The Musical Hired Guns, Part 2 (w/Martin Popoff)

Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for Part 2 of our look at those musicians who seem to pop up everywhere, but never stay around anywhere long enough.
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[@purpletemple1]

This episode is basically the Deep Purple family episode :-) : Jimmy Bain, Sarzo, Bob Daisley, JLT, Bonnet, Doogie, Romero, Hughes... BTW, the 2 drummers in Mother's Army are Carmine Appice and Aynsley Dunbar. Great show!

[@scarfface24]

Among the most notable bassists who have played with EVERYONE are Neil Murray (solid as a rock!) and the incomparable Leland Sklar (who has graciously served so many music genres!!).

[@MartyMurray]

John Wetton, what a musician, songwriter, and a great singer.

[@tomfisher2103]

Carl Palmer- Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster,ELP, Asia, 3, solo band. Still doing it in his 70s, a real treasure.

[@lateramae]

Dude, Jason Newsted was a perfect fit for Metallica! He was awesome live with his head banging, tough attitude, and awesome backing vocals.

[@metaldams78]

Ironic they’re discussing Jason Newsted on the day of Pete’s haircut - a controversy I never understood. 😂 Another great episode, guys.

[@lordcharlesthomas]

what dye mean?

[@tomfisher2103]

Paul Rodgers- Free, Bad Company, solo, The Firm, the Law, Queen one of my favorite rock vocalists

[@ronbo11]

Mr. Rodgers has definitely had a varied career. Good catch there. In 2019, I saw him open for Jeff Beck and follow Ann Wilson. Two of Rock's greatest voices with my guitar hero was just a perfect show!

[@tomfisher2103]

@@ronbo11 thank you brother, I'm a drummer here in NJ myself but certainly have my favorite musicians across the board. Rogers makes my top 5 rock vocalists list. Saw him solo a few years back, really good.

[@roberttsidor]

John Wetton was a prolific guest vocalist. I just discovered a bunch of songs he sang for Martin Orford. Also, singing AFTERGLOW with Steve Hackett gives me chills every time I listen and see it.

[@HuddshouseofRockNMetal]

The 96 DEP sessions with Iommi might be my favorite thing Glenn Hughes has ever done. A true legend!

[@tomfisher2103]

I got that, absolutely love that album. It kicks ass!

[@jamescouture3293]

One I gotta mention is Waddy Wachtel legendary hired gun imo appeared on most of linda Ronstadt’s albums played with the legendary Warren Zevon who should be in the rock and roll hall of fame played with Keith Richards solo,the Rolling Stones,Jackson Browne ,Stevie Nicks legendary guitar intro on edge of seventeen,Iggy Pop,Andrew Gold,George Thorogood,The blues Brothers.Started out playing with the Everly Brothers,and countless others

[@Drumdude74]

Richie Kotzen - Solo, Poison, Greg Howe, Mr. Big, The Winery Dogs, Smith/Kotzen Blues Saraceno - Solo, Cher, Taylor Dayne, Kingdom Come, Poison, Ziggy Marley, Lita Ford plus dozens of television soundtrack work for several different networks, definitely the definition of a hired gun! Carol Kaye - Richie Valens, Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Mothers of Invention, Joe Cocker, plus her television soundtrack work as well, estimated to have played or recorded on over 10,000 recordings, the lady was in demand from the 50's - Present day.

[@katesjanice]

Love the haircut Pete! Interesting...it was sunny & warm (70°) in New Hampshire today. But we had the rainiest summer in the 10 years we've left San Diego for the spring, summer & fall months each year. Too rainy to climb in the White Mts this year. Bummer.

[@chrisclarke9306]

Looking sharp Pete👏🏻👏🏻

[@Donald.W.Rissler-ARTS]

Can't recommend the Bob Daisley Autobiography enough. Really chock full of background on Ozzy, Randy and Sharon. It is alot more evenhanded than you would expect and not just a puff piece or a slagfest. Really worth the price, as is Rudy Sarzo's book.

[@tomfisher2103]

Nice haircut Pete. Had to do a triple take. I had long hair, started losing it at 25, finally had my whole head shaved at 27. Figured if I can't beat em join em.

[@ericporter344]

There are many, but to me Tony Levin has steady gigs, but is also a standout hired gun playing with many artists live and in the studio

[@russellcraft7269]

I am amazed that Martin didn't have him in top 5. I figured he would be number one.

