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The most prominent example is the Doobie Brothers: floundering 'til Michael McDonald joined and took them in a new direction.
pre-Michael:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNTk9DKgnbk << not saying they had no meaning or sales, but they were mining an increasingly thin vein. Not just my opinion--their wiki makes this point too.
with McD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t45QGRSXS1I
Assuredly there are other groups--care to contribute?
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Love the Doobies - two of my favourites MichaelMcD or not -
http://youtu.be/Mz7ylSy221M and this classic
http://youtu.be/MCjhk2fJp7U
What amazes me the most about these tracks is the accuracy of the drummer(s) - you can set your watch to this. And all before the days of drum machines. Perfect timing.
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And on the subject of rescuing bands - David Gilmour rescued Pink Floyd. Big time. Without him they would have become another circus act.
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AC/DC....
they really werent huge outside of Australia until Bon Scott died...get in Brian Johnson to replace him and they release the biggest selling hard rock album in history(back in black) and become international superstars!
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There's a body of opinion saying that Brian Jones had to leave the Rolling Stones for them to progress--a more extreme version has him being deliberately killed so he couldn't come back or cause a fuss. Don't know about all that...
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Tremendous band !!!!...Brian Johnson replaced Bon Scott without a blip in the radar!!!!
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:AC/DC....
they really werent huge outside of Australia until Bon Scott died...get in Brian Johnson to replace him and they release the biggest selling hard rock album in history(back in black) and become international superstars!
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I don't like McDonald's voice ! I preferred the Doobies before he came along!
Jerome Wrote:Love the Doobies - two of my favourites MichaelMcD or not - http://youtu.be/Mz7ylSy221M and this classic http://youtu.be/MCjhk2fJp7U
What amazes me the most about these tracks is the accuracy of the drummer(s) - you can set your watch to this. And all before the days of drum machines. Perfect timing.
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Jerome Wrote:Love the Doobies - two of my favourites MichaelMcD or not - http://youtu.be/Mz7ylSy221M and this classic http://youtu.be/MCjhk2fJp7U
What amazes me the most about these tracks is the accuracy of the drummer(s) - you can set your watch to this. And all before the days of drum machines. Perfect timing.
If you love the Doobies, this interview with Tiran Porter will be of interest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENxZNVTjos << second half is the techy bits.
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The addition of Trevor Rabin certainly kick-started YES in the 80s.
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I think the opposite...Jones played sitar and I think the Stones may have
progressed somewhat with a prog rock sound...
jazzboCR Wrote:There's a body of opinion saying that Brian Jones had to leave the Rolling Stones for them to progress--a more extreme version has him being deliberately killed so he couldn't come back or cause a fuss. Don't know about all that...
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