There are many talented artist who play more then one instrument. Lets see how many we can come up with.

I'll start of with the Jackson Family.

Jackie - Bass, Drums and Percussion, Keyboard

Tito - Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard

Jermaine - Bass, Drums and Percussion, Keyboard, Guitar

Marlon - Tympani, Drums and Percussion, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Bass, Guitar

Michael - Drums and Percussion, Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Claves

Randy - Piano, Keyboard, Guitar, Synthesizer, Bass, Drums and Percussion

and even Janet plays Keyboard.

is this question open to artists who aren't jacksons?

Tony McAlpine plays keyboards and guitars with the Steve Vai band.

Steve Winwood plays guitar and keyboards.

Billy Joel plays keyboards and a little guitar, but is not known for his guitar playing.


Can't think of anyone else right now...

Stevie Wonder : Harmonica, piano, all keyboars, guitar, bass, drums, etc...

Paul Mc Cartney (a lot of instruments)

David Bowie : saxophone, guitar, piano, bass, drums...

Rick James : Bass, Drums, guitar, piano...

Todd Rundgren-guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, god knows what else

Prince-guitar, bass, drums, keys etc.

Stevie Wonder-harmonica, drums, keys, guitar and bass (sometimes), violin?, ? .....

Paul McCartney-bass, guitar, keyboards, drums (Ringo wasn't "even the best drummer in The Beatles"),..?

Shuggie Otis-guitar, bass, drums, organ

Sly Stone-organ, guitar, harmonica, bass, drums, whatever

Brian Wilson-bass, keyboards, guitar and drums?, coke cans, glockenspiel, Carl's skull

David Bowie-sax, geetar, drums, keys, xylophone, tamborine blah blah blah

Jimi Hendrix-guitar, bass, harpsichord, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, wooden flute thingy on If 6 was 9, afro, ruffled shirts

Ray Charles-piano, organ, saxophone, clarinet, obo, sunglasses, the ladies

In addition to those already mentioned...

Lewis Taylor - Guitar , Bass, Keyboards, Drums and percussion, Harmonica, etc....

Van Hunt - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, percussion, etc....


David Sancious - Keyboards , Guitars, Bass, Drums...


Terence Trent D'arby/ Sananda - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums and percussion...


Mark King - Bass, Guitars, Drums, keyboards, etc...


Marcus Miller - Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Drums, Bass Clarinet, etc...


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Marvin Gaye : Keyboard, Piano, Drums and Percussion, Bass

Brian McKnight - Piano, Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drums and Percussion

Pharrell Williams - Drums and Percusion, Keyboard

Andre' 3000 - Bass, Guitar, Drums and Percussion, Keyboard

Roger Troutman - Guitar, Keyboard, Sythesizer, Bass, Drums and Percusion

You forgot harmonica and trombone, both of which he has played during his concerts


Cutting and pasting from the last time someone started this topic:

Without going too deeply into jazz & classical artists, here's a SOMEWHAT recognizable list off the top of my head.

multi-instrumentalists:


Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
Greg Howe
David Ryan Harris
Tony MacAlpine
Stevie Wonder
Rick James, bitch!
Shuggie Otis
Prince
Jesse Johnson
Chuckii Booker
Sananda (TTD)
Eric Gales
Stokely (from Mint Condition)
Raphael Saddiq
D'Angelo
Charlie Singleton (from Cameo)
Jane Child
Joe
John Jon (from Silk)
Terrance Blanchard
Van Hunt
Trent Reznor
Dallas Austin
Big John Harris (works with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)
Stanley Jordan (guitar, bass & piano)
Steve Vai
Patrice Rushen
Jon B.
Brownmark
Levi Seacer Jr.
Sonny Thompson



and the newest editions:
Martin Luther
Andreus
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who cares if i'm not famous?

me: vocals, guitars, saxes, keys, drums, bass, percussion.

btw, why include synths AND keys as two different instruments? same deal, man.

mrdespues said:

Synths and piano are different. Technically, a piano is a stringed instrument although the nature of the way its played is different...... Yeah, keys & synths are pretty much the sane thing, though. Roger played the talk box, which is a different instrument altogether...and it AIN'T EASY.

Ben Folds
Paul McCartney
Beck

BlaqueKnight said:

it doesn't really matter about the physicalities of how they work. if you can play a piano, you can play a synth, or a clavinet, or a harpsichord. they're all KEYBOARDS.

Bob Marley- Rhythm and Acoustic guitar, percussion, piano, harmonica.

Peter Tosh- Rhythm guitar, organ, keyboard, percussion.

Bunny Wailer- Acoustic guitar, percussion, bongos, harp.

Eddie & Alex Van Halen

Mr. William "Bootsy" Collins
Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keys...

Larry Graham - Same Thang....

Anxiety said:

x 100

Teena Marie, Meshell Ndegeocello, Sting.

mrdespues said:

I know...I was jokimg.

Another: Ernie Isley - er'thang bass, guitar, drums, keys, etc.
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BlaqueKnight said:

hard to tell on the net sometimes.

Can't believe no one mentioned John Lennon for guitar and piano.

Don Henley for drums and guitar.
Alicia Keys for piano and guitar.
Marilyn Manson for guitar and piano.
Twiggy Ramirez for bass and guitar.

elliott smith played all the instruments on his albums

Annie Lennox (of Eurythmics fame) is a fantstic musician. In recent years, I've seen her dabble with the guitar, and play the flute and piano beautifully. In fact, it is kind of surprising she doesn't show that side of her abilities more!

It really isn't that big of a deal people. 99.999% of musicians can play more than one instrument. WHY? Because they are musically inclined...it's all about theory.

A couple more:

Flavor Flav on bass, keys, and drums. Don't just think that he only played the instruments for the song on The Surreal Life; he actually made most of the beats and melodies for Public Enemy.

Craig Ross (of Broken Homes) plays guitar, drums, and a little bit of the keys.

Al Green - Guitar, Piano

Steve Arrington - Drums and Percussion, Guitar,Bass

Johnny Gill - Drums and Percussion, Guitar,Bass, Keyboard (This surprised me, didn't know Johnny got down like that)

Er, me too!

John Myers (that's me) - guitar, bass, piano, drums, violin, tinwhistle, flute, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, percussion.

And you can hear some of them at www.johnmyers.co.uk on the Audio page...(shameless plug)...

Synths, piano, keys...they're all played using the same method. I'd count them as one, otherwise you get into the realms of listing instruments like Prince does on the inner sleeve of "For You"!
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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Not saying you're wrong, but we never see these people play anything (other than Tito on guitar & Jermaine on bass, right?) Is that info on album credits or something?

Oh, and I'll say Joni Mitchell--guitar, piano, and voice