Just googled.

 

[ClashCityTele]

OOPS!!!
Just googled.

I've been trying to put a band together. I had Russell Crowe on vocals & Ryan Gosling on bass BUT they're both in rock bands already.
I found that Charles Dickens played the accordion!!!

 

[ClashCityTele]

I know...
Brian Blessed - Vocals
Tony Blair - Guitar
Yo Yo Ma - Bass
Abu Hamza - Drums
Bill Clinton - Sax
Harpo Marx - Triangle

 

[Manual Slim]

Mingus-drums/vox
Andy Griffith-guitar

 

[Fendereedo]

The band name : The Dictators

Benito Mussolini - Drums.
Joseph Stalin - Vocals.
Pol Pot - Lead Guitar.
Fransisco Franco - Rhythm Guitar.
Chairman Mao - Backing Vocals/Synth/Keyboards.

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

Oh I forgot the honorary Ozzie.
Russell Crowe

New Zealander thank you very much.

 

[mr natural]

Elvin Jones -drums
Charlie Christian - guitar
Jim Hall - guitar
Ron Carter - Bass
Sonny Rollins - sax
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
McCoy Tyner - piano
Airto Moreira - percussion
Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Sue and Sunny - backing vocals
Lawrence Ferlinghetti - lyrics

 

[drmordo]

Mine would basically be Tony Williams Lifetime, but I'd be running the band, writing, singing, trying to keep up on guitar, and channeling it toward rock.

And it could be either Lifetime:

John Mclaughlin
Larry Young
Jack Bruce (I'd let him sing some...)
Tony Williams

This would be a 70s King Crimson style rock/fusion group.

Steel yourself (no Jack Bruce on this one):




or

Allan Holdsworth
Alan Pasqua
Tony Newton
Tony Williams

This would be a Steely Dan-ish jazz/rock group.

 

[McGlamRock]

Leonard Bernstein - Drums
Domenico Scarlatti - Guitar
CPE Bach - Bass
Ludwig Van Beethoven- Keys
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Vocals

 

[dlew919]

Keanu Reeves is a real bass player in Dogstar.

Real musicians allowed.

 

[oregomike]

So, here’s an example.
mozart - lead guitar
federic Chopin - keys
beethoven, keys
J S Bach - bass
richard Wagner - drums.

Suggestions - must be musicians. (But having sports guys, say, who play in real life, as an example, works)
M ust be credible. None of the above played the instruments assigned, but Bach on bass? Hell yeah. Mozart on a strat? Sign me up. Etc ;
s

Dennis Hopper - Vocals
Meryl Streep - Bass
David Foster Wallace - Drums
Pete Postlewaite - Guitar

 

[Bendyha]

Ella Fitzgerald vocals
Nat King Cole vocals and keys
Barney Kessel on guitar
Ray Brown on bass
Levon Helm on drums

Excellent choices, but I think the highly esteemed Levon might be a disqualified for being classified as an actual rock musician from some of the work he has done.
May I suggest from the same era as the others, Sammy Davis Junior on drums, vocals, and entertainment, as replacement for this otherwise, near perfect selection.

 

[BrazHog]

Holly Cole trio doing a classic rock cover album.

Nat King Cole trio doing a classic rock cover album.

 

[BrazHog]

Ella Fitzgerald vocals
Nat King Cole vocals and keys
Barney Kessel on guitar
Ray Brown on bass
Levon Helm on drums

Ella Fitzgerald could be almost disqualified as "not rock musician".



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