This is just 4 fun ya'll(Roll yo eyes outta here if u don't like it)

I just thought about this lol since I'm bored as a dead meat,,,and so what if this is a corny thought?

Even tho I can't sing a lick, here goes my SUPPOSED "Harlepolis Ave." band(of course I'll be the musical-director and the keyboardist/pianist):

Ron Wood(of Rollingstones)-Guitar
Tony Maiden-Guitar
Freddie Washington-Bass
Patrice Rushen-Keyboards
Lenny White-Drums
Sheila E & Paulhino Da Costa-Percussions, Congas, Cabasa & kalimba

Backed by The session singers:

Paulette McWilliams
Sharon Bryant
Millini(Chaka's daughter)

And The Tower Of Power horns section.

Of course arrangments conducted by,,,,,ME

Who will be in yo OWN band?

Here's mine. It's a big ass band but I just couldn't cut it down any more.

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Lead Guitar/Bass/Keys/Vocals: Prince
Rhythm Guitar/Vocals: Raphael Saadiq
Bass: Louis Johnson
Drums: Narada Michael Walden
Percussion: Sheila E
Keys/Vocals: George Duke
Keys/Vocals: Patrice Rushen
Keys: Alex Bugnon
Sax/Vocals: Ronnie Laws
Vibraphone: Roy Ayres
Vocals: Michael Jackson
Vocals: Sade
Vocals:Maxwell
Vocals: Alexander O'Neal

Vocals: Miss Kittin
Linn Drum: Prince

O.k, here we go.....

Rhythm guitar, vocals - Odyssey Miles (YEAH, ME!)
Lead guitar, vocals - Prince
Bass, vocals - Sting
Drums, vocals - Dave Grohl
Keyboards, vocals - Thom Yorke
After every 5 or six songs we all switch instruments!!

Vocals, lead guitar -- ThreadBare (what? y'all didn't know???)

North American tour

Co-lead vocals: Corey Glover,
Bass -- Muzz Skillings
Drums -- Will Calhoun
R. Guitar -- Vernon Reid

(That's right -- the original Living Colour. Leemie 'lone.)

World Tour

Bass -- Marcus Miller (Let's be real: Rhonda Smith would distract me. I'd forget my lyrics.)
R. Guitar -- Dominic Miller (Sting's guitarist -- one of the most versatile cats around).
Piano -- Howard Levy (the former Flecktone -- his playing is so lyrical)
Keys -- Jane Child
Drums -- Stokely (I love me some Stokely).
BGV's: Eric Benet, Lalah Hathaway, D'angelo, Lauryn Hill, Harriet Wheeler. (Shoot, I'd never sing!!!)

But, bands can be really tense gatherings. You know what? Scrap all that. Just give me folks who can learn their parts and GET ALONG.






(Fleck edit)
[This message was edited Mon Feb 16 17:03:06 2004 by ThreadBare]

haha mine would clash like crazy but i'd enjoy

The Beatles
Prince
Thom Yorke
Jim O Rourke
Prince Be
Beck
Ben Folds
Trent Rezner

The Everlasting Band would be:

George Michael- Lead vocals
Wendy Melvoin- Rhythm guitar and vocals
Doyle Bramhall II- Lead guitar
Rhonda Smith- Bass
Everlasting Now- Drums, percussion
Lisa Coleman- Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Matt Fink- Keyboards
Sheila E.- Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Susannah Melvoin- Vocals
Eric Leeds- Saxaphone
Brian Gallagher- Saxaphone and Everlasting Now

And when we'd play award shows:

Tommy Barberella- Feather wearing, keyboard playing Superhero

The band:

Lead vocals: Stokley Williams
co- lead/bkg vox: Maxwell, Amel Larrieux, Jaguar Wright

Bass: Victor Wooten
Lead Bass: Foley
Drums: Dennis Chambers
Keys: Keri Lewis
Keys: James "Big Jim" Wright (plays keys on lots of Janet's stuff)
Keys: Herbie Handcock...George Duke if Herbie's busy
Guitar: Andre Cymone! SURPRISE, mu**ha f**kas!

everybody must sing background!


OR

guitar: Levi Seacer
Bass: Sonny Thompson
Drums: Michael Bland
Keys: Dr. Fink
Keys: Jimmy Jam
rythm guitar: Mike Scott
backing vox: Jill Jones, Brenda Bennett, BrownMark
Lead vox:.....(drum roll).....D'Angelo!!!!! HA! HA! HA! "FANs" would be PISSED!

The EX, EX, EX tour! LOL!
[This message was edited Mon Feb 16 23:55:12 2004 by BlaqueKnight]

EverlastingNow said:

I like your band very, very much.

BRO915 said:

MMmmmmm,,,,,drums? Maybe Roy could deliever the rythem

sinisterpentatonic and the cosmic equation arkestra

John Mclaughlin - guitar

Jimi Hendrix - Guitar

Geroge Duke - Keyboard

Thelonius Monk - Piano

Perez Parado - Percussion

Shelia E - Perscussion

Fish - Drums

Lonnie Marshall - Electric Bass

Charles Mingus - Acoustic bass

Charlie Parker - alto saxophone

John Gilmore - Tenor sax

John Coltrane - Soprano Sax

Lee morgan - trumpet

Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet

Bilal - Vocals

Racheal Ferrell (sp?) - vocals

Prince - Linn drum programming

Guru, aceyalone, andre 3000 - m.c.

yeah something like that.
[This message was edited Thu Feb 19 11:15:51 2004 by sinisterpentatonic]

MANNN!!! I'm slipping...how can you have a rhythm section without a drummer?MY BAD.....No problem I'd tap Roy Haynes for this assignment the man can still play polyrhythms like nobody's business.....And I want to make a change on the vocals...so my 1st string ACOUSTIC lineup will be...

Horace Silver-Piano
Wayne Shorter-Saxophone
Pat Metheny-Guitar(Acoustic And Pikcasso Guitars)
Roy Haynes-Drums
Ron Carter- Standup Acoustic Bass AND.....
Luther Vandross-Vocals

Luther with a jazzy backdrop would be some kind of awesome AND ON THE BALLADS...OH MY GOODNESSS...These recording sessions would be OFF DA CHAINS.....I'll buy a jazz record with this lineup without a moment's hesitation.


Brother 9/15
[This message was edited Thu Feb 19 11:30:37 2004 by BRO915]

My second string- The Electric Side Of Things....


Herbie Hancock-Keyboards...Fender Rhodes and all of the Keys basically
William "Bootsy" Collins- Bass
Idris Muhammad-Drums
Josuha Redman-Saxophone
Roy Hargrove-Trumpet
George Benson- Lead Guitar
Freddie Hubbard-Flugelhorn
Stevie Wonder- Harmonica and Vocals

I would love to hear this eclectic combination of musicans together. That would something for your ears to behold.....I'm sure. I would surely love to hear what the trio consisting of Bootsy, Herbie and Idris out of the group would do on an intro.....FUNKAAAAAYYY!!!!!

Brother 9/15

BRO915 said:

Speaking of which,,,I heard that Herbie said that he loves to bring out FUNK cats doing jazz with him instead of inviting other jazz cats like him.

He says "it sounds mo' spontanious that" whateva that means!