Band Members



  • Bob Alcivar
    • arranged and conducted orchestra:
    • Heartattack and Vine
      Blue Valentine
      Foreign Affairs

  • Randy Aldcroft
    • baritone horn:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Jay Anderson
    • bass:
    • Frank's Wild Years

  • Ronnie Barron
    • piano:
    • Swordfishtrombones
      Heartattack and Vine

  • Harold Battiste
    • piano:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Roland Bautiste
    • electric guitar:
    • Heartattack and Vine
      Blue Valentine

  • Gerd Bessler
    • viola:
    • The Black Rider

  • Eric Bikales
    • organ:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Michael Blair
    • percussion:
    • Big Time concert tour
      Big Time
      Big Time performance
      Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs

    • Other bands
    • Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album
      Played with Lars Demian on "I Guess You Should Be Happy That You're Still Alive"??
      Played with "Cruel Inventions" (1991)

  • Tchad Blake
    • optigon programming:
    • "Heigh Ho" from Stay Awake

    • Other Activities:
    • Co-produced "Ruby Vroom" by Soul Coughing
      Engineer and guitarist on Suzanne Vega's "99.9 degrees F" (1992)

  • Dennis Budimir
    • guitar:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Hans-Jorn Braudenberg
    • organ:
    • The Black Rider

  • Kathleen Brennan
    • co-writer:
    • Bone Machine
      Night On Earth
      Big Time
      Frank's Wild Years
      Frank's Wild Years Play

      Rain Dogs

    • co-producer:
    • Big Time

      Frank's Wild Years Play?

    • boots:
    • The Black Rider

  • Josef Brinckmann
    • accordian:
    • Night On Earth

  • Angela Brown
    • background vocals:
    • Frank's Wild Years

  • Matthew Brubeck
    • cello:
    • The Black Rider
      Night On Earth

    • Other Activities:
    • Played with father Dave Brubeck

  • Larry Bunker
    • drums:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • William S. Burroughs
    • lyrics:
    • The Black Rider

  • Clive Butters
    • boots:
    • The Black Rider

  • Ralph Carney
    • sax et. al:
    • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde
      The Black Rider
      Bone Machine
      Night On Earth
      Big Time concert tour
      Big Time
      Big Time performance
      Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Playing in the band "The New Brass Ring" with Kevin Mummey and Joshua (Raoul) Brody. Having and raising a child...
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album
      Played with The Loved Ones

  • Pete Christlieb
    • tenor sax:
    • Nighthawks at the Diner

    • Other Activities:
    • NBC Doc Severinsen Orchestra
      Ontario Motor Speedway driver

  • Crispin Cioe of "Uptown Horns"
    • sax:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Uptown Horns (????-????)
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album

  • Gene Cipriano
    • clarinet:
    • Foreign Affairs (Potter's Field)

    • Other Activities:
    • Eric Dolphy (October 1958)

  • Les Claypool
    • electric bass:
    • Bone Machine

    • Other Activities:
    • Primus

  • Greg Cohen
    • bass et. al:
    • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde
      The Black Rider
      Big Time touring period
      Big Time
      Big Time performance
      Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs
      Swordfishtrombones
      Heartattack and Vine

    • Other Activities:
    • Played with Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band in London?
      Played with the "Low Note Quintet" shown in the movie "Short Cuts"
      Produced album "Blame It On My Youth" by Holly Cole
      Played with Laurie Anderson on "Bright Red" (1994)
      Played "Blue Jay Way" on "Downtown Does the Beatles Live at the Knitting Factory" (1992)
      Played with Laurie Anderson (1993)?
      Played with John Zorn in Masada

  • Ray Crawford
    • electric guitar:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Mickey Curry
    • drums:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Played with "Cruel Inventions" (1991)
      Played with Hall and Oates??

  • Linda Deluca
    • viola:
    • The Black Rider

  • Bill Douglas
    • bass:
    • The Black Rider

  • Robert Duffey
    • producer:
    • The Early Years

  • Scott Edwards
    • bass:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Victor Feldman
    • percussion:
    • Swordfishtrombones
      Heartattack and Vine

    • Other Activities:
    • Jazz percussionist

  • Mitchell Froom
    • chamberlain:
    • "Heigh Ho" from Stay Awake

    • Other Activities:
    • Produced Suzanne Vega's "99.9 degrees F" (1992)
      Married to Suzanne Vega with child Ruby?

