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How many of those "control freaks" have there been?

Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren, Prince, Thomas Dolby

Any more?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Divine Comedy?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

I read that Bobby Caldwell playing all of the instruments on some of his stuff.

Also a lot of electronic musicians, surely.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Jon Brion

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Roy Wood

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Steve Albini (not sure if he's a "multi-instrumentalist" though)

― Nathan Woolls (regularfries), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

Excuse me Geir, Paul McCartney

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Lenny Kravitz

(forgive me)

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

the RZA

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Emitt Rhodes

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

sly stone

― b b, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Did Sly ever play drums on his records?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

I know, when he was a producer, he played drums on a few bands' records 'cos hardly any of the folk rock honkies he was producing could hold down a beat

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

Howard Jones. I'm told he even played the horns. Not sure whether it's true, though.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

Momus.

― Momus (Momus), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

nickalicious

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

james murphy

― simon 803 (simon 803), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Skip Spence

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

brendan benson

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Excuse me Geir, Paul McCartney

Only on a terribly underproduced and tuneless album that basically sucked. "McCartney II" was evidence that McCartney was not able to do it all alone.

Also, Howard Jones always used outside drummers on his albums, as he felt he needed drums and he wasn't able to play them himself.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Also a lot of electronic musicians, surely.

Only if they sing (and those who do sing tend to be more likely to use outside producers)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

arnaud fleurent-didier
kevin barnes

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

Shuggie Otis

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

John Fogerty (at least post-CCR)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

d'angelo

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

lots of home recordists do this, too, like vic chesnutt and i think dump, for example.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Billy Corgan

― ()ops (()()ps), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

dave grohl

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure Ray Charles met this description at some point, but I'm just wildly hypothesizing.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 7 April 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure Ray Charles met this description at some point

In the 60s, during his heyday, the needed technology wasn't around. There was no way one could possibly play all instruments and sing all backing vocals in 1960.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 7 April 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

Cornelius

― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Thursday, 7 April 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

Mike Oldfield

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 7 April 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Phil Collins

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 7 April 2005 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Lynskey.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

There are a lot more than people think obviously. I mean Steven Tyler is all those for Fucks Ache.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

foetus

.. which reminds me .. LOVE needs a thread perhaps ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Most of my buddies that play (in bands or solo) are every one of those. Some of them aren't really songwriters and some might not sing. But almost anyone will play several instruments at different levels of ability and, to some degree, have ideas involving the music's production.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

I guess my point is that just about every band out there probably has more than one singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist. Great bands always have two or three of those guys but they have learned to stick to their role within the group. No great musician uses anywhere near ALL of his talent and ability with one band. The ones that rry to are the ones that can ruin an otherwise potentially great band.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Ariel Pink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

Bevis Frond. And Robert Wyatt until he paralyzed himself.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

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