Semi-OT: Your musical alphabet

[MAJUSCULE]

Those of you on certain social media platforms may have seen a variety of fill-in-the-blanks templates on a variety of subjects. Thought I'd transplant one over here, as I'm sure there are some good answers.

 

Post an artist/band you've seen live starting with each letter of the alphabet:

 

A: Anderson .Paak

B: Bruno Mars

C: Chromeo

D: Dr. John

E: Ellis Marsalis Quintet

F: Fishbone

G: Ghost-Note

H: Hargrove, Roy (The RH Factor, bending the rules)

I: Irma Thomas

J: Jon Cleary (solo & w/ the Absolute Monster Gentlemen)

K: Kneebody

L: Lettuce

M: The Meters

N: The Neville Brothers

O: Ozomatli

P: Parliament-Funkadelic

Q: Queens of the Stone Age

R: The Roots & Usher

S: Stevie Wonder (x2)

T: Tower of Power

U: Usher & the Roots

V: Village People

W: The Wailers

X: Xavier Taplin (this one is cheating, he was part of Ghost-Note)

Y: Yves Lambert & le Bébert Orchestra

Z: Zachary Richard

 

Heavy on the funk and soul, NOLA, with a little jazz, rock and hip-hop mixed in, plus a couple wildcards. Of course, the story is almost as much who you leave out! Missing for me include all-stars like Beyoncé, Donny McCaslin Group, Lauryn Hill, Royal Canoe, Nas & the Soul Rebels, and I could obviously go on. I imagine some of you could fill this in at least once for each decade.

 

I also decided to double up and see if I could get through it with acts that I've played with live. Got close, but the end of the alphabet is a real killer.

 

A: Ann Vriend

B: Bryan Coffey & the Best Friends

C: Cardioid

D: Dylan Farrell Band

E: Exciting Times Jazz Party

F: Franco-Party

G: Galala, house band du (another stretch)

H: High Tides

I:

J: John Sweenie Group

K: King Muskafa

L: Letters From Pluto

M: Mireille Moquin

N: Newt-Sauce

O: The Orchard

P: Post Script

Q:

R: The Retrofitz

S: Sole Rhythm

T: Terrian

U:

V: Vriend, Ann (oops that's twice for Ann )

W: Whyte Bronco

X:

Y: Yana Loo

Z:

 

I don't think I forget anyone, but obviously the doubles hurt here too... Too many people starting their projects with the same letters! They should've seen this thread coming!

 

Anyway, let's see yours! Either/or/both/whatever other rule for a list you might want

[Mark Zeger]

A: Armatrading, Joan

B: Bowie, David

C: Corea, Chick

D: Davis, Miles

E: Earth, Wind, and Fire

F: Folds, Ben

G: Gillespie, Dizzy

H: Hancock, Herbie

I: Iyer, Vijay

J: Jarrett, Keith

K: King Crimson

L: Lins, Ivan

M: Metheny, Pat

N: Newman, Randy

O: Organissimo

P: Prince

Q: (Could have gone with Questlove if not for letter R)

R: The Roots

S: Simon, Paul

T: Taylor, James

U: Utopia

V: Vaughan, Stevie Ray

W: Weather Report

X: X

Y: Yes

Z: Zappa

[MAJUSCULE]

You bring up a couple more of my doubles (Chick, EW&F) and several wish I couldas (Bowie, Miles, Prince, WR, Zappa). Nice list Mark.

[hurricane hugo]

[font:Verdana]A. Laurie Anderson

B. David Bowie

C. Converge

D. Dio

E. Electric Light Orchestra

F. Fishbone

G. Gang Green

H. Helmet

I. Iron Maiden

J. the Jacksons

K. KC & the Sunshine Band

L. Local H

M. Mastodon

N. Gary Numan

O. Opeth

P. Public Enemy

Q. Quicksand

R. the Rolling Stones

S. Switchblade Symphony

T. Tangerine Dream

U. U2

V. Van Halen

W. Stevie Wonder

X. X (yes, there's a band called X)

Y. Yes

z. Frank Zappa

 

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[MAJUSCULE]

This whole exercise also kinda stresses me out about the possibility of missing out on seeing Herbie while he's still with us... a major hole on my list so far, I've come close but it hasn't worked out.

