Backing band (music)

A companion volume ( backing band or tape backup ) is a group of musicians that accompanies an artist in a live performance or a CD / DVD recording. They either play together as an already established band or are simply put together - mostly with session musicians - for a show , tour or recording in a recording studio .

Some of the most famous backing bands (with their respective soloists) are:

• The Aces ( Desmond Dekker )
• Bluesbreakers ( John Mayall )
• Crazy Horse ( Neil Young ; successful even without this, since Young is not an integral part)
• The Animals ( Eric Burdon )
• The Attractions ( Elvis Costello )
• The Bad Seeds ( Nick Cave )
• The Band ( Bob Dylan )
• The Cardinals ( Ryan Adams )
• The Drifting Cowboys ( Hank Williams )
• The E Street Band ( Bruce Springsteen )
• The Family Stone ( Sly Stone )
• The Heartbreakers ( Tom Petty )
• The Jordanaires ( Elvis Presley )
• The Miracles ( Smokey Robinson )
• The Mothers of Invention ( Frank Zappa )
• The New Power Generation ( Prince )
• The News ( Huey Lewis )
• The Raelettes ( Ray Charles )
• The Revolution ( Prince )
• The Rumor ( Graham Parker )
• The Section ( James Taylor , Jackson Browne , Warren Zevon )
• The Shadows ( Cliff Richard )
• The Shondells ( Tommy James )
• The Spiders from Mars ( David Bowie )
• The Stooges ( Iggy Pop )
• The Supremes ( Diana Ross )
• The Tennessee Three ( Johnny Cash )
• The Vandellas ( Martha Reeves )
• The Wailers ( Bob Marley )

literature

• Werner Katzengruber, Peter Myrda: Music to look up. Compact Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-8174-3571-1 .