Lead Vocals: Pharrell Williams (the Neptunes/solo artist) and Agentha Faltskog (Abba)
Drummer: Dave Holland (Judas Priest)
Guitar: Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Manager/roadie/bodyguard: Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin)
Couldn’t find a bassist, but I think that’s pretty solid.
The only two that I recognized from my birthday (Feb, 19th) are: (OK, I also recognized Seal, but I don’t want him in my band)
Smokey Robinson
Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath Guitarist
Snoop Dogg as my rapper
Dannii Minogue on vocals
Lepa Brena on vocals
Franco Ventriglia on vocals
Dunja Vejzović on vocals
Tom Petty on guitar and vocals
Martin Taylor on guitar
Mark King on bass
Paul Wilson on bass
Gary Jarman on bass
Grandpa Jones on banjo and vocals
Ruhi Su on Bağlama
Koichi Kawanishi on drums
Ole Hamre on drums
Audun Kleive on drums
Fred Coury on drums
Al Greenwood on keyboard
Jelly Roll Morton on piano
Wanda Jackson on piano and guitar
Aleksander Maaker on bagpipes
Bill Chase on trumpet
Eddie Harris on saxophone
My composers:
Robert Craft
Steve Orich
Thomas Newman
Dave Wang
On my birthday, there are a whole bunch of people that are claimed to be musicians, but only one of them I have ever heard of, much less heard.
But, among actors, there are a number of reasonably well known ones: Henry Fonda, Danny Trejo, Megan Fox (for some definitions of “actor”), and George Gaynes.
Good grief - my birthday (May 11) produces a weird cacophony of sounds and styles that would be completely unlistenable. The list includes:
Eric Burdon, vocalist (most known for the Animals)
Greg Dulli, vocalist (most known for the Afghan Whigs)
A group of 20-something rappers I’ve never heard of
Mike LeDonne, jazz pianist
Julian Joseph, jazz pianist
Christoph Schneider, drummer (most known for Rammstein)
Butch Trucks, drummer (most known for Allman Bros.)
Hmm. The February 4th Band is a little skimpy on instrumentalists, but we’ve got some singers:
Natalie Imbruglia - vocals
Gavin DeGraw - ditto
Clint Black - vocals and guitar
John Steel, The Animals - drums
Florence LaRue, The Fifth Dimension - yet more vocals
Pretty decent, right? Now for the big guns:
Opening act - Dara Ó Briain
Chief of Band Security - Oscar de la Hoya
Video Director - George Romero
Tour Logistics, Facilities Management - the USO
Vocals, songwriting, general rock-god duties - Alice Freakin’ Cooper
Let’s see. I’ve got Chas Chandler of the Animals on bass and Keith Richards, Bill Nelson (of Be-Bop Deluxe) and Elliot Easton of the Cars on guitar. I’m short a drummer.
Unfortunately, I’ve also got Josef Stalin, who probably would have sent everyone I mentioned to the gulags.
Elton John - Vocals and piano
Aretha Franklin - Vocals
Jeff Healey - Guitar
Frank Ferrer - Drums (currently with Guns and Roses, formerly with the Psychedelic Furs)
Ryan Lewis - DJ and producer
Could also get Bela Bartok to compose and Arturo Toscanni to conduct if we could find an orchestra.
Vocals/guitar: Paul Westerberg (The Replacements)
Lead guitar: Andy Summers (The Police)
Bassist: Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)
Drummer: Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru, a Krautrock band that’s not one of the few I’ve heard of)
The opening act/affront to music:
Vocals: Donna Summer
Acoustic guitar: John Denver
Electric guitar: Scott Ian (Anthrax)
Keyboards: Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
Backing vocals: Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block)
Programming: PSY