[Mark Zeger]

Left out several goods ones like James Brown, Jeff Beck, The Police, Springsteen, Talking Heads, Warren Zevon, Too few women on my list.

[David R]

Astatke, Mulatu

Billy Joel

Chick Corea

Dave Holland

Endangered Blood (Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, Jim Black)

Fleck, Béla

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Herbie Hancock

Ibrahim, Abdullah

João Donato

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Luedji Luna

McLaughlin, John

Nomadic Massive

Orchestra Baobab

Porter Jr., George

Quinsin Nachoff

Roswell Rudd

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra

Toussaint, Allen

U [in all the shows I've seen, I've never seen an artist that starts with U!]

Vox Sambou

Wonder, Stevie

Xiomara Laugart

Yerba Buena

Zachary Richard

[Polychrest]

Eric, forgive this somewhat Toronto-centric list....

 

A: The Animals

B: The Band

C: Alice Cooper

D: The Doors

E: Eagles

F: Frank Zappa

G: Goddo

H: John Lee Hooker

I: Iggy and the Stooges

J: James Brown

K: Kensington Market

L: Linda Ronstadt

M: Mandala

N: The Nice

O: George Olliver and the Five Rogues

P: The Police

Q: Queen

R: Rolling Stones (x3)

S: Steppenwolf

U: Ugly Ducklings

V: Viletones

W: The Who

X: maX Webster (cheating)

Y :Neil Young

Z :ZZ Top

[Doerfler]

This whole exercise also kinda stresses me out about the possibility of missing out on seeing Herbie while he's still with us... a major hole on my list so far, I've come close but it hasn't worked out.

 

No one sees everyone (I'll get to my list later when I have more time). Don't stress, your list is good.

 

I wish I had seen Ray Charles and Prince, just didn't happen. I did get to see David Bowie and Frank Zappa a few times. C'est la vie.

[MAJUSCULE]

Eric, forgive this somewhat Toronto-centric list....

 

Nothing to forgive, a local artists list might be another good one to try. Maybe also a good idea to share with all our non-musician friends.

[nursers]

A: AC/DC

B: Boy and Bear

C: Cheap Trick

D: Divinyls

E: E-Street Band (with Bruce Springsteen )

F: Florence and the Machine

G: Gypsy and the Cat

H: Hoodoo Gurus

I: Idol, Billy

J: John Mellencamp

K: The Killers

L: Los Chicos

M: Midnight Oil

N: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

O:

P: Powderfinger

Q:

R: Radio Birdman

S: Sufjan Stevens

T: They Might Be Giants

U: U2

V: Vega, Suzanne

W: Weddings, Parties, Anything

X:

Y: You Am I

Z:

[xKnuckles]

I have to say: this proved a most enjoyable project.....brought back so many wonderful memories...

I have included more than one artist for certain letters as it would be too traumatising for me to attempt to choose between them! The frustrating bit is the blank letters: I am certain I have seen acts for most of those categories, but simply cannot remember them ATM....

 

 

A: Average White Band

B: Boston

C: Chris De Burgh. Clannad

D: Diana Krall. David Reese-Williams Trio

E: Elton John

F:

G: Christian Garrick

H: Herbie Hancock

I:

J: Jamie Cullum. Juluka

K: Keith Jarrett

L: Lang Lang. Liane Carroll. Ludovico Einaudi

M: Loreena McKennitt

N: Victoria Newton

O: Oscar Peterson

P: Protocol III

Q: Queen

R: Rick Wakeman. Ramsay Lewis. Rennaissance

S: Snarky Puppy

T: Jethro Tull

U:

