Create Your 'Dream Team' Session Player Band

Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
edited November 2015 in Strut Central
Hey Strutters,

I was talking to my wife while listening to Johnny Rivers' "Look to Your Soul" (on my "Rocking Gently" mixed posted on the 'Strut). I mentioned to her how Bones Howes' session guys (e.g., Larry Knechtel, Jim Osborne, Louie Shelton, etc.) were playing on the song. There are so many 'unsung heroes' of sorts who have played on our favorite recordings. So, this made me think, "Who would I enlist to play if I could create my own 'dream team' session player band?" It seems like a fun exercise, so here goes:

Drums: Steve Gadd
Percussion: Jack Ashford
Bass: James Jamerson
Rhythm Guitar: Melvin 'Wah Wah Watson' Ragin
Lead Guitar: Steve Cropper
Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes
Horns: Seawind Horns (Jerry Hey-Trumpet, Kim Hutchcroft - Flute, Sax, and Larry Williams - Sax); Bill Reichenbach-Trombone
String Arrangements: Dave Van DePitte

That was a tough exercise, but I tried to limit it to not-so-famous (maybe Cropper excluded) session players. Who would you pick for your 'dream team' session player band?

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

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  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    funk soul band

    double drum team
    james black/zigaboo

    percussion
    mongo santamaria dripping with the clap

    bass
    george porter jr

    guitar
    grant green-lead

    rhythm - jimmy nolen

    backup vocals- barbara massey/lonnie wiggins /Erykah badu [scantily clad]=extra moisture

    keys/synths
    john paul jones

    organ-rueben wilson

    horn section
    NONE

    anton lavey- theremin/dirty looks/spousal/animal abuse

    arrangements/writing/producing
    david axelrod and his string section from the capitol years

    spoken word interludes - warren oates

  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    The Hi Rhythm Section, yeah, I took the lazy way out.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,952 Posts
    D: Gadd
    B: Nathan East (Miller too famous)
    G: (The late) Hiram Bullock
    K: John Beasley
    Perc.: Paulinho Da Costa
    Vox: Cindy Mizelle

    Edit: Forgot brass.

    As. : David Sanborn
    Ts. : Bennie Maupin
    Tp. : John Faddis

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Bernard Purdie because in his dreams he played on everything anyway.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Drums: Micheal Narada Smith
    Percussion: Leon Ndugu Chandler
    Bass: Meshell Ndegeocello
    Rhythm Guitar: David T. Walker
    Lead Guitar:
    Keyboards: Rod Temperton
    Horns: The Brecker Brothers
    Background Vocals: The Waters

  • Awesome thraed Stacks!

    Here's the lineup:

    Drums: James Gadson
    Bass: Carol Kaye
    Gitar: Eddie Hazel
    Keys: George Duke
    Vocals: Urszula Dudziak

  • Hmm, good question. I'll go with living people. If I had a bunch of songs and needed a backing back to do some gigs and record an album, money's no object, I'd go with with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. Fuck it, go all the way!

  • ppadilhappadilha 2,244 Posts
    all I would ask for is Lanny Gordin on guitar.

  • Drums: Idris Muhammad
    Bass: George Porter
    Guitar: Nile Rodgers
    Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
    Organ: Jimmy McGriff
    Percussion: Alfred "Uganda" Roberts

  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
    Drums- Alan Hertz
    Guitar- James Iha
    Keys- Bernie Worrell and Rodger Joeseph Manning Jr
    Bass- Liam Hanrahan
    Percussion- Joel Gion

  • jjfad027 said:
    Percussion- Joel Gion

    Haha. Rad! You know Joel?
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