[@JohnnyRecently]

Levin always delivers

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Levin can do wrong. Superior musician. Very decent person.

[@robertpippan89]

Pete - how about a Cozy Powell show with the Squares!!!! its the dream show!!! how about it ?? you are the best show on the net I watch it daily especially the Prog Seat - how about a John McLaughlin show?

[@markfurru3368]

The singer of Rock Star Supernova was Lukas Rossi. That was the name of the show, too, as the band was originally simply called Supernova - but had to change it, because another band had claim to the name.

[@MartyMurray]

I've always liked Jason Newstead. I saw him perform with Metallica on the Justice For All tour at Copps in Hamilton. The loudest concert I've ever been to. Queensryche was the opening act, doing Operation Mindcrime, and they were awesome. It sounded just like the record. I really enjoyed his Echobrain album. I haven't kept track of him since then.

[@markdodds6141]

Rudy Sarzo was the first guy I thought of for this subject. Great player with excellent stage presence. I first saw him with Ozzy when Brad Gillis was in the band and Rudy was fantastic. And yes he seems to be a truly nice guy. I sent him an email in regards to his book about his time with Randy Rhoads and he sent me a personal response. Others I think of are Jeff Pilson and Jason Bonham.

[@nicks7504]

Hey Pete - just wanted to say I have Blackthorne "Afterlife" in my collection; bought it back in the day on cassette! Think I still have it...

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I grew my hair from the age of 12 to 21 and then fancied a change. I went to my hairdresser with my seriously long hair and unwisely said he could use his judgement as to the style. He decided that a pageboy look was what I needed. Wrong. So I then instructed him to give me a skinhead 'number one' cut. Looking at the mountain of hair on the floor I decided it would be a shame to waste it. So I took it home, put it in a Jiffy bag and mailed it to my ex headmaster at school. He'd broken my balls for 5 years about my hair so I thought he'd appreciate it.

[@nickrogerson8129]

Pete, great haircut!! Great show too of course :)

[@ianmacdonald7987]

Love the new Daisies album with Hughes but, for me, the debut album with Jon Stevens was their finest. Saw them in Perth Australia with Jon on vocals, Dave Lowy & Richard Fortus on guitars, Marco Mendoza on bass, Dizzy Reed on keys and Brian Tichy on drums - what a fkn line up that was and in a small club, playing to about 200 fans!! Was also fortunate to catch BCC in Glasgow Scotland back in 2011 - great stuff!!🤘🏻

[@kamranmalik8546]

- Tony Levin - Bev Bevan (Drummer) - Rudy Sarzo - Ronnie Romero - Chris Slade (Drummer) - John McVie on the 'Excitable Boy' album - Bill Bruford (with Genesis for 'A Trick of the Tail' tour) - Geoff Downes - John Wetton - Greg Lake Wanted to add Ray Gillen to this list, but he only appeared on the Seventh Star tour and demos for The Eternal Idol.

[@noheamike5036]

Adrian Belew and Waddy Wachtel on guitars. Both did work live and in studio. Someone else mentioned Tony Levin on bass.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

Thanks guys, more great entertainment. I really enjoyed this episode. Great banter between the two. Martin, I see lots of us older folks here in the UK walking around in rock tee shirts, you're far from alone in that.

[@grinkashman7884]

One for the bass list; Tony Franklin! fretless! ( and fretted) Great player , nice guy .Inspired me to play fretless. Got to mix monitors for him with Best of the British Blues 1996 ( Eric Burden, Mick Moody, Aynsly Dunbar, Tim Hinkley and Alvin Lee!!)

[@MartinPopoff]

Yes, I almost included him - good guy; interviewed him recently for the first time.

[@JIF882]

Nice haircut, Pete. Great video. A few things. Jimmy Bain also played keyboards on both the Wild Horses albums as well as Holy Diver. The Wild Horses debut was actually produced by Trevor Rabin. Also, Rudy Sarzo didn't play on Quiet Riot 2. He was just on the cover. The guitarist for Mother's Army was Jeff Watson.

[@SwanShadow]

Rudy Sarzo was literally the first guy I thought of when Pete and Martin announced this topic. He's the epitome of that Johnny Cash song "I've Been Everywhere."

