Name ten rock bands (not country) that have featured violins as a lead instruments. I'll give you a head start with two...
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Wouldn't it be helpful to start with bands that someone has actually heard of? LOL. Jethro Tull. And if you question their rock cred, they got a Grammy for best hard rock performance (yeah, what a joke).
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DeleteOh my Lord! I don't know what those two first picks of yours were playing, but it sure as hell wasn't rock and roll- They sounded exactly like the recording executives children, trying to capitalize on the rock and roll "scene"
ReplyDeleteI had to listen to Country Joe and The Fish to get that noise out of my head. Don't do that!
Really,Kansas/Charlie Daniels just for a start,and,Tull is a awesome band!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I feel sorry for anyone not familiar with It's a Beautiful Day and The Flock--with the great Jerry Goodman on violin, later of the incredible Mahavishnu Orchestra. I'll admit that both of those bands might be an acquired taste for some, but they had their great moments. As mentioned above, Ian Anderson played some violin on Thick as a Brick. Papa John Creach played violin for Jefferson Airplane and Starship. Fairport Convention had a violinist. Not sure it's "rock," but Charlie Daniels was known for the violin. Laurie Anderson used a violin in her admittedly electronic-oriented music. Frank Zappa had Jean Luc Ponty in his band at one point. Michael Urbaniak is a great jazz rock violinist. The Dixie Dregs had Allan Sloan, and, later, Jerry Goodman. Lots of bands occasionally had violinists--Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, King Crimson, Dire Straits, Roxy Music, Traffic, Van Morrison, Curved Air. There are lots more, but, at 67, my memory isn't what it used to be.
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DeleteAt 67, your memory is encyclopedic compared to most!
DeleteMcKendree Spring. A real rock 'n roll band. Late 70's concert at my college, they tore it up. Guy with the violin had an echoplex and was shredding a solo against himself. Opened for The Eagles, they started with 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' and a third of the audience walked out.
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John Mellencamp
Dixie Dregs
Kansas. Orchestra rock with a huge guy in overalls who looked like Ruben Hagrid, Robby Steinhardt
ReplyDeleteAlmost forgot King Crimson....
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Let us not forget King Crimson!!
DeleteI saw both of those bands in concert together in Boston in September 1970! The first concert I went to while I was in college.
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