What famous musicians have even more famous musician children?

[kenobi_65]

@burpo_the_wonder_mutt

Jennifer Aniston?

If, by “famous musician,” you mean “famous actor,” sure.

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

Check the last line of the OP.

[kenobi_65]

@burpo_the_wonder_mutt

Check the last line of the OP

Ah, fair, I did not see that. Carry on.

[Q.Q.Switcheroo]

@Telemark

I give the nod to June as more famous, but Maybelle as more influential.

You could make the same case - either way around - for Arturo Toscanini and his son-in-law Vladimir Horowitz.

[TreacherousCretin]

@Jas09

John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful had a father also named John Sebastian that was a classical harmonica player. He had some recording and a successful musical career. I’m not sure what your threshold for a famous parent would be, but I’d think being known as “the master of the chromatic harmonica” might count?

Great example. JS Junior is undoubtedly more famous (well known) than his father was. Junior is also a dead ringer for his Dad. (I used to have one of Senior’s albums.)

[TreacherousCretin]

@Gyrate

Gonna go way back:

Johann Sebastian Bach’s music went out of style by the 1730s and was seen as stodgy and old-fashioned. While his skill as an organist was noted, as a composer his reputation was far overshadowed by first his second son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and later by his youngest son Johann Christian Bach, to the point where anyone in the music biz referring to “Bach” in the latter half of the 18th century meant one of the sons (usually CPE unless they were in England where JC lived and worked).

It was really only in the 19th century with the Bach revival and Felix Mendelssohn’s championing of JS’s music that it made a comeback at all. The rest is literally history, and of course now the father overshadows his sons again.

Another excellent example.

[Gyrate]

Another TIL - the guy who wrote the theme to Welcome Back, Kotter was the same guy from The Lovin’ Spoonful.

@TreacherousCretin

Another excellent example.

I should add that the Bach family goes the other way too - JS Bach is a lot more famous than his dad Johann Ambrosius Bach, also a musician, ever was. And his grandfather Christoph Bach, also a musician. And…

[TreacherousCretin]

@Gyrate

I should add that the Bach family goes the other way too - JS Bach is a lot more famous than his dad Johann Ambrosius Bach, also a musician, ever was. And his grandfather Christoph Bach, also a musician. And…

Whoa, I never knew this. Thanks.

[needscoffee]

@fedman1

Arlo Guthrie, son of Woodie

I’d say Woody is the bigger one. Arlo had 2 hits his entire life. Woody was more influential in his day. His song about Old Man Trump is even back in fashion.

[TreacherousCretin]

Came back to post this example of just how good John Sebastian Jr. is on harmonica.

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[blondebear]

Ricky Nelson was more famous as a musician than his father Ozzie.

[whitetho]

Reginald Leonard Smith, as Marty Wilde, had multiple U.K. top 10 songs. His daughter, Kim, had multiple international hits, beginning with “Kids in America”.

[SuntanLotion]

David and Jack Cassidy?

[Eonwe]

@Telemark

Alfred in particular won 9 Oscars.

I wouldn’t worry about it.

[Jas09]

Is Wynnona Judd more famous in her own right than her mom Naomi? I know they are probably most famous for performing together, so maybe that doesn’t count.

TIL while searching that Liza Minnelli is Judy Garland’s daughter. Not sure how to compare their fame… probably Garland was bigger.

[2_More_Bits]

Sorry. Can’t get link to work

[ricepad]

The Yankovics: Frankie was The Polka King, and his son, Al, is just weird. Or should I say, Weird.

[kenobi_65]

Psst: Weird Al and Frankie weren’t related, though they did do some collaborations.

[Varl_Hobe]

John L. Nelson

[kenobi_65]

@SuntanLotion

David and Jack Cassidy?

And, for that matter, David’s half-brother Shaun.

Jack was a popular and prolific actor, particularly in the 1960s and early '70s; he also won a Grammy and a Tony Award (for the Broadway musical She Loves Me). But, both David and Shaun were massive teen idols in the 1970s, and at least for that peak, they very likely eclipsed their father’s fame.