Music's unsung heroes...

[Kinkybyname]

Plenty of musical heroes but a few incredibly talented people have played fantastic supporting roles over the years - on recordings but also appearing live. Ladies and germs, I give you (for starters) Crystal Taliefero, Neill MacColl and Ray Cooper. I'm sure you have more - let's have 'em

 

[Kinkybyname]

Herbie Flowers

 

[threespires]

Tony Levin, maybe best known for playing with Peter Gabriel but played with everyone. Always seems super generous to the people he plays with.

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Recommend documentary film Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

 

[uweuweuwe]

sister rosetta tharpe and her influences on people from chuck Berry to Dylan.
Here she is performing at chorlton railway station in 1964.

 

[Legal Alien]

Marcus Miller.

I don't think he's unsung at all really but he's worked and written with some of the best: Miles Davis, Luther and Herbie Hancock just to name a few.

 

[davyhulme blue]

Mick Ronson

 

[Kinkybyname]

sister rosetta tharpe and her influences on people from chuck Berry to Dylan.
Here she is performing at chorlton railway station in 1964.

wow!

Mick Ronson

great shout

 

[PaulPowerScreamer]

sister rosetta tharpe and her influences on people from chuck Berry to Dylan.
Here she is performing at chorlton railway station in 1964.

I've always loved this clip, she had quite a set of pipes and could shred pretty good as well

 

[PaulPowerScreamer]

Mike Bloomfield. He was pivotal in Dylan "going electric" - it's him you can hear on lead guitar in this famous performance.