Flute and Rock
AmandaFA
I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
Amanda Adams
Aman...@aol.com
Matt B Parisi
In <19970511204...@ladder01.news.aol.com> aman...@aol.com
Peter Gabriel played the flute (as well as other woodwinds) for Genesis
on their early '70s albums/tours.
Sal Milazzo
Bruce P. Kline wrote:
>
> AmandaFA (aman...@aol.com) wrote:
> : I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
> : knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
>
> : Amanda Adams
> : Aman...@aol.com
>
> And there was the group Focus, that had lots of flute,
> but wasn't so popular except for a few tunes.
> Horselips is another, but no we are getting obscure.
> I am sure there are others.
There was a time when Ian played flute on an album by Men Without Hats,
it was on one track called "On Tuesday", and then there was another
group, ( now if I can think of the name of it) that used flute in one
of their bigger hits...it sounded a lot like Ian's playing but wasn't.
I'll get the name and let you know in my next post.
SAl
Biffyshrew
Traffic's flute player was the late Chris Wood, and Focus' was Thijs Van
Leer.
A few other notable examples:
The Moody Blues' Ray Thomas
The Mothers Of Invention's Ian Underwood and Bunk Gardner
Horslips' Jim Lockhart
Gong's Didier Malherbe (alias Bloomdido Bad De Grass!)
Chicago's Walter Parazaider
Session man Harold McNair (played a lot with Donovan)
Even Peter Gabriel used to play flute when he was with Genesis--he also
plays on Cat Stevens' Mona Bone Jakon album. Note that most of the
players listed above don't play flute only; instead they switch between
flute and sax or other instruments. But then, Ian doesn't play flute
only, either!
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L. Babbin
AmandaFA wrote:
>
> I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
> knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
>
> Amanda Adams
> Aman...@aol.com
Ann Wilson of Heart plays the flute, Thijs van Leer of Focus,
Barry Hay of Golden Earring, Burton Cummings of the Guess Who.
At the moment I am blanking out so if I remember more I will post.
Larry
Theron Macay Quist
In a previous article, aman...@aol.com (AmandaFA) says:
>I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
>knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
>
>Amanda Adams
>Aman...@aol.com
>
One of the guys in Joe Walsh's band played a lot of flute on The Smoker
You Drink, The Player You Get, and You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind.
These albums and the Moody Blues prepared me to be blown away by Tull.
W. Allen Montgomery
AmandaFA wrote:
> I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
> knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
Greg Ham of Men At Work. "Down Under" was probably the most famous
song of the 80's to include the flute.
Also, there was a popular song called "One Night In Bangkok" that had
some flute parts, but I don't remember the band.
--
Later,
W. Allen Montgomery
W. Allen Montgomery
Theodric wrote:
> > Also, there was a popular song called "One Night In Bangkok" that had
> > some flute parts, but I don't remember the band.
> One Night In Bangkok is off the Chess broadway show soundtrack. I think
> maybe someone later covered it, but I'm not sure.
That was from a Broadway show? Cool! It was released as a single and
video, and became quite popular, in either late '84 or early '85. I
just can't recall the name of the group or performer that took credit,
however.
Edward Antoniu
"W. Allen Montgomery" <W.A.MON...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Also, there was a popular song called "One Night In Bangkok" that had
>some flute parts, but I don't remember the band.
Ah, that one must be from the Ulvaeus/Lloyd-Weber/Rice rock opera
"Chess" from 1984.
>W. Allen Montgomery
Eddie
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Paul Tarvydas
Jeremy Steig plays Andersonesque flute on Johnny
Winter's "Too Much Seconal" from the "Still Alive and
Well" album.
pt
Theodric
I must be the only southern rock fan on this newsgroup. No one mentioned
Jerry Eubanks of the Marshall Tucker Band!
And Coven had a flautist on the intro to One Tin Soldier. That is the
only song of theirs I know, so I don't know if that was a full time
thing or not.
Theodric
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Anton
AmandaFA wrote:
>
> I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if anyone
> knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
>
> Aman...@aol.com
Traffic Maybe?
Kelpie01
Here's some more GREAT use of flute in rock:
The late 60's group LOVE used flute in such songs as Que Vida and Orange
Skies on the album Da Capo (this has been re-released on CD).
Tim Weisberg is an excellent flute player. Check out the largely
instrumental Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg collaboration, "Twin Sons of
Different Mothers" (Columbia 35339). If you enjoy IA's "Divinities," you
should enjoy this album. Weisberg also has some excellent solo albums.
Joe Walsh's drummer Joe Vitale also played flute. Check out Joe Walsh's
live album. (Forget the name)
Ray Thomas with the Moody Blues played flute.
Although more jazz than rock, Herbie Mann should also be mentioned here.
able
hmmm, silly lil thing, noone mentioned Brainbox, Kaz Lux on flute, nice
"bluesy" voice too, band also had Jan Akkerman on guitar
then there was Bo Hanson who did a LP called Lord of the Rings
then there were the Bintangs
well it's too late and i'm way to... too think about anymore, if i
remember ,,,
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Bruce P. Kline
L. Babbin (aa...@injersey.com) wrote:
: AmandaFA wrote:
: > I was wondering if anyone knew any flute players besides Ian Anderson.
: Burton Cummings of the Guess Who.
Great band "The Guess Who"
Whatever happened to them, they were really cool.
I love to listen to the "Share the Land" album.