V: Vanessa Mae

W: Steve Weingart

X:

Y: Yes

Z: Zero 7

[Markyboard]

A: Allman Brothers, AWB, Brian Auger

B: Adrian Belew and the Bears

C: Bruce Cockburn, Ray Charles

D: Dada, Joey DeFrancesco

E: Eels

F: Ben Folds, Fabulous Thunderbirds

G: Peter Gabriel

H: Cory Henry

I: Imposters (and Elvis Costello)

J: JMJ, Joe Jackson

K: Steve Kessler, King Crimson

L: Jonny Lang, Lyle Lovett

M: Moody Blues

N: NSO, Neville Brothers

O:

P: Pink Floyd, Pretenders

Q: Queen

R: Rush, Todd Rundgren

S: Steely Dan, Snarky Puppy

T: Richard Thompson

U: Utopia, U2

V: Stevie Ray Vaughn

W:Steven Wilson, Who

X:

Y: Yes

Z: Zebra

[BRW]

That's kind of fun, kind of depressing, knowing how many I've missed! I heavily regret missing seeing The Eagles even once before Glenn Frey passed - it just seemed like it was the type of band that would tour "forever" so I'd get a million "second chances". Another one is PRINCE - that one hurts because I had the chance. Never saw Michael Jackson or Ray Charles either, but got to see James Brown before he passed. Missed Keith Jarrett too (so far).

 

Drew a few blanks and a few doubles, quite a few jazz guys. Some I've seen multiple times...cheating a bit by using both first and last names for some

 

A: Aloe Blacc

B: Blondie; Brown, James; Black Sheep; Brecker, Michael

C: Corea, Chick; Coltrane, Ravi; Calderazzo, Joey

D: Duke, George; Douglas, Dave

E: Erskine, Peter; Elton John

F:

G: Glasper, Robert (Experiment); Garrett, Kenny

H: Hancock, Herbie; Hubbard, Freddie

I: Interpol; Isham, Mark

J: James Taylor; Jamiroquai

K: Kent (SWE), Kajfes, Goran

L: Lloyd, Charles; Ladybug Mecca (from Digable Planets); Lovano, Joe

M: Murphy, Roisin; Massive Attack

N: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

O:

P: Pete Rock; Previte, Bobby

Q:

R: Roney, Wallace

S: Shorter, Wayne; Sting, Steely Dan, Seal

T: Toto; Tyner, McCoy

U: U2

V:

W: Wonder, Stevie; We Are Scientists; Wesseltoft, Bugge (New Conception Of Jazz); Watts, Jeff "Tain"

X:

Y:

Z: ZZ Top

[Music Bird]

A:

B: Band"s Visit, The

C: Celtic Woman

D:

E:

F: Fiddler On The Roof

G:

H:

I:

J: Jersey Boys

K:

L:

M:

N: National Symphony Orchestra (NSO for short)

O:

P:

Q:

R:

S:

T:

U:

V:

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

Mostly musicals that I saw recently. I saw Celtic Woman as a kid, and the NSO several times, always loved the different kinds of strings and woodwinds.

That"s not counting the free outdoor concerts I went to when I was a little kid in a shopping center near where I live called Kingstowne.

Those were all mostly world, folk, and local popular artists. This was in the mid 2000"s, there were several bands who had accordion, and a few with synth and keys players, I remember a cumbia band with a guy rocking a Poly-800 for brass sounds and a French band with a piano accordion. Also quite a few Celtic groups with these: Northumbrian smallpipes, Uillean pipes, and Highland pipes. I can"t remember any of the bands names.

