The comments about the Sunday music selection prompted me to go looking for a poster showing the progression of members of the Byrds and other bands which led to Crosby Stills Nash and Young and beyond. Unfortunately, the one I remember is nowhere to be found on the web (at least under the ten or so search terms I tried), but this one ain't bad. It starts in about 1962. Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and David Crosby began in a band called The Beefeaters, and at the same time Graham Nash, Allen Clarke and Tony Ricks formed the Hollies, with others. In 1966 Buffalo Springfield began its all-too-short existence with Steve Stills, Richie Furay, Neil Young, Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer. Click the link to see what happened after that. Think Byrds, CSN, Eagles, Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, and Manassas. Oh, yeah, Loggins and Messina (Messina played in Springfield) and the Gram Parsons Project too. (Note: that link is evidently scanned from Pete Frame's Complete Rock Family Trees, which is out of print. That's too bad; it looks like another good bar bet book).
Addendum: granted the link is from a Japanese website, but with all the music those people put out, wouldn't you think the site-owner would have put a recognizable song on when the page is opened?
Posted by Linkmeister at July 28, 2003 09:44 PMI used to make up trees using Genesis as the starting point; you'd be surprised who linked to who over time.
Posted by: Scott at July 29, 2003 02:21 AMThat being said, I have a great love for this particular grouping -- Hollies, Springfield, CSN(Y), etc.
Posted by: Scott at July 29, 2003 02:22 AMOooo, fun, fun, fun!
I recall many an evening in college spent building our own "genealogy" of rock. Rather than trace the composition of bands, we were interested in determining who had played together on recordings and/or live. Liner notes were a key source of information, of course, as were the concert reviews in Rolling Stone and other such publications.
As I recall, we soon found that certain performers were keystones connecting disparate segments of the business. For example, Al Kooper connected the Dylan crowd to the blues players, and Dylan brought the entirety of country music into the mix. One key finding was that Clapton had made some funny noises backing an early Zappa record, which joined all of Brit-rock with the LA studio scene.
We also discovered some islands, people who just seemed to appear out of nowhere and didn't interact with anyone else. The prime example in the early 1970s was Creedence. We never did find any evidence that anyone else had played on their records, nor that they had sat in with anyone else. Being on the same stage with others, such as Woodstock, didn't count according to our rules.
No bar bets, though. We had other substances on (and in) our minds.
Posted by: N in Seattle at July 29, 2003 04:04 AMIt keeps moving forward, too; Crosby and Nash play with Jackson Browne, who plays with Bonnie Raitt, etc.
I attended a benefit concert here in 1991 after Hurricane Iniki; it featured CSN, Browne, Raitt, and surprise guest Jimmy Buffett.
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 29, 2003 07:45 AMHurricane Iniki was in '92, not '91. The date is forever seared into my brain, thankyouverymuch. September 11, 1992.
Saw CSN, Jackson Brown, and Nicolette Larson in the mid-90's at the Princeville Hotel on Kauai -- benefit for one of the schools. Very cool.
Posted by: Jen at July 29, 2003 12:10 PMWay cool! I'm pumped by this as I'm fascinated by musicians. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: ruminator at July 29, 2003 05:25 PM