Backup band
A backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that accompanies a lead singer at a live performance or on a recording.[1] A backup band can also accompany an instrumental soloist, such as a lead guitarist or solo fiddler, though all-instrumental performances, with no singing, are not common in popular music and traditional music. This can either be an established, long-standing group that has little or no change in membership, or it may be an ad hoc group assembled for a single show or a single recording. Ad hoc or "pickup" groups are often made up of session musicians.
The Eagles are the backup band to Linda Rondstat. From left to right, they are: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit (behind them is touring drummer Scott F. Crago)
Examples
Notable backing bands (with lead artist) include:
- Ace in the Hole (George Strait)
- Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Otis Redding)
- Bluesbreakers (John Mayall)
- Crazy Horse (Neil Young)
- Double Trouble (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
- Drifting Cowboys (Hank Williams)
- Full Tilt Boogie Band (Janis Joplin)
- Manassas (Stephen Stills)
- Miami Sound Machine (Gloria Estefan)
- Mink DeVille (Willy Deville)
- New Bohemians (Edie Brickell)
- Parliament Funkadelic (George Clinton)
- Scarlet Fever (CeeLo Green)
- Spearhead (Michael Franti)
- The Aces (Desmond Dekker)
- The Animals (Eric Burdon)
- The Attractions (Elvis Costello)
- The Bad Seeds (Nick Cave)
- The Band (Bob Dylan)
- The Beatles (Tony Sheridan)
- The Belmonts (Dion DiMucci)
- The Blackhearts (Joan Jett)
- The Blockheads (Ian Dury)
- The Bluebelles (Patti LaBelle)
- The Cardinals (Ryan Adams)
- The Crickets (Buddy Holly)
- The Dakotas (Billy J. Kramer)
- The Delaware Destroyers (George Thorogood)
- The Detroit Wheels (Mitch Ryder)
- The E Street Band (Bruce Springsteen)
- The Eagles (Linda Ronstadt)
- The F.C.C. (Serj Tankian)
- The First National Band (Michael Nesmith)
- The Flecktones (Bela Fleck)
- The Four Seasons (Frankie Valli)
- The Funky Bunch (Marky Mark)
- The Heartbreakers (Tom Petty)
- The Hooligans (Bruno Mars)
- The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield)
- The J.B.'s (James Brown)
- The Jordanaires (Elvis Presley)
- The Magic Band (Captain Beefheart)
- The Maytals (Toots Hibbert)
- The Miracles (Smokey Robinson)
- The Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman)
- The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)
- The New Power Generation (Prince)
- The News (Huey Lewis)
- The Nice (P.P. Arnold)
- The Pips (Gladys Knight)
- The Raelettes (Ray Charles)
- The Raiders (Paul Revere)
- The Range (Bruce Hornsby)
- The Revolution (Prince)
- The Rumour (Graham Parker)
- The Scene (Selena Gomez)
- The Section (Jackson Browne, James Taylor)
- The SFA (Jonathan Davis)
- The Shadows (Cliff Richard)
- The Shondells (Tommy James)
- The Silver Bullet Band (Bob Seger)
- The Sixers (Stephen Kellogg)
- The Spiders from Mars (David Bowie)
- The Steep Canyon Rangers (Steve Martin)
- The Stooges (Iggy Pop)
- The Strangers (Merle Haggard)
- The Stray Gators (Neil Young)
- The Sunshine Band (Harry Wayne "KC" Casey)
- The Supremes (Diana Ross)
- The Tennessee Three (Johnny Cash)
- The Vandellas (Martha Reeves)
- The Voidoids (Richard Hell)
- The Wailers (Bob Marley)
- The Waves (Katrina Leskanich)
- Tupper Ware Remix Party (Ninja Sex Party, Starbomb)
- Union Station (Alison Krauss)
References
- Michael Campbell; James Brody (2008). Rock and roll: an introduction. Cengage Learning. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-534-64295-2. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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