Famous Session musicians

[Pothole]

Eric Clapton has played on lots of other peoples' recordings, as has Stevie Wonder - he's a superb harmonica player.

[thewarlock]

cherryowen said:

Steve Lukather (lead guitar in Toto) on "Beat It" played every guitar section apart from the solo.

Stevie Ray Vaughan did all the solo guitar work on Bowie's "Let's Dance".

Also from Toto, Jeff Porcaro.

Member of Toto, but also recorded drums for:

Steely Dan
Leo Sayer
Carly Simon
Hall & Oates
Diana Ross
Pink Floyd
Peter Frampton
Aretha Franklin
Bee Gees
Greg Lake
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Elton John
Michael Jackson
Don Henley
Paul Simon
Eric Clapton
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
Cher
Dire Straits
B52s

And that is literally just a fraction of the stuff he played on.

Oh, and he wrote the Rosanna shuffle. And done all of that before dying at age 38.

Legend.

[jet_noise]

Pothole said:

Eric Clapton has played on lots of other peoples' recordings, as has Stevie Wonder - he's a superb harmonica player.

Rapped/backing vox on Gary Byrd's the Crown too.
Floor filler in the early'80s for the Noisy Roadshow

[Simes205]

cherryowen said:

Steve Lukather (lead guitar in Toto) on "Beat It" played every guitar section apart from the solo.

Stevie Ray Vaughan did all the solo guitar work on Bowie's "Let's Dance".

Steve lukather and Jeff porcaro played on 8 out of the top 10 80’s hits.

[Simes205]

thewarlock said:

cherryowen said:

Steve Lukather (lead guitar in Toto) on "Beat It" played every guitar section apart from the solo.

Stevie Ray Vaughan did all the solo guitar work on Bowie's "Let's Dance".

Also from Toto, Jeff Porcaro.

Member of Toto, but also recorded drums for:

Steely Dan
Leo Sayer
Carly Simon
Hall & Oates
Diana Ross
Pink Floyd
Peter Frampton
Aretha Franklin
Bee Gees
Greg Lake
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Elton John
Michael Jackson
Don Henley
Paul Simon
Eric Clapton
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
Cher
Dire Straits
B52s

And that is literally just a fraction of the stuff he played on.

Oh, and he wrote the Rosanna shuffle. And done all of that before dying at age 38.

Legend.

Which is a hybrid beat inspired by John Bonham and Bernard Purdie.....who’s played with almost everyone!

[PH User]

I'm not sure that many of these folk that people are suggesting are very famous.

[Stick Legs]

paulguitar said:

thebraketester said:

Carol Kaye... not heard of her? Didn’t think so, but you will have heard her.

I think the OP's point of the thread was to identify 'famous' session musicians, IE just the opposite of Carole Kaye, who is a session musician who is unknown to the majority of the general public.

The OP mentions Jimmy Page as an example, obviously massively well-known as the guitarist in Led Zeppelin but less well-known as a mainstay of the London session scene before that.

Carol Kaye is a great shout and to be fair before I read the thread I assumed that that was the sort of thing we would be talking about.
Oh well.

[Stick Legs]

Bootsie Collins.

Nile Rogers.

[Wombat3]

NelsonM3 said:

Phil Collins played of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and George Harrison himself was known to play regularly on friends albums under different names.

Steve Ferrone is a pretty well known session musician.

Saw Phil Collins playing drums for Clapton at the NEC on a tour he did in the 80s (christ that makes me feel old!!)

[thebraketester]

Stick Legs said:

paulguitar said:

thebraketester said:

Carol Kaye... not heard of her? Didn’t think so, but you will have heard her.

I think the OP's point of the thread was to identify 'famous' session musicians, IE just the opposite of Carole Kaye, who is a session musician who is unknown to the majority of the general public.

The OP mentions Jimmy Page as an example, obviously massively well-known as the guitarist in Led Zeppelin but less well-known as a mainstay of the London session scene before that.

Carol Kaye is a great shout and to be fair before I read the thread I assumed that that was the sort of thing we would be talking about.
Oh well.

I imagine not many none musician people know who she is.... but the same goes for Steven Lukather.

[audidoody]

Vic Flick. Guitar James Bond theme and most pop records from the 60's

Louis Shelton - Guitar - the Monkees and just about every 70's US MOR record you ever heard.

[paulguitar]

Mmm, I fear the point of this thread has been completely misunderstood...

[Lim]

I guess it's relative. Most of these people count as famous musicians. Perhaps OP set the bar quite high .

[StevieBee]

I don't know his name but there was a bongo player who seemed to be on the stage of every gig I went to in the 80s and early 90s.... and I went to a lot of gigs!

Tubby fella, round specs. Superb bongoist!

[Simes205]

StevieBee said:

I don't know his name but there was a bongo player who seemed to be on the stage of every gig I went to in the 80s and early 90s.... and I went to a lot of gigs!

Tubby fella, round specs. Superb bongoist!

Ray Cooper.

[Johnspex]

Simes205 said:

StevieBee said:

I don't know his name but there was a bongo player who seemed to be on the stage of every gig I went to in the 80s and early 90s.... and I went to a lot of gigs!

Tubby fella, round specs. Superb bongoist!

Ray Cooper.

He's not tubby though.

[paulguitar]

Johnspex said:

He's not tubby though.

Or a famous musician who did session work first...

[Simes205]

Hopefully I’ve redeemed myself

Chas and Dave.

Both session musicians in their own right and sampled by Eminem!

https://youtu.be/xKISdd2mKzU

[pitboard]

Jimmy Page was a session player from the age of 15. He, Ritchie Blackmore and Big Jim Sullivan did most of the guitar session work on the hits of the beat era.