Ok

Those that I"ve gigged with

A:

B:

C:

D:

E:

F:

G:

H:

I:

J:

K:

L:

M:

N: Neurodiversity

O:

P:

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[ElmerJFudd]

A - Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)

B - Bad Company

C - Creedence Clearwater Revival

D -Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

E - Everything's Coming Up Roses

F - Franky Goes to Hollywood

G -George Gershwin

H - Hot Child in the City

I - Igor Stravinsky

J - Jump, Jive an' Wail

K - Killers, The

L - Louis Armstrong

M - Money, Eddie

N - New Wave

O - Opera Populaire

P - Phish

Q - Queen

R - Runnin' with the Devil

S - Super Tramp

T - Tommy

U - U2

V - Van Morrison

W - With or Without You

X - Xanadu (Rush? Or the Newton John movie?)

Y - You'll Never Know (The Platters, '58)

Z - zigazig ah (Spice Girls?)

[J. Dan]

A:

B: Big Audio Dynamite

C: Chemical Brothers

D: Duran Duran

E: Edgar Winter Group

F:

G:

H: Harry Connick Jr.

I: INXS

J:

K:

L:

M: My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

N: Nine Inch Nails

O:

P:

Q:

R: Rush

S: Styx

T: They Might Be Giants

U: U2

V: Violent Femmes

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

[ksoper]

A.

B. Brown, James; Belew, Adrian, B-52s; Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company

C. Charles, Ray; Corea, Chick (RTF); Cleary, Jon; Coryell, Larry

D. Dolby, Thomas; Def Leppard

E. ELP; ELO; EWF

F. Fox, Virgil

G. Genesis; Gentle Giant; Guy, Buddy; The Go-Gos

H. Hammer, Jan; Heart; Head East

I.

J. John, Dr; Judd, Wynona

K. King, BB; Kraftwerk

L. Lovett, Lyle; Little Feat; Levin, Tony (w/ Stickmen); Loverboy; Lynn, Loretta

M. Mo, Keb'; Medeski, Martin & Wood; McDonald, Michael; MacLaine, Shirley; Midler, Bette;

O.

P. Prince, The Police

Q. Queen (w/FM)

R. Robinson, Smokey, Raitt, Bonnie; Rush

S. Simon, Paul; Seeger, Pete; Steely Dan; Styx; Steppenwolf

T. Tenacious D; The Tubes; They Might Be Giants; Taylor, Koko; Thin Lizzy

U. U.K. (w/ Bruford, Holdsworth)

V.

W. Weather Report (w/JP); Wonder, Stevie; Wakeman, Rick

X.

Y. Yes; Yearwood, Trisha

Z. Zadora, Pia

 

I'm sure there's more. I've forgotten most of the last 40 years.

[16251]

C - Chick Corea

 

C# - Sonny Clark

 

D - Miles Davis

 

D# - Devo

 

E - Bill Evans

 

F - Frank Zappa

 

F# - Freddie Hubbard

 

G - George Duke

 

G# - Grant Green

 

A - Art Tatum

 

A# - Cannonball Adderley

 

B - Billy Cobham

[NewImprov]

Here's my list, far from complete, which I also posted on Facebook some weeks ago.

 

A: AMM, Airto, Ahleuchatistas, Scott Amendola, Mahmoud Ahmed, King Sunny Ade

B: Black Flag, Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Blue Oyster Cult

C: The Clash, Curlew, Critters Buggin, Cinematic Orchestra

D: Dead Kennedys, Dead Kenny G"s, Bob Dylan, Deltron 3030

E: Easy Star All-Stars, Either Orchestra

F. Bill Frisell Band, Fishbone

G: Grateful Dead, Vinny Golia, Ghostface Killah, Diamanda Galas, Gift of Gab, Goblin

H: Wayne Horvitz, Harriet Tubman, Zakir Hussein

I: ICP Orchestra, Idiot Flesh, Isotope 217, Isis

J: Jethro Tull, Jazz Passengers

K: Kansas, Albert King, Eyvind Kang, Fela Kuti, Fred Frith

L: London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Lyrics Born, Living Colour

