Memphis Group.

Who said: The smoker you drink, the player you get.

Correct

That actually made sense to me once...I quit drinking after that :lol:

I'll let someone else chime in.

if my memory serves me correctly, the quote came from the inimitable Joe Walsh.

That is correct Sion

I hope this isnt a repeat of one I did before (but Im not about to search through 50 pages to check):

Don Henley's Grammy Award winning album "The End of the Innocence" features a song with background vocals by what screech-voiced hard-rock "icon"? Bonus points for naming the song.

I know Axl Rose sang backing vocals on I Will Not Go Quietly. I assume that's the one you're looking for.

If I'm right, I'll pass my turn along to anyone else with a question.

Don't know if this has been brought up, but what rock band would the brass section from
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" go onto to play for? (That's the 1970 stage show
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, not a band name, in case you got confused.)

Average White Band?

Blood, Sweat, & Tears?

Booray, you were indeed correct.

wow, that was a shot in the dark.

i tried to think of another question to no avail. throwin the turn out to anyone who wants it

Ok. Who rejected Eddie Van Halen's invitation to replace David Lee Roth as lead singer before Van Halen hired Sammy Hagar?

Hint: It's a woman.

I think Paradise Lost's question is currently still pending, but since I have NO IDEA on that one, Im guessing Pat Benetar for the other?

I figured someone would just look on CDNow since all of fanatics of Joe Cocker that
I've found there would know the answer to mine. The brass section would end up
playing background stuff for the Rolling Stones, I don't have a new question.

sorry about that. When Sion said I was correct, I thought he was the one who asked the question about the brass section (when he was actually referring to the Don Henley question).

As for the Van Halen question, no clue.

Sorry 'bout that. I didn't read carefully enough, and thought the Axl Rose question was the last one asked.

Pat Benatar is not correct, by the way.

Another hint: She was the lead singer of a short-lived 80's pop/rock band before going solo in '84.

Patty Smyth formerly for Scandal

Correct.


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great voice on that one, btw

I actually remember that rumor when it happened and was thinking WTF???? Patty Smyth singing for Van Halen???

Staying with VH, how did they come up with the name 5150 for the album and later the studio and Eddie's guitar?

I recall hearing that it's the Police code for "escaped mental patient", or something like that.

That's they way I heard it too.

You're up, Grey.

My mind is void of any good music trivia at the moment, so I'll pass it back to you to ask another one.

What rock star appeared in the movie "Roadie" as well as a much later role in a film with Edward Norton?

I believe that would be the one and only Meat Loaf as Travis Redfish, and he appeared in an assload of movies, but I'm not sure which had Edward Norton.

Meatloaf was Bob (Bob had bitch-tits) in Fight Club

Nice one Kalashnikov!!
and NNice on Tspikes51!!

Kalashnikov, please allow me to break in here with a question of my own.

Which member of Electric Light Orchestra also sat in for Black Sabbath?

I'm sorry if I'm getting ahead of myself Sion....

No worries, I couldn't think of any question.
Actually I wouldn't have known that the answer was Meatloaf, because I haven't seen Roadie, but I saw tspikes partial answer and knew the Ed Norton connection.

Seven degrees of separation to Meatloaf anyone? anyone??

Bev Bevan sat in for Black Sabbath for a short time in the 80s, I think.



Bryn

Here's a question of a different sort (still music)

How many notes is in the traditional Chinese scale, and what is it called???

Oh damn, I learned that in college, but that was yeeeeaaars ago.

I think there is 12 notes, but I don't remember what it is called.

Nope, here's a hint:

It is used in rock guitar solos a lot.

Are you talking about the Pentatonic scale? 5 notes.

that'd be correct, vanblah

Must be Indian music that has 12 notes then. I'd go ask one of the programmers we have here who is from India, but he barely knows what a sitar is.

I hate to be the piffle pot here, but what in the hell is "traditional" Chinese music anyway? If you're talking about the stuff that Hollywood plays everytime an Asian walks on-screen, then I guess the pentatonic scale applies. However, much of the ancient Chinese music contains quarter-tones, which are in between half-steps, and are unplayable on traditional Western instruments. As time progressed and Western contact became more prevalent, Western anthropologists and musicologists tended to trim those quarter-tones away in a blatantly jingoistic attempt to make Chinese music sound more Western.

I think the trivia question is unanswerable as asked.

The 12-tone scale is what most Western music is composed in. A lot of Eastern music uses 24-tone scales (or more or less depending on the instrument).

On with the trivia. I don't have a question so I will defer to someone else.

What four legends teamed up to form the country supergroup The Highwaymen?

Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings were two of the four, I believe. Not sure on the other 2. Maybe Hank Williams (Sr?) was one, and Willie Nelson the other?

Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson are correct on 3 of the 4. Hank Sr. had been dead for over 30 years when this group got together. A hint on the 4th: he's probably known more these days for being an actor, but he wrote some really memorable songs in his time (which were really made famous by others).

Edit to say that since you already nailed down 3 of the 4 names, Sion, next question should go to you.