# Favorite Guest Appearance by a Musician on a Record **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187 "2005-06-06T19:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/21 "2005-06-07T02:10:54Z")
Dang, it showed on preview! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/22 "2005-06-07T02:23:41Z")
Joni Mitchell snuck some nice Crosby, Stills and Nash harmonies into _Rainy Night House_, but they were credited as “The Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir.” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/23 "2005-06-07T02:28:27Z")
Both from an album by Asleep at the Wheel-untitled: Willie wrote it, but it was a pleasant sound to hear him chime in with the Wheel gang on ‘Write Your Own Song’. Two tracks down, on a song written by Ray Benson entitled ‘Lonely Avenue Revisited’ is the unmistakeable voice of Bonnie Raitt. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/24 "2005-06-07T02:39:57Z")
Bruce Springsteen makes an guest appearance on Lou Reed’s _Street Hassle._ He didn’t play an instrument, but recited the lyrics to one third of the title track (the section is Slipaway, I believe), which happened to resemble “Born to Run” a little. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/25 "2005-06-07T02:42:06Z")
In the 80’s I was a sucker for anything with Kate Bush backup vocals. In particular: “Games Without Frontiers” and “No Self Control” off Peter Gabriels’s third self-titled album\* and “The Seer” from Big Country’s album of the same name. \*She obviously had a much bigger part in “Don’t Give Up” from **So** , but that song never did much for me, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Leroy\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Leroy\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leroy_Brown)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/26 "2005-06-07T02:54:17Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > 1. Eric Clapton, Lead guitar, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” _The Beatles_, The Beatles. Clapton went uncredited on this, and my dad remembers thinking, before the truth was revealed, that George Harrison had really outdone himself on this track. I just watched a show about southern rock and and learned that my favorite Eric Clapton (OK, Derek And The Dominos) song “Layla” features Duane Allman on lead guitar, not Clapton. Old news to many here, I’m sure, but it ties in well with your example. The show also had footage of Allman’s “bottle technique” - sorry, I don’t know the correct term - to make the bird sounds at the end of “Layla”. His nickname of Skyman / Skydog came from this technique early in his career. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/27 "2005-06-07T11:12:14Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > For clarity’s sake, I am thinking of instrumental performances, not vocal (which could be a whole thread in itself) … Oh well … nice try, **Rufus**. … > [@Leroy Brown](#): > > I just watched a show about southern rock and and learned that my favorite Eric Clapton (OK, Derek And The Dominos) song “Layla” features Duane Allman on lead guitar, not Clapton. Old news to many here, I’m sure, but it ties in well with your example. I always thought Duane Allman was an actual member of Derek and the Dominoes, not a guest. Can anyone confirm? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/28 "2005-06-07T12:33:51Z")
Allman was listed as a member of the goup on the album. He did not appear on all the cuts – the first three or four songs don’t include him. I don’t believe he toured with them, either. There’s also “Delaney and Bonnie and Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton” with Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, both big names who toured with them for the album, but who weren’t actully part of the group. I’m also wondering about jam sessions, like the \*Howlin’ Wolf London Sessions \* or George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” where big-name musicians came into the studio to help record. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/29 "2005-06-07T14:39:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > … George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” where big-name musicians came into the studio to help record. Christopher Cross’s debut album, too. IIRC, a few of the Eagles sat in on those sessions. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/30 "2005-06-07T15:15:29Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > For clarity’s sake, I am thinking of instrumental performances, not vocal (which could be a whole thread in itself), Aw hell… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/31 "2005-06-07T15:45:11Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Allman was listed as a member of the goup on the album. He did not appear on all the cuts – the first three or four songs don’t include him. I don’t believe he toured with them, either. He’s not on the first three tracks, but he’s all over the rest of the album playing both lead and slide. You’re also right about the touring, but he did play two live gigs with them, and one (from Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa on 12/1/70) was recorded and survived. He also came up with the main riff to _Layla_, although it’s really a sped-up Freddie King lick. > [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Stevie Winwood, Organ, Voodoo Chile, _Electric Ladyland_, Jimi Hendrix Experience > Stevie and Jimi trading licks throughout this song make it an absolute gem. You could also include Jack Casady, who played bass on the song. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/32 "2005-06-07T15:52:56Z")
Well on the Chieftans’ album, _The Long Black Veil_, the Rolling Stones lend a hand on _The Rocky Road To Dublin_. And Jagger does grand on the title song. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003FRH/qid=1118160183/sr=2-2/ref=pd\_bbs\_b\_2\_2/102-2249017-3180160](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003FRH/qid=1118160183/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-2249017-3180160) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/33 "2005-06-07T15:54:06Z")
**Jeff Beck - Album: Truth; Song - Beck’s Bolero** Jimmy Page - Rhythm guitar John Entwhistle - Bass Keith Moon - Drums John Paul Jones - other instruments (mandolin?) All uncredited on the album. The track was recorded when The Who was in another “are we breaking up?” phase and checking out Beck. Page was in the process of forming the New Yardbirds (aka Led Zeppelin) and had recruited JPJ. They got together, did the track and decided that this group wasn’t going to work out. Beck got the track and recruited Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Mickey Most for the Jeff Beck Group, the KM and JE went back to The Who, JP and JPJ went to the NY’s/LZ. I love that track. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/34 "2005-06-07T17:10:49Z")
Jimmy Page played guitar on some early Kinks, Stones, Them and Who singles, among others. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/35 "2005-06-07T17:18:49Z")
Bob Dylan’s harmonica on Harry Belafonte’s [Midnight Special](http://www.bobdylanroots.com/belafont.html) ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/36 "2005-06-08T02:11:48Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Jimmy Page played guitar on some early Kinks, Stones, Them and Who singles, among others. But that was back when he was a session player–he played on just about everything that came out of the UK. He is reputed to have said that he started LZ to get away from needing a wah-wah for every session gig. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/37 "2005-06-08T02:38:57Z")
Bruce Springsteen plays a rocking guitar solo on **Warren Zevon’s** “Disorder in the House” ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/38 "2005-06-08T02:56:03Z")
**Keith Richards** on \*\*Tom Waits’ \*\* \*Rain Dogs \* album. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/39 "2005-06-08T03:08:05Z")
Format: Name of guest, instrument played, song title, album title, recording artist. Eric Clapton, Lead Guitar, all tracks on _The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking_, Roger Waters. It’s his best work, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187/40 "2005-06-08T03:31:13Z")
Some stellar guests have played on Paul McCartney records: On just the “Flowers In The Dirt” album there are appearances by Robbie McIntosh (Pretenders, before he joined Paul’s touring group 1989-1993), Elvis Costello, David Foster, Trevor Horn (The Buggles, Yes, Art Of Noise), David Gilmour (who also played lead on “No More Lonely Nights”), Dave Mattacks (drums, Fairport Convention), Nicky Hopkins (session keyboard player to the greats), and Greg Hawkes (The Cars)! “FITD” was my last favorite Paul McCartney album. Haven’t quite heard anything like it since, but that one’s a keeper, not least because of the incredible guest talent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guest-appearance-by-a-musician-on-a-record/307187.md?page=3)