I had forgotten the flute, but you are right!
bruce
BrdlySct
Theodric wrote:
>>One Night in Bangkok is off the chess broadway show soundtrack. I think
maybe someone later covered it, but I'm not sure.
I have an EP of "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head.
more later
Marcia Cielock
Duane Peterson <sss...@iosys.net> wrote:
>W. Allen Montgomery wrote:
>>
>> Theodric wrote:
>> > > Also, there was a popular song called "One Night In Bangkok" that had
>> > > some flute parts, but I don't remember the band.
>>
>> > One Night In Bangkok is off the Chess broadway show soundtrack. I think
>> > maybe someone later covered it, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> That was from a Broadway show? Cool! It was released as a single and
>> video, and became quite popular, in either late '84 or early '85. I
>> just can't recall the name of the group or performer that took credit,
>> however.
>>
>> --
>> Later,
>> W. Allen Montgomery
>Murray Head is the name you are searching for. I'm not proud of knowing
>this off the top of my head.
>-Duane
Are you kidding???? I LOVE that song!!
Marcia
Jckalynn
: Burton Cummings of the Guess Who.
Great band "The Guess Who"
Whatever happened to them, they were really cool.
I love to listen to the "Share the Land" album.
I had forgotten the flute, but you are right!
bruce<<<<
Hi all,
Yes, the song with the flute in it was 'Undone'...great song! I have a
compilation album by this band, I still play it quite a bit!
Take care,
Jackalynn
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aa...@injersey.com wrote:
If you like Jethro Tull then you should check out Thijs van Leer's
playing on the Focus classic House of the King which is the only
rock-based instrumental peice that I can remember which got into the
charts and which featured a flute as the main instrument. It can be found
on the EMI complitation CD the best of Focus or on the original CD In and
Out of Focus.
The French jazz rock group Gong had a flute player (Dieder Malurbe?)
Tim
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KCEndsley
>> > One Night In Bangkok is off the Chess broadway show soundtrack. I
think
>> > maybe someone later covered it, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> That was from a Broadway show? Cool! It was released as a
single and
>> video, and became quite popular, in either late '84 or early '85. I
>> just can't recall the name of the group or performer that took credit,
>> however.
>>
>> --
>> Later,
>> W. Allen Montgomery
>Murray Head is the name you are searching for. I'm not proud of knowing
>this off the top of my head.>>
Is this the same Murray Head that sang the part of Judas on the original
_Jesus Christ Suprstar_? I thought that dude had an ecellent voice but
never heard of him again. The part of Jesus, as most know, was played by
Ian Gillan of Deep Purple (the "Smoke on the Water" era of Deep Purple,
that is.)
By the way, the flutes on that album were played by Brian Warren and Chris
Taylor. Chris Spedding was one of the guitarists.
Rick Rees
Although his usual instrument is a double-necked electric mandolin,
Lief Sorbye of Tempest plays a flute sometimes (and not only when
doing a Tull cover).
The instrumental band Ozric Tentacles also has a flute player, but
he doesn't seem to be prominent on the two albums of theirs I've heard.
Rick Rees
jimi
Hi,
If you like 80's rock, check out "Men Without Hats" and "The The."
I don't recall the name of the "the the" song but there was one in the
early 80's that I thought was Tull at first. The MWH song to try is "On
Tuesday" which is off the "Pop Goes the World" album. Also, wasn't
there some flute in a few ELP songs?
Jimi.
JWichlacz
rusted root , dave matthews band , eric matthews are some current artist
who use flute with some regularity
jason
Scott Harris
More flute in rock I haven't seen mentioned here yet... early King
Crimson, PFM. ===Scott
t...@k2sys.co.uk
In article , aa...@injersey.com wrote: > > AmandaFA wrote: > > > >
I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if
anyone > > knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson. > > > >
Amanda Adams > > Aman...@aol.com
If you like Jethro Tull then you should check out Thijs van Leer's
playing on the Focus classic 'House of the King', which is the only
rock-based instrumental peice that I can remember which got into the
European charts and which featured a flute as the main instrument. It
can be found on the EMI complitation CD the best of Focus or on the
original CD In and Out of Focus.
Thijs van Leer also produced a jazz/rock album called 'Nice to have met
you' which features him playing the flute with a collection of top US
musicans.
Tim Baugh
Chris R. Johnson
songs "Cuckoo Cocoon" and "Cinema Show" feature Peter's flute-playing,
and to a lesser extent "I Know What I Like."
W. S. Gumby
I believe that Ian Anderson, in a special guest appearance, plays the
flute on "On Tuesday".
W. S. Gumby
Lindsay Loyd
> In article , aa...@injersey.com wrote:
> AmandaFA wrote:
> I'm doing a paper on flutes in rock and roll and I was wondering if
> anyone knew any other flute players besides Ian Anderson.
>
> Amanda Adams
> Aman...@aol.com
Ann Wilson, of Heart, played the flute in several tracks on "Dreamboat
Annie" and in "Love Alive" on "Little Queen". She may have played it on
other albums, too, but I can't think of examples off the top of my head.
Lindsay
jimi
> I believe that Ian Anderson, in a special guest appearance, plays the
> flute on "On Tuesday".
>
> W. S. Gumby
I have always thought it sounded like Ian.
But I was never sure if it was he or someone who was trying to sound
like him.
Thanks!
jimi.
Greg Green
The skinny guy in the Moody Blues (Ray Thomas?) played the flute and it featured prominently in Legend of a Mind
("Timothy Leary's Dead"), and it comes up again in Veteran Cosmic Rocker from Long Distance Voyager.