Haley's picking out her band!

[Miguel]

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[midnightblues]

OK , that's what rock 'n roll should sound like. Nothing fancy a basic three chord progression. I like the lead guitar player and the rhythm guitar player mix it up together. With their. Solos nobody here is trying to be in the limelight. I'd like to hear John Notto and Harry Reinhart jam out together. John is very impressive on his acoustic and his electric guitar. Martin-D 28 vs Gibson Les Paul standard. I hope to hear more and him when Haley goes out touring.

[John Brown]

That band sounds a hell of a lot better than James Durbin and his band.

[Miguel]

John's not listed in Ground Zero's older videos, so he might be a relatively new addition to the band.

[midnightblues]

KInda reminded me of Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC in parts but the tempo's off just a bit.Goes to show ya, all you need is 3 cords to Rock and Roll .

[Miguel]

On those two songs, the vocalist and sound made me think of AC/DC.

They had a different sound on the first video I happened to listen to:

[My Alter Ego]

I dunno, it was always going to be Haley the solo artist, we don't opine about the musicians that originally played on the "Free" track, I'm not sure at this early in the game there is this need, yet, to stick to certain musicians. I mean, Steely Dan is basically two guys and a bunch of session musicians, over their career, right?

Right, to illustrate the point these are past and present members of the band Santana:

Vocals
Gregg Rolie: 1967-71
Leon Thomas: 1973
Wendy Haas: 1973
Leon Patillo: 1973-1975
Evan Thur: 1974-75
Greg Walker: 1975-76, 1976–79, 1983–85
Luther Rabb: 1976
Joel Badie: 1976
Alex Ligertwood: 1979-83, 1984–85, 1987, 1989–91, 1992–94
Mike Carter: 1986, 1987
Tony Lindsay: 1991, 1995–present
Vorriece Cooper: 1993
Curtis Salgado: 1995
Ifrab Musflyleng: 1995
Victor Lasic: 2010–present
(Various guest singers: 1999–present)

Keyboards
Gregg Rolie: 1967-71
Tom Coster: 1972-78, 83, 86
Richard Kermode: 1972-73
Wendy Haas: 1972
Leon Patillo: 1973-1979
Chris Rhyne: 1978-79
Alan Pasqua: 1979-80
Richard Baker: 1980-84
Chester D. Thompson: 1985-2009
David Sancious: 1984
Sterling Crew: 1986
Lawrence Rogers: 1994-1998
Freddie Ravel: 2010-present

Guitar
Tom Fraser: 1967-68
Neal Schon: 1969-72
Doug Rodrigues: 1972-1973
Chris Solberg: 1978-80
Jorge Santana: 1993 - 1996
Alec Evans: 1997 - 1999
Tommy Anthony: 2005–present[2]

Bass guitar
Gus Rodriguez: 1967
David Brown: 1967-71, 1974–76
Tom Rutley: 1971-72
Doug Rauch: 1972-73
Byron Miller: 1976
Pablo Telez: 1976-77
Paul Jackson: 1976-77
David Margen: 1977-82
Keith Jones: 1983-84, 1989
Alphonso Johnson: 1985-89, 1992
Benny Rietveld: 1990-92, 1997, present
Myron Dove: 1992-1996
Chris DiNoia: 1997-1999
Chris Schwegler: 2006

Drums
Danny Aptos: 1967
Rod Harper: 1967-68
Bob Livingston: 1968-69
Michael Shrieve: 1969-74, 1988
Buddy Miles: 1972
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler: 1974-76, 1988
Gaylord Birch: 1976, 1991
Graham Lear: 1976-87
Chester C. Thompson: 1984
Oscar Cozens: 1985-87
Walfredo Reyes: 1989-91, 1992–93
Billy Johnson: 1991, 1994–96, 2000–2001
Rodney Holmes: 1993-94, 1997–2000
Tommie Bradford: 1994
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez: 1997
Ricky Wellman: 1997
Dennis Chambers: 2004–present

Percussion
Mike Carabello (Congas): 1966-67, 1969–71
Marcus Malone (Congas): 1967-69
José "Chepito" Areas (Timbales): 1969-80
Rico Reyes (Timbales): 1971, 1972
Victor Pantoja (Timbales): 1971
Coke Escovedo (Timbales): 1971-72
Pete Escovedo (Timbales): 1971, 1977–79
James "Mingo" Lewis (Congas): 1972
Armando Peraza (Congas, Bongos): 1972-75, 1977–90
Raul Rekow (Congas, Percussion): 1976–present
Francisco Aguabella (Congas): 1969-71
Orestes Vilató (Timbales): 1980-87
Karl Perazzo (Timbales): 1991–present

Other instruments
Jules Broussard: saxophone 1974-75
Alex Jackaman: trumpet 1993
Oran Coltrane: saxophone 1992
Russell Tubbs: flute 1978

True, but some groups can adapt to consistent change better. (Chicago, was never better after Terry Kath died -- more popular, without a doubt, but at what price?)

The title/header of this thread is "Haley's picking out her band." She's wanted to be fullly invested in the full process from A - Z. And one of those band members she selected is, essentially, deserting her before she even heads out on tour.

As I said earlier, since she's grown up in a family trying to make a living through music, she likely understands. But that doesn't mean there might not be a little pain involved. It's a lesson learned for her, to be sure.

And AC/BB, I think a sax would be a great addition to Haley's band!!

[midnightblues]

I didnt know Neal Schon played for Santana. David Gillmore and Neal Schon are 2 extreme guitarists that I could listen to for hours on end. Their styles of playing takes you places especially Neal I just don't know where he comes up with those types of solos they just go on and on some are is lengthy as the song. But they're not sloppy and he stays in key.

[john]

True, but some groups can adapt to consistent change better. (Chicago, was never better after Terry Kath died -- more popular, without a doubt, but at what price?)

The title/header of this thread is "Haley's picking out her band." She's wanted to be fullly invested in the full process from A - Z. And one of those band members she selected is, essentially, deserting her before she even heads out on tour.

As I said earlier, since she's grown up in a family trying to make a living through music, she likely understands. But that doesn't mean there might not be a little pain involved. It's a lesson learned for her, to be sure.

And AC/BB, I think a sax would be a great addition to Haley's band!!

I'd love to see Haley put together a skookum band that plays and grows with her over time. Then on her next album they can record with her. That may happen, but it is not essential. Right now she just doesn't have enough work for a full band which could keep things in flux for a while.

[Miguel]

"skookum"

I was not familiar with that word.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skookum