Less-Than-Momentary Lack Of Authoritative Discography Information
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »You'd think of all the bands out there with an insane following that would meticulously detail who played what on each track, Pink Floyd would be near the top. But I can't find authoritative information on Momentary Lapse of Reason. ...
Darby To Darby
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »Darby Crash to Terence Trent D'Arby
Costello/Bacharach
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | 2 Comments »The credits for the Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach collaboration Painted From Memory do not make it clear which tracks (for example) have strings and which do not. I hear strings on "In The Darkest Place" but not on "Toledo". This ...
Terry Wood(s)
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »Is Terry Wood, who sings background on "Shame" by Randy Newman on the album Bad Love, the same guy as Terry Woods, who sings background on "Heaven Help Us" by Ray Charles on the album Genius Loves Company? If so, which ...
Don’t Be Shy
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »If you are, like me, a musician who has recorded with people who have recorded with other people who have recorded with other people who have had recorded brushes with music celebrity greatness, then this post is for you. Go on! ...
Auxillary U2 Performers
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »Which U2 tracks have Brian Eno in a performer role (rather than or in addition to production and engineering)? Daniel Lanois? Flood? I'm most interested in The Joshua Tree as that record's liner notes do not have that information. I ...
Musical Careers Of The Star Trek Famous
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »Connecting William Shatner to other musicians has proved easy. He released a record a few years ago that had Ben Folds, Joe Jackson, Aimee Mann, Henry Rollins, and others on it. However, I have been unable to connect Shatner to ...
Dead Connections
Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »The Dead Kennedys to the Grateful Dead is shorter than you might think. What about the Dead Milkmen? What's the path there? How do we connect them to either the Grateful Dead or the Dead Kennedys? Leave a comment here or ...
Paul Anka to Megadeth in 1 step
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »When I started Music Routes, one of the uses I imagined was for people to find music that they might not normally know about but that they might have an interest in. If you like Albert Ayler and Frank Zappa, ...
Surf Punks
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Your Discography Help Requested | No Comments »The Ramonetures name is a cross of the names of punk greats the Ramones and surf greats the Ventures. The route from the Ramonetures to the Ramones traverses some interesting ground. (Try it a few times for some slightly different results.) Any ideas ...