[@maddysmith8846]

Saw Wild Horses at St Andrews Uni Union think on their first tour in 78. Those guys had bottles and pint glasses of the hard stuff on the amps, which was consumed! Good gig, remember Brian with his ciggy stuck into the guitar head between drags, looked very cool! We always thought they would make it big and it was exciting as both Brian and Jimmy were Scottish, but it seemed to take forever to get an album out and there was so much interesting new wave sounds coming out in early 80’s to compete with.

[@simond1574]

Carol Kaye and Tony Levin for Bass. Jeff Scott Soto as singer

[@cool927]

Nice cut, Pete

[@terryjohnson5275]

A few more bassists I just thought of - Mo Foster, Laurence Cottle, Pino Palladino and the fantastic and wonderful mr Neil Murray (National Health/ Colosseum 2/ Whitesnake/ Black Sabbath/ Brian May and maybe a few others I've forgotten for the moment)

[@carstenselberg1255]

I was thinking of Jon Anderson, he has been a lot of places since Yes and his solo career. He worked with Vangelis as Jon and Vangelis, Roine Stolt as Anderson/Stolt, and Jean-Luc Ponty as AndersonPonty Band. He has also appeared on albums by King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, Iron Butterfly, Milton Nascimento, Battles, Mike Oldfield and with Kitaro on Dreams.

[@darlatidwell6255]

I knew about some of the hired guns mentioned. The others I will know about after some research. Good show.

[@chetgreblowski7811]

I saw BOC open for Lynryd Skynyrd in 2007 at the PNC and Rudy Sarzo was on bass. Great show

[@thecontrarians2438]

Awesome show great job guys! You always set the bar for talking about music!

[@mikep9377]

I am Pete’s age (a year older) and I can still grow a huge head of hair (I’ve kept it short for years though). During the shutdowns when I couldn’t get a haircut, I went about four months without a haircut and it was kind of fun to grow it out again. But at the end of the day, it’s a pain in the ass to manage and I have a job where long hair is not really appropriate so short hair it is…

[@jazzpunk]

During the 2020 shutdown...I went the entire year (& then into 2021) without a haircut. At work, I pretty much wore one of my SoT ski caps...at 62, I had the skateboarder-look going on. LOL.

[@davidmohr7823]

Graham Bonnet had a couple of solo hits in Australia just prior to Rainbow. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" and "Warm Ride"

[@mohammed.alfarsi.454]

Great episode can't wait for Part 3. + I like your new haircut Pete 😆😁

[@MM-kh7nx]

Damn Pete, looking good!

[@randyhenderson6166]

Glenn Hughes also played on Joe Satriani's album "What Happens Next." He and Chad Smith really elevated that album, in my opinion.

[@careytamburrino746]

Really great episode! This show starts my Friday night. Thanks guys!

[@stephennorris2524]

The Hughes / Turner albums are excellent. Tony Martin has been in a lot of projects.

[@gorkaanduezamanrique2449]

Doogie white has an amazing colaboration with Rata Blanca ( Argentina), singing the full english version of their album The forfotten kingdom

[@CountBrass]

Pete, I love the new 'Do. You look a little like Stewart Copeland!

[@funkilus]

Great show. I wonder where Geoff Nicholls falls in this category. Quartz being the band he came from and then Sabbath all the way … perhaps the longest member apart from Iommi ( though only officially there for Seventh star I guess !!)

[@robertparks7233]

That Micheal Schenkier album with Ronnie is awesome,bought on day of release

[@kdiamond]

Pete - you look great. I did the same thing recently, haven't looked back. Don't have to think about my hair anymore lol. Just wish I did it earlier in the summer!

[@pjtheory]

The word "great" should be an exclusive tag, but in today's culture, it is thrown around with alarming frequency in sports, music, television, and movies. Two of the individuals (e.g., Doogie White and Joe Lynn Turner) mentioned in this Hired Guns episode have, IMO, been provided with the rare double whammy of being underrated vocalists and criticized for not being in the class of the all-time rock vocalists. White and Turner, however, are clearly very good vocalists and they have occasionally put their big toe in the greatness pool. Prime examples are White's vocal performance in Cornerstone's Human Stain and Turner's vocal performance in YM's Rising Force.

[@parishofrock2963]

Hooray!! Put the flags out - Jimmy Barnes finally gets a mention on SoT. Thank you Martin! Anyway, my choices are: Myles Kennedy Dave Grohl Sammy Hagar Jack Blades & Johnny Gioeli PS: You’re never too old to wear band t-shirts!

