Great Backups
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Let’s play Classic Tracks Deeply Indebted To Outside/Guest/Hired Backing Vocalists:
“Great Gig In The Sky” Clare Torry (Pink Floyd)
“Gimme Shelter” Merry Clayton (Rolling Stones)
“Walk On The Wild Side” Thunderthighs [Karen Friedman, Dari Lalou, Casey Synge] (Lou Reed)
“Gold” Stevie Nicks (John Stewart) [Maddeningly not on streaming services]
“The Battle of Evermore” Sandy Denny (Led Zeppelin)
“Shiny Happy People” Kate Pierson (REM)
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Linda Ronstadt on Heart of
Linda Ronstadt on Heart of Gold
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Avalon Roxy Music Haitian
Avalon Roxy Music Haitian singer Yanick Étienne
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Steve Young, '87-'90.
Steve Young, '87-'90.
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GD playing creedence...GD
GD playing creedence...GD playin Dylan
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Bob Marley backing up the
Bob Marley backing up the great O.G. Studio One recording artist Winston Jarrett
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnDWA8INmE8&pp=ygUld2luc3RvbiBqYXJyZXR0IG1...
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A very early Little Feat
A very early Little Feat backing up Nolan Porter
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n4xNvRG_AmVyEJzwrY5c8swTXx6M...
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Nicolet Larson on a bunch.
Nicolet Larson on a bunch.
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Jesse Ed Davis and Joe Walsh
Jesse Ed Davis and Joe Walsh backing up the king of the blues; Mr. B.B. King
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxOX_LFEaQ&list=PL-UWPlRIl68pzZaKTPvsEbT6...
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Of course; Waylon backing
Of course; Waylon backing Jessi
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FaieoS6sPpI&pp=ygUmamVzc2kgY29sdGVyIHdoeSB...
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Joe Chirco traveling 3000
Joe Chirco traveling 3000 miles to backup the best band (and fans) in the land
whole show smokes
https://archive.org/details/dnb2009-02-15.aud2Neumanns.flac16/dnb2009-02...
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Patti Smith on Blue Oyster
Patti Smith on Blue Oyster Cult's "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini"
Neil Young on harmonica on Joni Mitchell's "Furry Sings The Blues"
Jimmy Page on Donovan's "Sunshine Superman"
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Emmylou Harris, Waylon
Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, and Rodney Crowell backing up Guy Clark; the greatest songwriter in the history of all Texas
wow
Anyhow, I Love You
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JNx8_eSe8-w
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The Meters backing Robert
The Meters backing Robert Palmer
Sneaking Sally Thru the Alley>Sailin' Shoes
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Mick Jagger backing Peter
Mick Jagger backing Peter Tosh on "Walk And Don't Look Back"
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The Staples Singers backing
The Staples Singers backing The Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM
Emmy Lou Harris backing The Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAT0AocD1c
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I actually thought of one...
I actually thought of one...
Joni Mitchell in the shadows, backing Neil Young & The Band on Helpless from The Last Waltz.
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Herbal Dave posted this one a
Herbal Dave posted this one a few days ago in the "I've Been Denied" thread
Joni backing CSN&Y: Don't Be Denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWUZm5_MsQI
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Crosby & Nash backing Phil
Crosby & Nash backing Phil Collins
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eaFlJQGtBeM
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Heavily influenced by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled such music frequently, which became a defining element of West Coast rap. Digital Underground is also notable for launching the career of member Tupac Shakur.
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RIP shock g
RIP shock g
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The swampers backing up
The swampers backing up Millie Jackson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGoejZa3TI&pp=ygUkbWlsbGllIGphY2tzb24gY2F...
The swampers backing up anybody, really...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH4OuCp994A
The Persuasions backing up Arlen Roth.
I was turned on to this by Paul Simon's brother, Eddie, at the Guitar Study Center (someone gifted me a semester) one night in '81. He had one of those Panasonic portable cassette players, and he kept rewinding to play different passages.
The Persuasions also graced my favorite ever version of "Liberty", by (get this) . . . Ratdog (11/18/00; Hammerstein). Seriously. Mark Karan played some sawed-off looking octave guitar. It was just exactly perfect.
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Joe Walsh helping out Michael
Joe Walsh helping out Michael Stanley on Rosewood Bitters
https://youtu.be/GWjS-FW-SDw
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um...puddles and post modern
um...puddles and post modern jukebox....?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVevvbFNKiY&ab_channel=PostmodernJukebox