Don McGlashen, lead singer of The Mutton Birds, played a euphonium on several songs.
He still plays it at solo gigs as well.
I only remember them having sax, courtesy of guitarist Kirk Pengilly. Did they have trumpet too?
In other four-letter acronym bands, NOFX has a lot of trumpet, courtesy of musical polymath genius El Hefe. While they do have some ska influence, they also rip that horn over stuff that is decidedly not ska.
A slight hijack, but hopefully you will be happy to know that kids these days are enjoying trumpets in some of the current hits.
Cheerleader by OMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGflUbPQfW8 currently 15 on the charts.
From a few years ago, 50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSBFehvLJDc (actually a pretty funny video featuring “the Hoff”)
And of course Trumpets by Jason Derulo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOAfz0H4f00
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Careful with the Jason Derulo Link… It may be considered NSFW. I’ve asked a Mod to spoiler box it. Sorry, I knew the song but hadn’t watched the full video.
I think Adam and the Ants had a trumpet in there. Not seeing it on wiki, but I’m thinking of the song ‘Desperate but not serious’
Got it - Martin Dover on trumpet. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_But_Not_Serious
Belle And Sebastian had trumpet player Mick Cooke as the only horn in their line-up from 1998-2013.
Does Buckaroo Banzai’s pocket cornet count?
Morphine didn’t even have a guitar player, just drums, bass, horn, and vocals. I don’t think the horn was a trumpet though. Similarly, Chicago is well known for their horn section, but I’m not sure of the exact role the trumpet played in their sound. I’d call Stevie Wonder rock, and he definitely had a trumpet in a lot of his music.
Maybe obvious to most people, but that’s intentionally in the style of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”, which kind of qualifies – it has more than one trumpet, but not a real full horn section.
Morphine had a saxophone, rather than brass.
Yeah, but on the list of “Fashion Crimes of the 1970s” it is not even in the top 100.
Peter Sellers with “Trumpet Volunteer” for the win!
Every time I see this thread’s title, I keep thinking about a trumpet version of Deep Purple’s In Rock!
Eric Matthews is an accomplished trumpet player and has released numerous recordings that feature the instrument. His first single ‘Fanfare’ featured the trumpet prominently, that was some 20 years ago.
Well this one is kinda rock-y.
Since you mention it, a brass ensemble arrangement of “Child in Time” would sound pretty awesome.
I think you are right and I’m wrong, mistaken.
Yeah, but a saxophone wins the “woodwind that wishes it was brass” award every time. 