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Friday just wouldn't be Friday without Popoff and Pardo. Fun show guys and of course you don't need it but good look Pete.

[@MartyMurray]

I just made my own change to my hair Pete, in the past few months. I figured, I'm turning 65, time to let it just go natural, so now it's gone to the sort of blonde wheaten type of colour it is now, with grey highlights. I've been getting a ton of compliments! But, I'm not cutting it off!!

[@ashbowen6551]

Sarzo's career of appearing on albums he didn't play on actually started with Quiet Riot II. That's Kelli Garni, not Sarzo. He doesn't play on Metal Health much, either. That first Wild Horses album is really good.

[@shaunsmith3538]

Great show guys! Pete, if you're a fan of Ronnie Romero and you're digging the Gotthard albums please check out his work with 'CoreLeoni' 👍

[@MrEnsiferum77]

Pete is possible we have episode for scandinavian progressive bands? Wobbler, Jordso, Anglagard etc... just to name a few...

[@manuelper]

I hadn't cut my hair since Mar 2020, since I started working from home and about a week ago, I got fed up and took the clippers and shaved my head, lol. Extreme? Sure, but both my barbers unfortunately went out of business due to the virus.

[@fedefossati7236]

Salud from Spain! You legends

[@ukrocksounds3419]

Did someone mention Tank. Like to see a Tank album countdown listing.

[@Kurt843]

Love the new hair Pete

[@franciskocher200]

Nice show.

[@blammo13]

Thanks for another great episode. I want to pitch a show idea. I’d like to hear a two part Pete/Martin discussion entitled “When Prog Went New Wave” Martin especially might like that topic. If you want a third wheel- holler.

[@dalekoch6687]

Please do a top 10 or 15 cds of Glenn Hughes after Deep Purple. Solo and other acts he's been in.

[@dallashansen793]

"Long Hair" is past your shoulders, man. What you had is Long-ish Short. You should have grown it out & slicked it back like a mafia boss, imo. Now I have to look at that haircut every week! ....kidding. Love this channel. You & Martin every Friday is the best, Pete.

[@miccarbo7911]

What about Bill Bruford? He has played with a million different musicians and bands. After Yes, he never stuck around for more than one or two albums, the only exceptions being his own band Earthworks and King Crimson.

[@scottcampbell1888]

For the vocalist list, Anneke Van Giersbergen for the insane number of different artists where she's either been a main member or very special guest, in the last 15 or so years. Basically she's become the female Glenn Hughes.

[@drewrose374]

Glenn was in the pretty cool but short lived California Breed also

[@63mckenzie]

Some of my favs are Pat Thrall, Snowy White, Tommy Aldridge...

[@andrewdunn49ers]

A famous philosopher once said “friends don’t let friends get haircuts”. Just messing, looks fresh Pete 👍🏻

[@reducecotwo]

Life is too short to have boring hair.

[@SlavomirG]

Long hair is nonsensical and totally unpractical for men also not needed. Required for women as it suits women so well. This comment comes from a man who had long hair for number of years. In perspective I consider it a mistake.

[@trikkke11]

@@SlavomirG What bollocks ?! If it's unpractical for men, then it is so for women. Nonsensical ? Then why does it grow ? Maybe it's been made nonsensical just to make you fit in. But it suits women well ?! Are you the last dino on earth ? That's not how you talk about women anymore...

[@wernermoritz882]

As far as I know the saying goes „Friends don‘t let friends get friends‘ haircuts“.

[@MegaSaintAugustine]

James LoMenzo (White Lion, Black Label Society, Megadeth, etc ...) Tim "Ripper" Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Charred Walls of the Damned, KK's Priest, etc ...)

[@risingstar7161]

Black Country Communion one of the best bands in the last 20 years!

[@danielmacdonald8349]

You bet. Wish they could have stayed together and toured more. Would like to see them. Every album is fantastic.

[@peterspalda1077]

drinking game: drink up every time Martin says "situation"... good luck ;-))

[@teamdata]

Martin, didju just create a new genre of music called "Mensa Rock"?

