Tuesday, December 05, 2006

5 Degrees of Top Ten Separation

In five degrees connect:

Sheena Easton to The Autumn Defense

The Rules are: No covers, only legitimate collaboration that has been performed and for the most part recorded together. Covers and other familial relations may be used if you are really in a bind.

e.g. The Minutemen and The Grateful Dead

Minutemen > Mike Watt > Banyan > Rob Wasserman > Grateful Dead
Minutemen > Black Flag > Ryan Adams > Phil & Friends > Grateful Dead

14 comments:

pasd137 said...

Good call man, how bout this one:

Minutemen > Watt solo (ball hog or tug boat) > John Molo > Bruce Hornsby > Grateful Dead

shrimpcracker said...

or this one...

1. Minutemen > Mike Watt
2. Mike Watt > Roger Miller (played together during Mission of Burma's reunion in LA)
3. Roger Miller > Lee Renaldo (same tour, plus some collaborative / experimental shows together)
4. Lee Renaldo > John Medeski (Lee Renaldo Project, Dylan Tribute @ Lincoln Center last month)
5. John Medeski > Phil & Friends (Summer 2006)
6. Phil > GD

No Name said...

Sheena E. > Prince > Michael Bland > Soul Asylum/Dave Pirner > Autumn Defense

Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything said...

Dude, five steps is ridiculously hard (as evidenced by covers and y'all missing some steps in yours), but here it is in six:

Minutemen>Mike Watt>Gov't Mule>Warren Haynes>Phil & Friends>Grateful Dead

Mike Watt played bass on the Govt Mule album "The Deep End" and Warren Haynes of Govt Mule is an off-and-on a member of Phil and Friends.

Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything said...
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Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything said...

Also, a variation on the one i just posted:

Minutemen>Mike Watt>Gov't Mule>Gregg Allman>Grateful Dead

Gregg Allman also appeared on the Govt Mule album "The Deep End" (with Mike Watt) and later performed directly with Grateful Dead on the second show of 2/11/70 (also with ex-Fleetwood Mac Peter Green AND Arthur Lee of Love) and again during the encore of famed 7/28/73 at Watkins Glen.

shrimpcracker said...

A longer route for the original challenge:

1. Sheena Easton > Kenny Rogers (in various duets in the 80s)
2. Kenny Rogers > Dolly Parton (dueted, 80s again)
3. Dolly Parton > Emmylou Harris (Trio)
4. Emmylou > Steve Earle (NUMEROUS duets)
5. Steve Earle > Woody Guthrie (in homage, at least, in the song "Christmas In Washington")
6. Woody Guthrie > Wilco (Mermaid Ave)
7. Wilco > John Stiratt (bass)
8. John Stiratt > The Autumn Defense

And down through the backroads:
8.1 The Autumn Defense > John Stiratt
8.2 John Stiratt > Wilco
8.3 Wilco > Jim O'Rourke (aka The Ruinator)
8.4 Jim O'Rourke > Sonic Youth (aka The Un-Ruinator)
8.5. Sonic Youth > J Mascis (ripping guitar solos on Goo.. but one of many collabs.)
8.6 J. Mascis > Mike Watt (playing together at The Wetlands in Fall 2000, as witnessed by myself & Hendo.. accompanied by Murph, and special guest Ron Asheton for like 6 Stooges covers!! You shoulda been there duuudes! (At least Rolling Stone was & snapped this sweet pic)

No Name said...

yo Shrimp Crack or Nihilist - throw a new one up.

Anonymous said...

here's one I gave to no name:

nicolai dunger>daniel lanois in 5 steps, only using recorded collaborations (no played live with, no covers, no influenced by...etc)

Anonymous said...

also jay-z > tom waits

Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything said...

Jay-Z>Phish>Medeski Martin>Marc Ribot>Tom Waits

Jay-Z played with Phish summer 2004>Medeski Martin Wood have played with Phish a few times ('95)>Marc Ribot played guitar on MMW albums>Marc Ribot played guitar for Tom Waits (notably on Rain Dogs)

No Name said...

Hova>Rick Rubin>Smoky Hormel>Tom Waits

or

Hova > Rubin > Strummer > Hormel > Tom Waits
That's cooler and even better if you insert johnny cash into the middle.

shrimpcracker said...

Nicolai Dunger to Daniel Lanois in 4 steps:

1. Will Oldham & his bros backed up Nicolai Dunger on his album Trainquil Isolation
2. Will Oldham recorded "I See A Darkness" with Johnny Cash
3. Johnny Cash recorded "Girl From The North Country" with Dylan
4. Daniel Lanois recorded Dylan's album "Oh Mercy"

No Name said...

S.C. - that's exactly what I had for Lanois to Dunger except U2 instead of Dylan.