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Topic: Unlikely Guest Spots Posted: March 02 2015 at 22:37
Know any prog celebrities who guest starred on something a little out of their line? Examples: Steve Howe on Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. And Chris Squire a member of Sam Kinison's backing band on a few occasions.
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 22:55
Not completely out of his line, but Ian Anderson plays flute in a song by the Young Dubliners, a celtic rock/pop band from the US. It's a haunting beautiful instrumental track aptly titled Banshee. It might not be really a detour for him, but still, a completely different band -though the Young Dubliners opened for Jethro Tull on some occasions.
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 23:05
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman playing on Lou Reed's self-titled debut.
Robert Fripp guest staring on Blondie's "Fade Away And Radiate".
I've heard that song "Fade Away And Radiate" and joked with my friend, saying 'This is such a rip-off of Fripp!!' What a discovery, makes almost too much sense.
Perhaps Steve Hackett playing on the unknown-and-unreleased (until 2007) album Sacred Scenes and Characters by Canterbury Glass.
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 23:17
David Gilmour doing vocals on Kate Bush's "The Dreaming." I know Gilmour was instrumental in the discovery of Bush, but still...
How about Brian Eno on "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." Again, Eno and Collins worked together, but still...
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 23:50
I always found this curious - Adrian Belew and Tony Levin (half of 80's model King Crimson) on Joan Armatrading's 'Call Me Names' track..........Levin the Stick-Master and a rather unconventional lead solo from Belew. Really puts a spin on top-40 Pop.
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 01:32
Rednight wrote:
Know any prog celebrities who guest starred on something a little out of their line? Examples: Steve Howe on Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. And Chris Squire a member of Sam Kinison's backing band on a few occasions.
Steve Howe also played on Propaganda - A Secret Wish in the eighties , just how many favours did he owe Trevor Horn?
Keith Emerson played on a Rod Stewart album in the early seventies ( not sure which track or album)
Pete Sinfield wrote the lyrics for Bucks Fizz - Land Of Make Believe
Slightly off topic , Jem Godfrey of Frost was not always a 'proggie' . He produced the all girl pop group Atomic Kitten for his sins ( and he will never be forgiven).
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 04:36
Trevor Horn and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys and Seal. There's no denying someone who has an 'ear' for this sort of stuff............a decent bassist and a member of Yes..........what a guy.......
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 06:29
The Enid were Kim Wilde's backing band for Kids In America
Not exactly a guest spots, but Steve Stewart of The Enid engineered parts of Porcupine Tree'sSignify while he was employed at Katrina and the Waves recording studio and John Foxx of Ultravox! did the album cover for Lightbulb Sun.
Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) andPip Pyle, Dave Stewart & Barbara Haskin (Hatfield and the North) all played on Nigel Planer's comedy album 'Neil's Heavy Concept Album'
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 10:13
Let's not forget Fripp producing and playing on Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs (which introduced Frippertronics to a whole army of Hall & Oates fans). Then there's David Gilmour lending his guitar to a few tracks of Peter Cetera's One More Story, although he's done a lot of other work for non-prog artists.
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 10:14
Nick Mason producing the Damned's second album "Music for Pleasure" was an odd matchup. I read that the band really wanted Syd Barrett to produce, but settled for Nick instead (close enough, I guess).
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 11:42
Ian Anderson plays guest flute on a song called Passions to Ignite from Face the Fire, an album by Native American flautist Mary Youngblood.
David Gilmour got around a lot in the 80s. He plays on one track of Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt and on Pete Townshend's White City.
Al di Meola plays on Allergies by Paul Simon.
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Posted: March 03 2015 at 13:30
Littlecarrots wrote:
Not completely out of his line, but Ian Anderson plays flute in a song by the Young Dubliners, a celtic rock/pop band from the US. It's a haunting beautiful instrumental track aptly titled Banshee. It might not be really a detour for him, but still, a completely different band -though the Young Dubliners opened for Jethro Tull on some occasions.
And here it is:
Ian also played on Men Without Hats hit single "On Tuesday". MWH leader Ivan stated it was an awesome experience!
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