[@MCDLHOTP]

The number one person I thought of during the last episode was Rudy Sarzo! I think Ronnie Romero has spread himself too thinly. And I do not appreciate that he has taken over for all living Rainbow vocalists (Doogie White and Graham Bonnet with Michael Schenker and Joe Lynn Turner in Sunstorm). I would’ve loved to see Michael Schenker ride into the sunset with Michael Schenker Fest, or a regular variation between the four vocalists in that project (White, Bonnet, Robin McAuley and Gary Barden). You would think three bands - Rainbow, Lords of Black and Vandenberg - all bands where I think he deserves a place, would be enough for a guy! I can appreciate his vocals and I think that he’s a good fit with Rainbow, and I get that Ritchie wanted someone young fresh. The problem in Rainbow seems to be that the band isn’t very tight or heavy, the recordings I’ve heard sound quite thin. I also thought of Doogie White during the last episode. He’s not in Tank anymore, ZP Theart (from Dragonforce, later went to Skid Row) took over for Doogie, but David Readman (who took over for Doogie in Pink Cream 69!) is Tank’s current vocalist. I saw an interview with Doogie and there doesn’t seem to be any concrete plans for another album with Schenker, but they might do one sometime in the future. Doogie’s also been doing various Rainbow/Deep Purple cover bands, Demon’s Eye like Pete mentioned, and the one band I’ve seen him live with - the Norwegian Purple/Rainbow/Whitesnake cover band Come Taste The Band, which he also did an album with (Glenn Hughes, Graham Bonnet, Bernie Marsden and Joe Lynn Turner has also done tours or shows with them). That band is sadly over now. The last project he was on was the Frontiers project Long Shadows Dawn (I saw an interview with Mitch Lafon, I believe, where Doogie said that it took a long time before Frontiers and him saw eye to eye and were able to do a project together, but he was still not happy with the promotion and music video for this project). Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Glenn Hughes are also good picks - loving the Rainbow/Purple/Schenker-related talk! Other guys I thought of: Don Airey - the ultimate hired gun on keyboards? Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Phenomena, Ozzy, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Brian May, Gary Moore, his own band and guest appearances. Russel Allen, from Symphony X and then he’s just done a lot of supergroups and pompous power metal-y projects. But he’s a good vocalist. And then there are the bassists: Neil Murray (Black Sabbath, Brian May, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Gary Moore, Phenomena), Tony Franklin (a lot of projects with notable hard rock musicians - most recently Joel Hoekstra’s 13) and Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, The Dead Daisies, Bill Ward). Also, Bobby Rondinelli. Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Doro, Quiet Riot, Blue Öyster Cult and Axel Rudi Pell. Vinny Appice, with Back Sabbath, Dio, a handful of supergroups and projects with famous musicians. And to a lesser extent Carmine Appice. And Cozy Powell. Maybe you mentioned some of these in the first episode, I don’t remember anymore! 😄

[@peteygemini60]

Glenn Hughes also formed California Breed for one album.

[@janerikmellesdal3868]

Haircut 100 was a uk band in the 80s😃 Hair today gone tomorrow

[@daicullinane7746]

Great show. How about a show where you discuss bands where the singer never wrote the lyrics or maybe wrote only a few depending on their tenure?

[@deanleslie3269]

Hello Ozzy Osbourne who unfortunately takes credit for stuff he never wrote.

[@JIF882]

@@deanleslie3269 He wrote some lyrics in Sabbath

[@deanleslie3269]

@@JIF882 his first "attempt" at lyric writing only occured on the album Sabotage,their 6th(!),with the song the Writ,because he was handed one and was so upset about it that he felt compelled to finally write a song. All those years up to that point he wrote nothing but suddenly out of the blue he can write? I don't think so. I'm sure Geezer was over his shoulder telling him what to write. Those first 2 Ozzy solo albums were,again by his bass player,words and music by Bob Daisley. Look,Ozzy is unique for sure,but creativley he's a zero. Always surrounds himself with people with more talent,but hogs all the credit. Sorry,i don't want to sound nasty,and nothing against you either JIF882. Take care.

[@JIF882]

@@deanleslie3269 Didn't he write Fairies With Boots?

