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unusual facts about backing band



Heather Woods Broderick

She has released solo material under her own name, been a member of Efterklang, Horse Feathers and Loch Lomond, and been a member of the backing bands of Laura Gibson and Sharon Van Etten.

Quiet Exit

One reviewer complimented Schreiner and the backing band for the "many exciting details in the soundscape, that reveals something new every time you listen to the songs".


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A Concert Behind Prison Walls

The album features Cash with his backing band the Tennessee Three, but also features performances by Linda Ronstadt, Roy Clark, and Foster Brooks.

Basque Dub Foundation

In the last 10 years BDF has been touring live in Europe and playing as a backing band for international Reggae artists such as Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Earl Sixteen, Anthony Johnson, U Brown, Kenny Knots, Aisha, Dub Judah, Tena Stelin, Jah Marnyah and Afrikan Simba.

Brutality and Bloodshed for All

Backing band The Murder Junkies the third GG Allin backing band to bear the name give a slicker sound to the music, something quite uncommon since Allin's stint with The Jabbers.

CcMixter

Instead major artists such as DJ Vadim, Bucky Jonson (The Black Eyed Peas' live backing band) and Trifonic have contributed the solo studio tracks (stems) to entire albums making them available under Creative Commons licenses that allowed remixes.

Clear Blue in Stormy Skies

Clear Blue in Stormy Skies was recorded in February 2006 with members of her backing band, Steve Balbi (Noiseworks, Electric Hippies) who co-produced; Paul Searles (Skunkhour) and Josh Quong Tart.

Dan Brodie

Spanning eleven tracks, the album was recorded at Headgap Studios in Melbourne, Australia by Brent "Sloth" Punshon (Adalita) and for the first time showed off Brodie's newly formed backing band, the Grieving Widows, featuring Chris Brodie (Dallas Crane/Broken Arrows) on bass and Dave Nicholls (Ian Rilen/Spencer P Jones) on drums.

Danny Vaughn

The line up of Vaughn's backing band consists of guitarist Tony Marshall (ex-Contagious), Pat Heath (ex-Brave New World), Steve McKenna (ex-Ten) and Lee Morris (ex-Paradise Lost).

Dion Payton

The band's name referred to the location of the Checkerboard Lounge where they served as Junior Wells's backing band.

Direct Entertainment

Former clients include many reality TV stars such as the cast of MTV's Road Rules and The Real World and Johnny Cash's former backing band, The Tennessee Three.

Essex Arms

Essex Arms is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman, his third with his regular backing band the Secondary Modern.

Frank Black 93–03

It highlights the 10 years of his solo career after disbanding the influential alternative rock band, the Pixies in 1993, as well as songs from the many albums he created with backing band "the Catholics".

Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies

At the time, Allin had been prohibited from performing as a musician in Boston since around the time his first backing band, The Jabbers, were coming to the end of their run.

Get Close

McIntosh and Cunningham would be re-united in 1991 as members of Paul McCartney's backing band.

Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back

Vet Stone and Elva Mouton, both formerly members of Family Stone backing band Little Sister, are credited as providing "additional background vocals".

Hexes

Strange Hexes, the second album released by Imaad Wasif, and the first with backing band Two Part Beast.

Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert

His backing band for the performances on the album were Mainsqueeze, featuring guitarist Eric Bell, previously of Thin Lizzy, and Dick Heckstall-Smith, the jazz and blues saxophonist.

Joe Pennington

Joe Pennington, aka "Joe Penny," (born January 15, 1928 in Plant City, Florida) is a former lead guitarist for Hank Williams' backing band, the Drifting Cowboys.

Josephine Foster

In 2004, joined by her occasional backing band The Supposed (Brian Goodman on guitar and Rusty Peterson on drums), she released an album of psychedelic rock called All the Leaves Are Gone which has drawn comparison to Patti Smith and Jefferson Airplane.

Josh Werner

Werner was a co-writer and bassist of the Certified Gold RIAA albums Matisyahu (Live at Stubb's) and the Grammy nominated Matisyahu (Youth album )along with original backing band Roots Tonic.

Ken Greer

Some of his best recorded live work can be heard on The Symphony Sessions, which was recorded in 1989 with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as a backing band to Red Rider.

