re: Of the super groups who are the best musicians?

Posted by supatigah

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Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:38 pm to Kafka

Did a YouTube deep dive the other night on drummers and came across some Buddy Rich stuff and holy shite that dude had some fast hands

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Posted by DeadHeadTiger

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 12:04 am to supatigah

Cream

Posted by TejasHorn

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 12:10 am to supatigah

Andy Summers of the Police saved their arse from forgotten punk wannabes with one hit.

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Posted by LanierSpots

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:44 am to TejasHorn

All the guys in Floyd were great musicians. Tons of their music was without lyrics. David Gilmour is and always has been one of the best guitarist....

The keyboard play, Sax and use of synthesizers is excellent..

Posted by Pepe Lepew

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:49 am to supatigah

Steely Dan

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Blind Faith

Posted by AlxTgr

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 10:11 am to LSU alum wannabe

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Rush.

Not even a big Rush fan, but damn?

Yeah, I like all of about 5 songs, but I just watched the show on 2112 and Moving Pictures. Damn those guys are good. I only wish they would have spent more time on stuff like Limelight and Fly By Night. Selfish-I know.

Posted by LSU alum wannabe

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 10:18 am to TFTC

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The Police are a personal favorite...

Well son of a.....?

If you're gonna go personal preference, I will throw Pearl Jam against the wall and see what sticks.

Posted by Green Chili Tiger

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 10:39 am to LanierSpots

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All the guys in Floyd were great musicians.

This isn't exactly true. Roger Waters was an average bassist at best from a technical standpoint and Pink Floyd used session drummers on tracks that Nick Mason couldn't pull off.

Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 11:41 am to LSU alum wannabe

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Well son of a.....? If you're gonna go personal preference, I will throw Pearl Jam against the wall and see what sticks.

Okay - whatever floats your boat..

I mean, Rush for instance, are obviously talented musicians but the songs are not there for me... The Police are all very talented musicians... economical and tight... with the songwriting to go with it..

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Posted by Machine

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 11:44 am to supatigah

Oysterhead.

Stewart Copeland one of the best drummers ever
Les Claypool is probably the sickest base player of all time
Trey Anastasio is a solid guitar player

Posted by randybobandy

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 11:50 am to supatigah

Dream Theater for me. I don't know if they are considered a supergroup or not. These guys are all first tier musicians. Back in the " day" , Deep purple was very good.

Posted by CBandits82

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:05 pm to supatigah

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who are the best musicians?

Posted by CocoLoco

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Posted on 7/10/17 at 2:47 pm to awestruck

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Define 'supergroup' ?

To me this has always meant a new band made of already established (star) musicians

Yea that's exactly how I view a supergroup.

Them Crooked Vultures
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)

Blind Faith
Eric Clapton (Cream), Ginger Baker (Cream), Steve Winwood (Traffic) and Ric Grech (Family)

Traveling Wilburys
Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby (The Byrds), Graham Nash (The Hollies), Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) and Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield)

The Highwaymen
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson

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Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:37 pm to supatigah

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Did a YouTube deep dive the other night on drummers and came across some Buddy Rich stuff and holy shite that dude had some fast hands

Saw him live when I was in high school. Amazing.

Posted by MorbidTheClown

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:46 pm to CocoLoco

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Traveling Wilburys
Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty

tough to beat

Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:15 pm to CocoLoco

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To me this has always meant a new band made of already established (star) musicians

Yea that's exactly how I view a supergroup

No one has mentioned Chickenfoot yet?

Posted by MorbidTheClown

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:19 pm to Breesus

ASIA

John Wetton
Carl Palmer
Steve Howe
Geoff Downes

Posted by dbeck

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 6:53 pm to supatigah

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I was thinking of Organic bands that rose to the top of the industry not the one off all star type bands

From wikipedia:

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A supergroup is a music group whose members are already successful as solo artists or as part of other groups or well known in other musical professions.