>> >True, but the Beatles were a rock band. You can't play rock all by yourself.
>>
>> Paul McCartney did, eventually; first solo album anyway-- drums, the
>> works. Supposedly he did a lot of the later period Beatles stuff coz
>> Ringo's efforts weren't up to his exacting standards.
>>
>> Nonetheless, many would still cede the point to you; but for me
>> there's a few undeniably rockin' moments on McCartney. And others
>> I'm forgetting have probably tread the one-man-studio-band as well or
>> better.
>
stevie wonder had the amazing ability to do just that, he played all
manner of instruments and multitracked many of his 70's albums -
an amazing thing was watching him in the studio recreating songs
like 'sir duke' from "songs in the key of life" track-by-track until the
whole song was there on one the "best albums of the century"
TV series on Australian airwaves about 2 years ago.
Of course he had _alot_ of talented musicians work with him (not
suggesting he did it all himself!) but just to see the skills at work
was amazing - one funny point was him wrestling with an (old!)
ARP 2600 synth and then complaining that it barely worked back
in the day little own now..
jm
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