Who would make your all-star band?
If you were a band producer and could tap anyone -- dead or alive -- for your band, who would you choose?
That was the question The Mag posed to some folks in Lawrence. Here are the musicians-singers they chose for their "dream" bands.
Tim Noll,
translation project manager,
Lawrence
Vocals: Don't know.
Lead guitar: Jimi Hendrix.
Rhythm guitar: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin).
Drummer: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin).
Percussion: Tito Puente.
Keyboards: Chick Corea.
Bass: Jaco Pastorius.
Horn: Miles Davis.
Sax: John Coltrane.
Scott Swedlund,
advertising executive and former professional musician,
Lawrence
Vocals: Janis Joplin.
Lead guitarist: Jimi Hendrix and honorable mention to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Rhythm guitar: Django Rhienhardt.
Drummer: John Bonham.
Percussion: Tito Puente and Sheila E.
Keyboards: Thelonious Monk.
Bass: Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones).
Horn: Miles Davis.
Sax: Maceo Parker.
Nathan Carlson,
graduate student at the University of Washington,
Lawrence
Vocals: Sarah McLachlan.
Lead guitar: The Edge (U2).
Rhythm guitar: The Edge.
Drummer/percussion: Any of the best tabla players in India.
Keyboards: Ray Manzarek (The Doors).
Bass: Adam Clayton (U2).
Horn: Miles Davis.
Saxophone: Don't know.
James Gregory,
call center supervisor and aspiring music producer,
Lawrence
Vocals: Eye Yamatsuka (The Boredoms, Naked City and Praxis).
Lead guitar: Sonny Sharrock.
Rhythm guitar: Steve Hillage (Gong, the Orb and 777).
Guitar: Jon Spencer.
Drummer: Brian "Brain" Mantia (Primus, Praxis, the Limbomaniacs).
Percussion: Tom Waits and Lee Scratch Perry.
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell (Parliament, Funkadelic, Praxis, Woo Warrios, Talking Heads).
Bass: Bootsy Collins (James Brown, Parliament, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Praxis, Zilatron).
Horn: Fred Wesley (James Brown, Parliament, Fred Wesley's Horny Horns).
Sax: John Zorn.
Melody McKenzie,
call center employee,
Lawrence
For all band positions: "The band Carmen would be the ideal band. They are a dynamic Christian rock band."
Gene Normandin,
landscaper,
Lunenburg, Mass.
Vocals: Tom Petty.
Lead guitar: Jimi Hendrix.
Rhythm guitar: Paul McCartney.
Drummer: Buddy Rich.
Percussion: Keith Moon (The Who).
Keyboards: Elton John.
Bass: Bootsy Collins.
Horn: Miles Davis.
Sax: John Coltrane.
Alissa Rowinsky,
preschool teacher,
Lawrence
Horn: Don't know.
Lead guitar: Porcell (Gorilla Biscuits).
Rhythm guitar: Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden).
Drummer: Sammy Sigler (Gorilla Biscuits).
Percussion: Sammy Sigler.
Keyboards: Don't know.
Bass: Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole).
Horn: Don't know.
Sax: Don't know.
Matthew Field,
warehouse worker and delivery driver,
Lawrence
Vocals: Choke (Slapshot).
Lead guitar: Porcell.
Rhythm guitar: Adrian Smith.
Drummer: Sammy Sigler.
Percussion: Rick Allen (Def Leppard).
Keyboards: Don't know.
Bass: Joey DeMaio (Manowar).
Horn/sax: Don't know.
Kate Shufelt,
KU student,
Lawrence
Vocals: George Clinton.
Lead guitar: Eric Clapton.
Rhythm guitar: Don't know.
Drummer: Chad Sexton (311).
Percussion: Don't know.
Keyboards: Tori Amos.
Bass: Michael "Flea" Balzary (Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Horn: Miles Davis.
Sax: John Coltrane.
-- The Mag's phone message number is 832-7146. Send e-mail to jbiles@ljworld.com.
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