M: Magma, Mad Professor, Melvins, Medeski Martin & Wood

N: NoMeansNo, Negativland, Neurosis

O: Pauline Oliveros, The Orb

P: Evan Parker, Psychedelic Furs, Public Enemy, The Police

Q: for the life of me, I cannot think of a band beginning with Q that I"ve seen, though I did see a really good Queen tribute band

R: Rush, The Roots

S: Styx, Sun of Goldfinger, Splatter Trio, Sun Ra, Elliott Sharpe

T: David Torn, Thundercat, Horace Tapscott, Tortoise, Talking Heads

U: Unleash the Archers, U2

V: Violent Femmes, Voivod

W: Who, Witch Mountain

X: X

Y: Yellowman, Adrian Younge

Z: John Zorn, Zombi, Zony Mash

[Jazz+]

A. Alexander, Monty

B. Beatles, B.B. King

C. Coltrane, John

D. Davis, Miles

E. Erroll Garner

F. Frank Sinatra

G. Gershwin

H. Hancock, Herbie

I. Isham, Mark

J. Jimmy Smith

K. Kelly, Wynton

L. Lande, Art

M. Monk, Thelonius

N. Phineas Newborn

O. Oscar Peterson

P. Powell, Bud

Q. Quincy Jones

R. Rodgers and Hart

S. Sonny Clark

T. Tyner, McCoy

U. Uehara, Hiromi

V. Vince Guaraldi

W. Wynton Kelly

Y. Young, Lester

Z. Zawinul, Joe

[carter_]

B. Beatles

 

A moment of awe when I read that...

[SamuelBLupowitz]

A: Aretha Franklin

B: Billy Joel

C: Chris Thile

D: Drive-By Truckers

E: Elton John

F: Fab Faux

G: Gov't Mule

H: Hornsby, Bruce

I: I'm With Her

J: Judas Priest

K: Kahane, Gabriel

L: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

M: Marcus King Band

N: Nocturnals, Grace Potter and the

O: Organ Freeman

P: Paul McCartney

Q: Quail (they're a local band but I'm counting it)

R: Rachael & Vilray

S: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

T: Turkuaz

U: The Uncommons (another band from the local scene, this was a toughie)

V: Vulfpeck

W: The Word (John Medeski, Robert Randolph, and the North Mississippi All-Stars)

X: X Ambassadors (I'm pretty sure I saw them either just before or just after they added the "X" to their name, but I'm claiming it either way).

Y: Yo-Yo Ma

Z: Zakk Wylde (with Black Label Society).

[Shamanczarek]

Only three letters I couldn't come up with anything for but I think other than unknown local bands I've remembered nearly every major music event I've attended a few of which were as opening act or performed with artist.

 

A. Asia, Arctic Monkeys, Association, Allman Brothers, Ian Anderson, Brian Auger

B. Blue Oyster Cult (Anaheim, CA 1976, same show upstate NY 1994), Eric Burdon, Black Keys, Band of Horses, Boxtops

C. Eric Clapton, James Cotton, Curved Air, Larry Carlton, Canned Heat (same show Bethel, NY 1994)

D. Deep Purple, Neil Diamond, Dr. Hook (same show NJ 2007), Micky Dolenz (opened CT 2014), Spencer Davis (same show NJ 2007)

E. England Dan and John Ford Coley

F. Fairport Convention

G. Guess Who, Green Day

H. Justin Hayward, Annie Haslam, Richie Havens (same show Bethel, NY 1994), Hudson Brothers, Clint Holmes, Woody Herman

I. It's a Beautiful Day, Iron Butterfly (opened New Haven, CT 1993)

J. Joan Jett, James Gang, Tommy James, Davy Jones (performed with Comic-Con NJ 2011)

K. The Kingsmen, Robby Krieger (saw in NY 1999, performed with Paris 1993 and NY 2016)

L. Arthur Lee

M. Moody Blues, Roger McGuinn, Country Joe McDonald (Oregon 1971, on same show Bethel, NY 1994), Buddy Miles (met in 1976), Malo, 10,000 Maniacs

N. Rick Nelson, Nektar (same show Asbury Park, NJ 2003), New Riders of the Purple Sage (same show Greenfield, MA 2012)

O.

P. Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Porcupine Tree, Robert Plant, Shawn Philips, Point Blank

Q. Mike Quatro, The Quick (Danny Wilde)

R. Rolling Stones, Buddy Rich

S. Steppenwolf, Strawbs, Sugarloaf, Pete Seeger, Soul Asylum (same show Bethel, NY 1994), Smithereens, Earl Slick (same show NJ), Al Stewart

T. Tower of Power, Three Dog Night (Salem, OR 1969, opened show CT 2012), Peter Tork (opened show NY 2011), Rufus and Carla Thomas

U.

V. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Andreas Vollenweider

W. Steve Winwood, Roger Waters, Wilco, War, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Leslie West (same show NJ 2007)

X.

Y. Neil Young

Z. ZZ Top

[Moonglow]

Fun exercise!

 

A - Asia, Gregg Allman

B - The Babys, Bad English, Blue Oyster Cult

C - Chick Corea, The Commodores

D - Deep Purple, Dream Theatre

E - Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

F - Peter Frampton, Foghat, Roberta Flack

G -

H - Bruce Hornsby, Cory Henry

I -

J - Journey, Jefferson Starship, Billy Joel, The Jacksons, Jewell

K - Lenny Kravitz, Kansas

L - Loverboy, Liberace

M - Eddie Money, Molly Hatchet

N -

O -

P - Prince

Q - Quarterflash

R - Leon Russell

S - Santana, Survivor

T - Rob Thomas, Toto, Tina Turner, Robin Trower

U -

V -

W - Johnny Winter

X -

Y - Yes

Z -

[Doerfler]

Chris, you never saw Genesis? You know all their songs by heart. I have seen you play them.

[Moonglow]

Sadly, I"ve never seen them. Really only know a handful of their tunes. My 'quasi-prog' rock band does a few Genesis tunes, the vocals are solidly in our lead singer"s wheelhouse. I think you may have heard me attempt to play Firth of Fifth at Gearfest...and then came the middle part. It is fun stuff to play!

[KuruPrionz]

Missing a few letters, and probably a few brain cells!!! Still, there's some good ones.

Spoiler - the best show I've seen by far was Ray Charles with his full orchestra and the Raelettes. Completely killed it both times.

 

A â Average White Band (Allman Brothers)

B - Bonnie Raitt (Bob Dylan, Babys, BB King)

C â Cheap Trick (4x) (Concrete Blonde, the Clash)

D â David Bowie (Deep Purple, Devo, David Lindley (2X), Dead Kennedys, Dixie Dregs (2x), Divinyls)

E â Emmylou Harris (Edgar Winter, Emerson, Lake and Palmer (2x), Ebola Soup, Eric Burden w War)

F â Fleetwood Mac

G â Grateful Dead

H â Herbie Hancock (Heart)

I â Its A Beautiful Day (2x)

J â Jeff Beck (Joan Jett (2x), Joan Baez, Jason and The Scorchers, John Cougar Mellencamp, Jethro Tull (4x), John Mayall, John Prine)

K - Kittyhawk (2x)

L- Loggins and Messina (Los Lobos)

M â Modeski, Martin and Wood

N â Neville Brothers

O -

P â Pretenders (the Police, Paul Winter Consort, Prarie Oyster, Pete Seeger)

Q -

R â Ray Charles (2x) (Ronnie James Dio, Rory Gallagher, Romeo Void, Red Zone)

S â Sue Sadd and The Next (Simple Minds Suzie Boggus)

T â Taj Mahal (3x) (Toto, Tower of Power, Tuba Christmas)

U â U Utah Phillips (UK)

V -

W â Willie Nelson and the Family Band with Grady Martin on guitar (the Who on the Tommy Tour, War without Eric Burden)

X â

Y â Yes (2x)

Z -