Ditto Mike Love and Sting. However Rory Gallagher and Emitt Rhodes weren't too bad. Actually Mike Love's parps were quite rock n roll

Could Steve Norman actually play the thing??? Nice sax break in "True", but until that album he was always a proto-Bez, a percussionist, if you will.

those breaks in 'Ch-ch-changes' and 'Sorrow'? If so I reckon he didn't puff his little cheeks in vain.

You're right Eddie, he played sax on those and other hits. I admire his have-a-go attitude, as he's never claimed to be a great musician, and certainly "not a technocrat on any instrument" as he once put it. That said, he is a highly resourceful and competent (and sometimes inspired) jack-of-many-trades on many instruments. He played lead guitar on almost the whole Diamond Dogs album, including the celebrated riffs on the title song and Rebel Rebel; he plays some pretty good harmonica on Cracked Actor, Don't Bring Me Down and A New Career In A New Town; piano on Oh You Pretty Things and others; all manner of keyboards and synths on the Berlin albums; he played all the instruments, including drums, on the demo version of Rebel Rebel. Apparently he actually taught Dennis Davis (a scarily accomplished drummer) to play the reggae-like rhythm on Yassassin.

What I admire most about him as a musician is his fearlessness. Despite his technical limitations, he duetted with the authentic jazz great, trumpeter Lester Bowie (no relation!) on a couple of songs on Black Tie White Noise. That's pluck! And I don't think he embarrassed himself either, though many many may disagree...

Played his sax on stage in Manchester. It's plastic I believe (?)

One man's brave is anothers foolhardy. His tone still sounds like someone hooting down the plughole.