Mr. Ochs' back up band seemed to be a point of particu lar resentment to the audience.
Willie's son Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real were remarkable (they shined as Neil Young's back up band at Desert Trip).
But instead of songs, his set list is made up of jokes, and rather than a back up band of guitars and drums, a microphone and stool join him on stage.
These back-up bands included an outfit headed by the young Bruce Springsteen, who later recalled Berry's annoying habit of switching to difficult keys halfway through a song.
The album also brings together, for the first time in more than 30 years, many of the musicians who accompanied this twosome under the name the Hot Band, one of the finest (and most expensive) back-up bands ever assembled.
Since its release, Mr. Wilson and his back-up band have been performing "Smile" in Europe and the United States.
The rocked-up sound was pushed along by a big back-up band: four electric guitars, a steel guitar, fiddle, piano, drums and bass.
His sister, Wendy Melvoin, is best-known for being one half of Wendy and Lisa, the sultry musicians and singers of Prince's former back-up band, the Revolution.
Every legend must have a lost album, and Parsons recorded his in 1970 with a strong back-up band that included Ry Cooder.
She's been an active member of composer-performer collectives presenting scored and improvised music, a back-up band coordinator for teens in mental health housing, and has taught courses in Sound and Media Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