[@deanleslie3269]

@@JIF882 I would seriously doubt it,buddy. If he did anything as far as contributing to the song,it may have been an anechdote that he witnessed or heard about and mentioned it to the band and then Geezer wrote the actual lyrics. I heard that when Ozzy first listened to Tony Iommi playing the riff to Iron Man he said something like,"that sounds like an iron bloke walking" or something like that and then Geezer took it from there,but that's not enough for me to say Ozzy wrote that. You see,i don't actually hate Ozzy, he's his own person,it's just that I firmly believe in giving credit where credit is due. I mean,c'mon,on the album credits for Bark at the moon,it says all music and lyrics by Ozzy Osbourne!!!!???? Are you fucking kidding me??? That's one the the biggest lies in the history of rock music. It's shameful! I realise that it's probably Sharon's doing, but can't Ozzy man up and put his foot down and say ENOUGH,SHARON! Hey,at any rate,I'm enjoying having this chat with you,buddy!

[@jeffrose8632]

Doogie also did one supergroup album WAMI with Marco mendoza Vinny appice and izzy gwadera.

[@arunsabherwal6256]

Pete - which Stevwn Wilson song is it on which Guthrie Govan's made a small mistake (as per Martin's statement) ?

[@heavykevhead]

Glenn sang on 2 songs on George Lynch's Sacred Groove. I think that they were the 2 best songs on the album.

[@Metalpakhok]

Doogie White has another excellents albums like Yngwie Malmsteen Attack and other project like Empire with Chasing shadows with Mike Terrana, Neil Murray and Rolf Monkes

[@meatjuice9081]

Hate to be one of those guys, but Rudy didn't play on Quiet Riot II, though Rudy got credited. It was original bassist Kelly Garni who played on it. Funnily enough the same thing would happen on Diary Of A Madman and then later to a certain extent on Metal Health where Rudy plays bass on every song except the 2 big hits

[@griefforest1870]

Doogie White was actually considered at one point being the replacement for Bruce in Iron Maiden, but Harris went for Blaze instead.

[@martymartin2894]

I believe jimmy bain wrote the keyboard intro to rainbow in the dark.

[@rs9003]

Rudy Sarzo ...going back to Quiet Riot after being in every other rock band

[@heygringo7]

Pete you look like a new man!

[@greensombrero3641]

Pete's court date is coming up?

[@teamdata]

Would you not consider all session players hired guns? Leeland Sklar (bass) and Leon Russell (vocalist).

[@brianmiller1077]

Leland has a great YT channel. He's played on more albums than most people have heard.

[@teamdata]

@@brianmiller1077 indeed. Seen his channel. Good stuff.

[@guymartin763]

And you missed the Hughes Turner Project :-)

[@tonyjulius6011]

Jeff Watson, Aynsley Dunbar, Bob Daisley, Vinny Appice?

[@christianhaynes1954]

Nice hair cut Pete ! Looks good brother 😉

[@GusInWakefield]

Newsted also did a tour with Government Mule after Allen Woody died

[@Ritchiearg]

We Cubans are extremely proud of our musical hero Rudy Sarzo. The best guy you can ever meet!!!

[@bryanmcfadden4071]

Back in Quiet riot

[@matthewmissien3418]

Vocals - JSS, Goran Edman, Jorn Lande, Ripper Owens, basically anybody who has worked with Yngwie honestly.... Dino Jelusick is the new breed but I hope he can really establish one band that he leads for many many years...

[@matthewmissien3418]

Russell Allen could fit the category except for the SympX gig.

[@Geerladenlad]

If you worked at Dunder Mifflin Scranton Pete, Andy would call you big haircut! Makes you look younger.👍 I like the hired gun shows. Check it out hired guy.

[@neugey]

For bass, I would add Leland Sklar

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Gene Hoglan

[@reedl2353]

I kind of disagree with characterizing some of these guys as hired guns. It's all arguable, just depending on your definition of hired guns. I think of hired guns as the kind of solid players that bands pick up to fill a need for an album or tour and then they move on to someone else. Rudy Sarzo vs. Jimmy Bain is the perfect example. Rudy filled in for a bunch of bands, but Jimmy was in a bunch of bands, but was he ever really a fill in guy? I think the deciding factor is that a hired gun joins an existing band. Super groups and one album Frontiers projects aren't the same thing. Or, I guess, you could argue that every one album Frontiers project is nothing but hired guns.

[@jimmycampbell78]

I interpreted this as well travelled musicians who have been in a lot of different bands and projects as opposed to ones you associate with one or two particular bands.

[@jasonmarkle9016]

Bassist - Sklar, Pino Palladino, Rudy Sarzo. all 3 have been around everywhere..

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Nathan East