# Bands With Relatives in the Lineup **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635 "2013-04-13T21:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/21 "2013-04-14T00:23:23Z")
Wings - had Paul and Linda McCartney. John McVie and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac were married for awhile. If you count Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen and backup singer Patti Scialfa have been married for approximately 20 years. Rick Nelson’s twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar perform together as the band Nelson. Their debut album reached #1 in 1990 and they continue to perform and record on their own label. Ringo Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, played drums in Ringo’s All Starr Band. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/22 "2013-04-14T00:29:27Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I believe Abba was made up of two married couples. Correct. Both couples eventually divorced, however. And may Lester Bangs’ ghost have mercy on me for knowing even _that much_ about Abba. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/23 "2013-04-14T00:49:10Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Correct. Both couples eventually divorced, however. And may Lester Bangs’ ghost have mercy on me for knowing even _that much_ about Abba. I had to look it up. For some reason I thought they were cousins or something. I doubt this counts, but a while back I saw Arlo Guthrie and he had his son playing in the band somewhere. Keyboard maybe. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/24 "2013-04-14T01:00:14Z")
[Mates of State](http://betterpropaganda.com/images/artwork/Bring_It_Back-Mates_of_State_480.jpg) (married couple) [The Watson Twins](http://blog.kexp.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/watsontwins1.jpg) (identical twin sisters) If we count jazz acts, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (brothers), Wynton and Branford Marsalis (also brothers), and Ornette and Denardo Coleman (father and son) often recorded with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/25 "2013-04-14T01:03:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The Gap Band was pretty much just brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson. Ooh, I didn’t realize that. I’ll have to add them to my List of Wilsons. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/26 "2013-04-14T01:19:14Z")
Jellyfish had brothers Roger and Chris Manning for a while in the early days. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/27 "2013-04-14T02:04:21Z")
Dire Straits (Knopfler brothers) for the first couple of albums. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/28 "2013-04-14T03:39:48Z")
Pete Townshend’s brother, Simon, is a touring member of the Who. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/29 "2013-04-14T04:08:14Z")
The Psychedelic Furs, one of the more underrated bands of the 80s, featured brothers Richard and Tim Butler. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/30 "2013-04-14T04:20:16Z")
Who can forget [The Shaggs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wQK6zMJOoQ)? ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/31 "2013-04-14T12:19:43Z")
For a few years, brothers Conrad “Cronos” Lant and Anthony “Antton” Lant were in Venom. got nothin’ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/32 "2013-04-14T16:28:07Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > …Allman Brothers 40 years later, the Allman Brother Band includes one of the drummers’ nephew on guitar. I’m surprised to be the one who gets to mention two wives who famously crashed their respective husbands’ bands, for better or [del]worse[/del] worst: Linda McCartney and Yoko Ono. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/33 "2013-04-14T16:31:46Z")
Also: Spirit (included a stepfather and stepson) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/34 "2013-04-14T17:16:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Correct. Both couples eventually divorced, however. And may Lester Bangs’ ghost have mercy on me for knowing even _that much_ about Abba. First Bjorn & Agnetha were married, but they split up. Then Anni-Frid and Benny got married, but they divorced a year later. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/35 "2013-04-14T18:29:38Z")
Robert Randolph and the Family Band. (Obviously… ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/36 "2013-04-14T19:05:16Z")
The Replacements featured Tommy Stinson on bass and, at least originally, his half-brother Bob playing lead guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/37 "2013-04-14T19:11:41Z")
The original lineup of Caravan featured cousins Richard and Dave Sinclair, plus Pye Hastings’s brother Jimmy as a regular guest player. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/38 "2013-04-14T20:03:29Z")
In bluegrass, there are\*\* [the Cherryholmes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryholmes)\*\*. Interesting origin, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/39 "2013-04-14T20:27:59Z")
The band Eisley is an all-family outfit. The members are all siblings plus one cousin – they are Stacy, Sherri, Chauntelle, Garron, and Weston Dupree. And all except one (Garron, the bassist, is single) are married to people in the music industry and have babies. I fully expect to see Eisley 2.0, featuring their kids, in about 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635/40 "2013-04-15T13:09:20Z")
Shouldn’t The Everly Brothers (Don & Phil) and The Isley Brothers (Kelly, Rudy, Ernie, & Ronnie) have been mentioned before. The Isley Brothers have had the longest career in rock history, and I have met Rudy several times. We once had a lovely talk about their touring with the Beatles in 1962, and introducing Twist & Shout to John Lennon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-relatives-in-the-lineup/655635.md?page=3)