King Cool: Ah! History of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

History of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers is a 2004 documentary of American rock singer Donnie Iris and his backing band, the Cruisers.

Live on the Riverboat

Live on the Riverboat is a 2002 live acoustic album by Ocean Colour Scene -- or at least one half of OCS (Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison), since the other half (Steve Cradock and Damon Minchella) were away touring with Paul Weller's backing band.

Matt Frey

Most recently he completed the Better with U Tour as a member of the Big Time Rush Backing Band.

Megan Washington discography

In November 2008, she and her backing band were announced as Triple J's Unearthed winners and performed at the Melbourne Big Day Out.

Melting in the Dark

Melting in the Dark is an album by Steve Wynn recorded with a backing band consisting of all the members of Come.

Mr Duke

In Cardiff, 2008, Mr Duke formed his backing band, known as The Hoodlum Circus, taken from a Hunter S. Thompson book, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

Nick Simper

After recovering Simper briefly reactivated The Pirates (1966–67) before joining the Garden, the backing band for The Flower Pot Men (1967–68), where he played alongside Jon Lord.

Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana

Except for the album's closing song (which was previously released on The End...), Nico and her backing band The Faction composed all pieces specifically for the show, during which they were accompanied by optical effects and Moon-themed projected pictures and films.

Noam Pikelny

The band was called "The How to Grow a Band" in 2006 when they were the backing band on Thile's solo release How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, as well as the following supporting shows.

Petar i Zli Vuci

Relja Obrenović joined Rambo Amadeus' backing band, and appeared as perforer on the album Hoćemo gusle, released in 1989, and in 2007 he appeared as guest on the Partibrejkers studio album Sloboda ili ništa.

Pram Town

Pram Town is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman and his second with his backing band the Secondary Modern.

Radio Bemba Sound System

Radio Bemba Sound System is also the name of Manu Chao's backing band, named for the communication system used in the Sierra Maestra by the Castro-and-Guevara-led rebels in the Cuban Revolution.

Roky Moon and Bolt

By December of that year, they had been cast as the backing band for a Catastrophic Theatre production based on the life of Daniel Johnston titled "Life is Happy and Sad." The Houston Press had also twice recognized the new band in both their annual Music Awards and Best Of editions.

Strange Hexes

Strange Hexes is the second album released by Imaad Wasif, and the first with the backing band Two Part Beast.

Strawberry Switchblade

They got a full backing band with whom they toured and began recording an album with producer Robin Millar.

The Blackstones

Further reggae chart hits followed in the mid 1980s, before the group became the backing band for Lance Ellington.

The Bo-Keys

In 1998, Scott Bomar was asked to assemble a backing band for former Stax artist and songwriter Sir Mack Rice.

The Del-Satins

There they joined forces with Dion, who wanted to replace his existing backing band, the Belmonts, with a "rockier" sound.

The Dude of Life

The Dude of Life has released two studio albums: Crimes of the Mind (recorded in 1991), which featured Phish as his backing band, and the 1999 release Under the Sound Umbrella with a different backing band, featuring appearances by Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman.

The Flower Pot Men

Led by vocalist Tony Burrows, who had been in the Ivy League with Carter and Lewis, the band also included Billie Davis's backing band, and for a while (though not for recordings) later Deep Purple members Jon Lord, who replaced Billy Davidson on keyboards in January 1968, and Nick Simper on bass.

The Honey Drippers

The Honey Drippers, a backing band of Roy C that recorded the widely-sampled 1973 song "Impeach the President"

The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse

On November 10, 2012 Ramisco recorded a session for BBC Television with his backing band The Wat Wat Kings at BBC Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland.

Tokyo Connection

Halcali, again, features many artists and producers throughout the album, such as: electrocore unit 80kidz, Shibuya-kei veteran Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) and Japanese Ska group Your Song Is Good as the backing band.

Too Low for Zero

John also reunited with the core of his backing band of the early '70s: Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone as well as Ray Cooper, Kiki Dee and Skaila Kanga (who played harp on John's self-titled album and Tumbleweed Connection) – two other musicians were intended to join the line-up, but dropped out.