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jzstephan
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Username: jzstephan

Post Number: 85
Registered: 1-2012
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 2:45 pm:   Edit Post

The Best was a short-lived supergroup featuring Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) on keyboards, John Entwistle (of The Who) on bass and vocals, Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang, and solo fame) on guitar and vocals, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers) on guitar, and Simon Phillips (the Jack Bruce Band, 801, the Jeff Beck Group; later of Toto) on drums. Relative unknown Rick Livingstone sang lead vocals (along with Walsh and Entwistle). Backing vocals were provided by Hamish, Angus and Fergus Richardson of the band Brother.

In a 1994 interview posted on The Who mailing list Entwistle said that The Best had toured Japan, and that an American tour had been planned but never came to fruition. In the same interview he also noted that drummer Zak Starkey had also been "in the band a while", presumably before Phillips joined.

In 2010, a DVD of the band's September 26, 1990 performance in Yokohama, Japan was released.
rustyg61
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Post Number: 597
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 3:11 pm:   Edit Post

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Live-Yokohamma-Japan/dp/B002W16AL8
rustyg61
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Post Number: 598
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 3:29 pm:   Edit Post

Apparently it was not released in the US....

http://thehomevideo.co.uk/01-573406-B002W16AL8-The_Best_Live_In_Yokohamma_Japan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvYHXz7XsA

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVD-Best-Live-Yokohamma-Japan-/280878618522

http://www.films.ie/action-501778-B002W16AL8-The_Best_Live_In_Yokohamma_Japan.html
davehouck
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Post Number: 10723
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 4:07 pm:   Edit Post

Wow; cool band!
davehouck
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Post Number: 10724
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 4:20 pm:   Edit Post

Entwistle fans will love this one; Fanfare for the Common Man
davehouck
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Post Number: 10725
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, June 02, 2012 - 4:28 pm:   Edit Post

And here's Skunk Baxter tearin' it up on Reelin' in the Years. This is some good stuff.

(Message edited by davehouck on June 02, 2012)

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