Your favorite backing band?

You know The E Street Band, The Heartbreakers, The Attractions, The Wailers etc.

What's your favorite backing band and why?

 

I'll go with the un-named Muddy Water's backing band:

Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Elgin Evans and Otis Spann, Willie Dixon

 

Zappa & The Mothers.

Also, every backing band who played with Janes Brown.

 

Is this a serious question? The Attractions.

 

Crazy Horse or The Band. Because.

 

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys... a finishing school for future stars... many different lineups over the years, but so many of the boys who came out of his band were "the best of the best"...

 

The Beatles

 

Too many to list. Underrated: Three Dog Night.

 

The Rumour

The Hot Band

The Magic Band

The Famous Flames

 

Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin passed through the ranks as well... amazing band...

 

Yes, that is the best answer. Cotton in place of Little Walter works as well.

 

The Revolution were dynamite in their time. Hard to not be overshadowed by Prince, but they nearly managed.

All time favorite though would like be The Meters. Sure we know them as their own entity, but they were
also the house band for many Allen Toussaint produced records too. They play so well together.

 

These guys with their boss (circa 1990):

 

I might be able to think this through better, but first thought that leaps to mind are The Attractions.

 

The Nashville Teens trying to keep up with Jerry Lee at the Star Club.

Other than that, I have a soft spot for The City Slickers.

 

Booker T. and the MGs (although they were a headlining act themselves).

 

The Shadows

Some (most?) of those late 50s/early 60s songs with Cliff Richard are really good popsongs. They were the perfect match.
Some (most?) sound dated nowadays, but I don't care. When they were good, they were good.

 

The Wondermints

 

Fine line between a backing band and a band that is named after its leader who controls everything but lets try and walk that line.

The Wailers in 76
The Parade era Revolution
Van Morrison's band circa It's Too Late to Stop Now
The Zappa band in '79 with Willis, Wolf et al
Bowie's band with Alomar and Belew
The Rumour
Dave Lee Roth's first solo band
Rory Gallagher's group on Irish Tour through Calling Card

are all great. I would probably have to put the Parade band at the top of that list.

Don't know about SAHB. I assume they operated as a real band rather than backing musicians. Rainbow would raise similar questions.

 

Sound Dimension which is the Studio One recording band

 

The Section

 

The Spiders From Mars.

 

E Street Band

 

TCB

James Burton
John Wilkinson
Jerry Scheff
Glenn Hardin
Ronnie Tutt
Charlie Hodge

 

Booker T. & The MG's and Petty's Heartbreakers.