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House Band Cook-Off
It's that nightmare again, the one right out of 'The Devil Went Down To Georgia', where you've got to take on and beat Beelzebub's Demonic Swinging Pixies with Diablo himself on lead vocals in order to keep possession of your soul. You're allowed to put a band together to give support to your case, but for reasons knowable only to the truly damned, you are limited to picking a house band from just one studio or scene.
So which house band would you choose? Would you reach out to the Funk Brothers for your salvation? Would you find redemption through the Wrecking Crew? Would Booker T and the MGs be the key to escaping eternal damnation? How about the Muscle Shoals' Rhythm Section? MFSB? The American Studio band? Or is there another group of musicians somewhere to whom you would rather entrust your soul?
Unarguably, these are all magnificent bands who have been the beating heart of some of the greatest music ever made, but if you had to pick, which would you choose?
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You'd need
people that didn't crack under pressure. Guys, battle hardened - who could look that old Devil right in the eye - and still play the perfect note
Therefore, I'd be more than happy to place the matter in the hands of a crack unit that became known simply as "The Section"
Drums: Russ Kunkel,
Bass: Leland sklar
Guitar: Danny Kortchmar
Keyboards: Craig Doerge
(and on)
Horns: Michael and Randy Brecker
When it's *serious* business that needs taking care of....
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
Bass: Jerry Scheff
Lead guitar: James Burton
Rhythm guitar: John Wilkinson
Keyboards: Glen D. Hardin
(and on)
Backing vocals: The Sweet Inspirations
If the drummer ever loses time (which I admit is unlikely)...
do you think the others say "Tutt-tutt, Ronnie!"?
Surely you would need Jimmy Page in the band...
as he would greet the devil like an old friend. "Old Nick old chap! What a pleasant surprise! I haven't seen you since you turned up at my 'The Devil Rides Out' 40th anniversary DVD screening! You must come over sometime- I've had a lovely new pentagram put in the downstairs bathroom!"
Bowie - as usual - is involved in the answer
On the subs bench - I'd go with the late 70s/early 80s Bowie crew
Carlos Alomar: guitar
Earl Slick: guitar
Stacey Heydon: guitar
Tony Kaye: keyboards
Roy Bittan: piano
Dennis Davis: drums
George Murray: bass
Warren Peace: vocals
These guys were so good they could play each other's instruments if required
A definite possibility would be Bill Withers' backing band...
drummer James Gadson, guitarist Benorce Blackmon, keyboardist Ray Jackson and bassist Melvin Dunlap.
If any proof is needed, here it is...