  • Bob Funk of "Uptown Horns"
    • trombone:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Uptown Horns (????-????)
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album

  • Richard Gibbs
    • glass harmonica:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Da Willie Gonga
    • piano:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Bill Goodwin
  • Joe Gore
    • guitar:
    • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde
      The Black Rider
      Bone Machine
      Night On Earth

    • Other Activities:
    • Recorded and toured with PJ Harvey on "To Bring You My Love" album
      John Hassell and Bluescreen (1994)
      Stephen Yerkey       (199?)

  • Carlos Guitarlos
    • electric guitar:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Bobbye Hall
    • congas:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Herbert Hardesty
    • tenor sax:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Richard Hayward
    • drums:
    • Big Time - "Falling Down"

  • Arno Hecht of "Uptown Horns"
    • tenor:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Uptown Horns (????-????)
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album

  • Volker Hemken
    • clarinet:
    • The Black Rider

  • David Hidalgo
    • accordian:
    • Bone Machine
      Frank's Wild Years

    • Other Activities:
    • Los Lobos (1974-)
      Guitarist on Suzanne Vega's "99.9 degrees F" (1192)
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album
      Latin Playboys (1994)
      Jerry Garcia Band (1991)

  • Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges
    • drums:
    • Rain Dogs
      Swordfishtrombones

  • Leslie Holland
    • background vocals:
    • Frank's Wild Years

  • Bones Howe
    • producer:
    • Heartattack and Vine
      Blue Valentine
      Foreign Affairs
      Small Change
      Nighthawks at the Diner
      The Heart of Saturday Night

  • Jim Hughart
    • upright bass:
    • Heartattack and Vine
      Blue Valentine
      Foreign Affairs
      Small Change
      Nighthawks at the Diner

    • Other Activities:
    • played with Ella Fitzgerald

  • Dick "Slyde" Hyde
    • trombone:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Plas Johnson
    • sax:
    • Heartattack and Vine

    • Other Activities:
    • Eric Dolphy (October 1958)

  • Lynne Jordan
    • background vocals:
    • Frank's Wild Years

  • Robert Kilgore
    • organ:
    • Rain Dogs

  • Val Kuklowsky
    • sound effects:
    • "Heigh Ho" from Stay Awake

  • Charles Kynard
    • organ:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Michael Lang
    • piano:
    • Heartattack and Vine

  • Rick Lawson
    • electric guitar:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Tony Levine
    • bass:
    • Rain Dogs

  • Ross Levinson
    • violins:
    • Rain Dogs

  • Hollywood Paul Litteral of "Uptown Horns"
    • trumpet:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Uptown Horns (????-????)
      Performed on "Stay Awake" Various Artist album

  • John Lurie
    • alto sax:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • National Orchestra (????-)
      The Lounge Lizards (????-????)
      Original Soundtracks by John Lurie (Down By Law and Variety)
      Movie Soundtracks (Stranger Than Paradise, Get Shorty and maybe soon Blue in the Face)

  • Shelly Manne
    • drums:
    • Foreign Affairs
      Small Change

    • Other Activities:
    • Solo? (????-????)
      Charles Lloyd (????-????)
      Ornette Coleman (????-1959-????)
      The Monterey Jazz Festival (1958)

  • Bryan Mantia aka Brain
    • drums:
    • Bone Machine

  • Joe Marquez
    • banjo:
    • Bone Machine

    • boots:
    • The Black Rider

  • Mike Melvoin
    • orchestral arrangement and direction:
    • The Heart of Saturday Night

    • piano:
    • Nighthawks at the Diner

    • Other Activities:
    • solo (????-????)

  • Bette Midler
    • vocals:
    • Foreign Affairs (I Never Talk to Strangers)

    • Other bands
    • solo (????-)

  • Byron Miller
    • bass:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Christoph Moinian
    • french horn:
    • The Black Rider

  • Charlie Musselwhite
    • blues harmonica:
    • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde

  • Robert Musso
  • Don Neely
    • saw:
    • The Black Rider

  • Earl Palmer
    • drums:
    • Blue Valentine

    • Other Activities:
    • Charles Lloyd? (????-????)
      The Spiders (1953?-1960?)
      Eric Dolphy (October 1958)

  • Mule Patterson
    • percussion:
    • Night On Earth

  • Nick Phelps
    • french horn:
    • The Black Rider

  • David Phillips
    • steel guitar:
    • Bone Machine

  • Kevin Porter
    • trombone:
    • The Black Rider

    • Other Activities:
    • Jerry Garcia Band? (????-????)

