Dang, it showed on preview!
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oh well … nice try, Rufus.
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I always thought Duane Allman was an actual member of Derek and the Dominoes, not a guest. Can anyone confirm?
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.
Christopher Cross’s debut album, too. IIRC, a few of the Eagles sat in on those sessions.
Aw hell… :smack:
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.
You could also include Jack Casady, who played bass on the song.
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.
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.
Jimmy Page played guitar on some early Kinks, Stones, Them and Who singles, among others.
Bob Dylan’s harmonica on Harry Belafonte’s Midnight Special
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.
Bruce Springsteen plays a rocking guitar solo on Warren Zevon’s “Disorder in the House”
Keith Richards on **Tom Waits’ ** *Rain Dogs * album.
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.
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.