Famous People Playing "Under the Radar" On Other Bands' Hits

A big surprise to me, considering how restrained it sounds, is the playing of Robin Trower on Bryan Ferry's Taxi album.

 

Neil Young helped Davy rock on the Monkees' "You and I" (Instant Replay).

Paul McCartney is all over Donovan's "Atlantis". Listen here at 3:06:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtOFnirc1k

Clapton could dominate this thread:

Vivian Stanshall's "Labio - Dental - Fricative"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6DVeyKyL-Q

George Harrison's "Skiing" (wish it were longer).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcSgmZwWQy0

 

More Monkees guest spots:

Neil Young on As We Go Along
Glen Campbell on Mary, Mary
Neil Diamond on backing vocals for A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

 

Dewey Martin and Stephen Stills on Peter Tork's "Do I have To Do This All Over Again"

Macca did not play bass on Come and Get It--he did write it and demo it, playing all the instruments himself. He told the band to copy the demo note for note, but bassist Ron Griffiths played that little walk up on bass at the end of the song, which differs from Macca's demo (Pg. 63, Without You: The Story Of Badfinger by Dan Mattovina).

Leon Russell also played on Badfinger's Suitcase (keys and the "honking" guitar part that comes in on the second verse)

Does anybody know whether or not Jimmy Page played the guitar solo on Donovan's Sunshine superman?

 

Not sure how under the radar it actually is, but the Jeff Beck Group (Beck, Ronnie Wood, & Mick Waller or Tony Newman on drums) backed up Donovan on the "Barabajagal" single.

 

As far as I know that is just someone sounding like Ian, not Ian himself.

 

Jimmy Page plays on Donovan's "Sunshine Superman"

Pete Townshend plays bass on "Something In The Air"(Thunderclap N.)

Dave Mason plays guitar on "Military Madness" (Graham Nash)

 

Junior Walker on Foreigner's "Urgent"

Mark Knopfler on Steely Dan's "Time Out Of Mind"

Duane Eddy on Foreigner's "Until The End Of Time"

 

Mike Campbell (Heartbreakers) on Boys of Summer.

 

Kenney Jones drums on "It's Only Rock n Roll" (Rolling Stones)

 

Ian Stewart (Stones) plays piano on Zep's "Rock And Roll" and, more obviously, on "Boogie With Stu".

Steve Marriott sings back up on the Easybeats' "Good Times"; he & Ronnie Lane are also on the Stones' "In Another Land".

Townshend sings b/u on the Stones' "Slave", as wel.

 

neil young plays piano on graham nash's 'songs for beginners" as joe yankee.

 

Daryl Hall, background vocals on No Alibis (Eric Clapton)
Sting, background vocals, Money for Nothing (Dire Straits)

 

And James Taylor sang backup on George Jones hit of the song.

Dottie West singing harmony on Kenny Rogers hit "The Gambler"

 

Brian Jones plays sax on the Beatles' "You Know My Name, Look Up the Number."

 

Stephen Stills- "Love The One Your With"- John Sebastian , Crosby/Nash, Rita Coolidge.

(original version had hendrix on guitar )

 

And on the alternate version of Everyone's Gone to the Movies on the Citizen Steely Dan box set.

 

Christopher Cross background vocals on "California Girls" , the David Lee Roth version

 

That's actually Jerry Marotta on that track. His style is very similar to Phil Collins, and the drums were treated to the gated reverb effect that is a hallmark of Hugh Padgham's production style and also is featured on many Genesis and Phil Collins solo albums.

 

He and Donny Osmond sing on "We Can Stop The Hurting" from Chicago 17.

 

Peter Frampton- "All I Want To Be (Is By Your side)"

not 100% sure bit it appears that Ringo Starr and Billy Preston play on the studio version

 

Actually it's Pete Townsend on guitar.

How about a couple Beach Boys ('85) tracks:
Stevie Wonder on his own I Do Love You. Drums, Bass, Fender Rhodes and Harmonica.
Ringo on California Calling, Drums of course.

 

Not true--it's Alan Parker and Clem Cattini.

 

The female vocalist on "Miss Sun" by Boz Scaggs is none other than Lisa Dalbello, known for her solo work (under the name Dalbello), songwriting skills (numerous artists have covered her songs from Heart and Melissa Manchester to Queensryche) and for supplying vocals on the Alex Lifeson project "Victor" in 1996. She really wails on that song too!

 

Steve Morse's guitar solo on Queen's "Innuendo."

Doug