  • Robert Quine
    • guitar:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • They Might Be Giants (1994?)
      John Zorn (1986?-1991?)
      Bill Laswell (????-????)

  • Bill Reichenbach
    • trombone:
    • Swordfishtrombones

    • Other Activities:
    • The California Gold Rush Band? (199?-)

  • Larry Rhodes
    • bassoon:
    • The Black Rider

  • Marc Ribot
    • guitar:
    • "Heigh Ho" from Stay Awake
      Big Time concert tour
      Big Time
      Big Time performance
      Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • solo
    • The Klezmatics (1993-)
      Jazz Passengers
      Lounge Lizards
      Played with Laurie Anderson on "Bright Red" (1994)
      Played with Hector Zazou on "Songs from the Cold Seas" (1994)
      Played "Blue Jay Way" on "Downtown Does the Beatles Live at the Knitting Factory" (1992)
      Played with "Cruel Inventions" (1991)
      Appeared with BarkMarket on "Vegas Throat"
      Rootless Cosmopolitans
      Shrek
      Masada with John Zorn

  • Keith Richards
    • guitar, vocals:
    • Bone Machine
      Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • The Rolling Stones (19??-)

  • "Shine" Robinson
    • electric guitar:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Joe Romano
    • trombone:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • William Schimmel
    • piano:
    • Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs

  • Willie Schwarz
    • organ, accordian:
    • Big Time concert tour
      Big Time
      Big Time performance

      Frank's Wild Years Play

  • Stefan Shafer
    • bass:
    • The Black Rider

  • Jack Sheldon
    • trumpet:
    • Foreign Affairs

    • Other Activities:
    • Band leader on the Merv Griffin Show.
      Played with Curtis Counce (bass player)

  • G. E. Smith
    • guitar:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • Saturday Night Live Band (19??-1995)

  • Clark Spangler
    • synthesizer program:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Chris Spedding
    • guitar:
    • Rain Dogs

    • Other Activities:
    • solo

  • Anthony Clark Stewart
    • bag pipes:
    • Swordfishtrombones

  • Henning Stoll
    • bassoon:
    • The Black Rider

  • Clark Suprynowitz
    • bass:
    • Night On Earth

  • Lew Tabackin
  • Fred Tackett
    • electric guitar:
    • Big Time - "Falling Down"
      Swordfishtrombones

    • Other Activities:
    • Little Feat (1973,1988-)

  • Larry Taylor
    • bass:
    • Bone Machine
      "Serrano" from Sylvia Plachy's "Unguided Tour" flexi-disk
      "Heigh Ho" from Stay Awake
      "Falling Down" from Big Time
      Frank's Wild Years
      Rain Dogs
      Swordfishtrombones
      Heartattack and Vine

    • Other Activities:
    • Randy Rare (1995)
      Canned Heat (19??-????)
      John Lee Hooker (????-????)
      Kim Wilson (????-????)
      Tower of Power (????-????
      John Mayall (1960s-????)

  • Moris Tepper
    • guitar:
    • Frank's Wild Years
      Frank's Wild Years Play

    • Other Activities:
    • Played on the song "You and Oblivion" on Robyn Hitchcock's album "Moss Elixir" (1996)
      Moris Tepper (????-)
      Eggtooth (????-????)
      Frank Black (????-)
      17 Pygmies
      Robert Williams
      Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band (????-????)

  • "Big John" Thomassie
    • drums:
    • Heartattack and Vine

  • Francis Thumm
    • piano et. al:
    • The Black Rider Night On Earth
      Frank's Wild Years
      Swordfishtrombones

  • Frank Vicari
    • tenor sax:
    • Blue Valentine
      Foreign Affairs

  • Chuck E. Weiss
    • co-writer:
    • Nighthawks at the Diner (Spare Parts I)

    • Other Activities:
    • Chuck E. Weiss and the Goddamn Liars

  • Waddy Wachtel
    • guitar:
    • Bone Machine

    • Other Activities:
    • Warren Zevon (????-????)
      Keith Richards
      The World's Most Dangerous Band honorary member
      Gilby Clarke

  • Chip White
    • drums:
    • Blue Valentine

  • Kenny Wollesen
    • percussion:
    • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde
      The Black Rider

    • Other Activities:
    • New Klezmer Trio
      Played with John Zorn's Masada
      Played with Ben Goldberg

  • Jerry Yester
    • producer:
    • Closing Time

    • arranged and conducted string section:
    • Heartattack and Vine
      Small Change


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