# Roster of musicians on the Board? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 1, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587 "2025-08-01T16:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/121 "2025-08-17T20:12:10Z")
It was certainly unexpected! Then it got stuck in my head for about a week…argh! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/122 "2025-09-06T00:34:18Z")
Coming across this a bit late. Drummer/vox (well, more like screamer/yeller/growler) from '90 to '13. Retired at 49 - started getting a bit “hmmmmmm” playing gigs where everyone’s half, sometimes a third, my age. Started in punk/hc vien, then subsequent bands got heavier, so from about the mid-90s onwards, veered more into grindcore and metallic deathgrind. Put out cds, tapes, vinyl chronolgically: O.T.T.G (Our Testicles Touch the Ground) M.P.A. (Mexican Power Authority) Exploding Nimoy Soy Peruke Repulverizer Beatles cover band originally called Brian, Doug and Justin Do the Beatles, and then The Beasides. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/123 "2025-09-06T01:05:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, I searched for an “ask the” post, which have been here for at least fifteen years, but I don’t see one by **Musicat**. There was definitely a thread where @musicat described his transcription work, and people asked numerous questions about it. I think it was in some thread that someone else started. I remember him describing racing some work over to an office or studio in record time. I’m on my cell phone or I’d do a better search. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/124 "2025-09-06T01:41:13Z")
If you find that post (by me), let me know! I’ve posted several of that type over the last 26 years on SDMB, but never an AMA thread. It may be time for me to start one, before I won’t be able to. I’ll put it on my Real Soon Now calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/125 "2026-01-30T21:00:46Z")
If @spoons or anyone else is still updating our band thread, please add me to the keyboards list (piano, electric piano, organs (various); woodwinds (flute); and percussion (bell lyre, bells, cymbals). Don’t forget the Music Preparation Dept. – someone has to compose, arrange, and write the parts out (now done mostly by computer, but back then, it was all hand work). You can put me down in the MP Dept., which is mostly where I spent 15 years doing in Hollywood (1970’s). Does playing “Hang On, Sloopy” for 30 continuous strip show minutes count as some kind of special skill? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/126 "2026-01-30T21:13:11Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Oh, and percussionists, can you be a little more specific I don’t have a trap set or any other drums, but I’ll rap out a rhythm on anything that will resonate. I’ve been addicted to percussion since I was probably five years old, but could never afford decent instruments. Now that I can afford it, I live in an apartment. Sigh. One of those things that was never meant to be. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/127 "2026-01-30T21:23:33Z")
I should mention that years ago I switched from variety electric and acoustic guitars to just concentrate on Spanish i.e. classical nylon guitar. I soul-bonded with it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/128 "2026-01-30T21:24:41Z")
Since the late ‘80s, and up until about a year and a half ago, I had an Electronic One-man Band act; I play guitar and sing and have sequenced instrumental accompaniment — doing Beatles, John Denver, Jim Stafford, ELO, ‘60s and ‘70s tunes with an occasional early ‘80s song. I always wanted to sing in front of an orchestra, so I went and synthesized one. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/129 "2026-01-30T21:43:49Z")
Guitarist and singer, about 50 years now. Played in cover bands (classic rock), weekend gigs at bars, street fairs, etc., for years. Resumed playing with a bunch of other old heads maybe 12 years ago, with the very occasional gig (2 or 3 a year), which is just the frequency we preferred. Just last night got together with my bass player and a bunch of guys I hadn’t jammed with before. Made some noise for 3 or 4 hours. It’s still so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/130 "2026-01-30T22:03:10Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Does playing “Hang On, Sloopy” for 30 continuous strip show minutes count as some kind of special skill? That’s the gold standard. If you can play _that_ song for such a long time and keep the audience in the mood, you can play anything. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/131 "2026-01-30T22:31:23Z")
Hey – the audience was _already_ in the mood – in Vietnam, US troops, far from home, desperate for female companionship. Anything will do. The reason we played Hang On, Sloopy for so long was because the stripper, who talked to the band (just a combo in this case) before the show, and to answer our question, “What songs would you like us to play?”, said: “Do you know ‘Hang On, Sloopy’?” “Sure, no problem. What else?” “Nothing. Just keep playing it.” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/132 "2026-01-30T22:57:50Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Hey – the audience was _already_ in the mood – in Vietnam, US troops, far from home, desperate for female companionship. Anything will do. Now I’m picturing _that_ scene from “Apocalypse Now”. Was is really like that? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587/133 "2026-01-30T23:40:38Z")
There was a reason all of us got combat pay. It wasn’t a Sunday visit to Baskin-Robbins. Anyone sent to Vietnam back then was operating under a reduced life expectancy. The Bob Hope show’s visit was a highlight of our tour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roster-of-musicians-on-the-board/1021587.md?page=6)