pauldrewry
Super Member
A tough one here, band members who put out solo work. By solo, I mean no other musicians are playing, just one person.
Larry Carlton (I believe he was a past member of Steely Dan, and contributed to several bands).
Also: Donald Fagen.
Surprise since this isn't necessarily a genre that I'm centered in; However I've heard plenty of their music to know a little about them.
Becker and Fagen were the only regular members of Steely Dan and they'd hire the best studio musicians as needed to attain the particular sound they were looking for on a given track. Larry Carlton was one of those studio musicians.
Killer stuff and yes way underated.Here's one artist who did just that, but still remains tragically unknown and underrated.
Some might remember the 1980s band THE WATERBOYS. Frankly, they were not really my thang.
Then from within the band, multi-instrumentalist Welshman KARL WALLINGER went it alone and formed his own band - WORLD PARTY. A band with one member. A one party WORLD PARTY.
Now this is music worth hearing!
Reminiscent of The Beatles - but with his own unique voice - Wallinger's WORLD PARTY proceeded to produce one great album after another. All are superbly recorded and many readily available of VINYL LP.
I would loosely describe WORLD PARTY as POP/ROCK/ALTERNATIVE.
He's quite hard to box-in as he is so very eclectic, but WORLD PARTY defining characteristics are Wallinger's clever lyrics combined with his ability to craft melodic and highly memorable "hooks".
My absolute fave is probably GOODBYE JUMBO, but don't miss these others either.
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Here's a taste...
You are correct, and Fogerty also played all the instruments on "The Blue Ridge Rangers," his first solo LP after the breakup of CCR. Apparently he didn't release it under his own name in order to distance himself from the band.John Fogerty Centerfield (I think).
Also correct -- I just ran to check the copy of "Something/Anything" I bought new in Germany in 1972 and all voices and instruments are by Todd.Todd Rundgren I think.