Post a trivia question about music & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

[red dog 1]

It can be a question about a song, a composer, a band, a musician, or anything else that's musical.


1) Who wrote "Hit the Road Jack"?
2) Who wrote "Moonlight Sonata"? (answered)
3) What was Dizzy Gillespie's actual first name?
4) Who wrote "Georgia on My Mind"? (answered)

[Dulcinea]

1. 4. Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell.

In 1979 "Georgia on My Mind" became the official state song of Georgia.

[red dog 1]

2. You got it!

[Permanut]

3. Arthur Crier sang bomp a bomp bass backup for Curtis Lee on what song?

[Morbius]

4. Didn't Beethoven compose Moonlight Sonata?

Wrote, composed, whatever, yes?

[red dog 1]

5. Correctamundo!

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Diz's Name Was John

I knew his middle name too, but am drawing a blank right now.

[malaise]

7. A globally acclaimed Jamaican pianist (who turned 94 on Friday)

had a profound influence on ska, rocksteady and reggae - who is he? 😀

[Harker]

8. Verdi's Requiem was composed in honor of what Italian writer?

[red dog 1]

10. Was his first name Dante?

[Harker]

11. No, this writer and Verdi knew and respected each other.

[red dog 1]

9. Who wrote "You Don't Know Me"?

[VGNonly]

12. Both Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page

admired the work of this country, country-rock and bluegrass player. Born in Maine from a French-Canadian family. Who was he?

[Skittles]

16. ARGH

I know he was in the Byrds but I can't remember his name, will ponder for a while

*as a teenager I had posters of Jimi and Jimmy on my bedroom wall - how cool was I?

[VGNonly]

20. He was with the Byrds

both a session guy and later as a full member. He collaborated with Gene Parsons to create the B-Bender, allowing a guitarist to play pedal steel effects with a Telecaster. He died at 29 while packing up after a show, victim of a drunk-driver. A wonderful and inventive player.

I had posters of Bob Dylan and Easy Rider.

[Skittles]

24. omg Clarence White!

oh wow, what a talent he was

I remember the Radio Caroline DJs talking about his greatness

[VGNonly]

25. Clarence with Ry Cooder

Clarence singing with his B-Bender, Ry on slide.

[Skittles]

26. I remember him collaborating with Gram

what a tragic duo, they died in the same year

I know Clarence's wife and 11 yr old son died a few years after Clarence passed, do you know what happened to them? So sad.

[VGNonly]

29. They both died in 1981 from a car accident.

Daughter Michelle was orphaned at the age of 15.

[Skittles]

30. oh wow

dreadful

[VGNonly]

33. Gram was on the fast track to an early death,

even Keith Richards thought so. Gram sang at the funeral for Clarence, he died about 3-4 months later from excess alcohol and morphine. His body was hijacked by road manager Phil Kaufman. A drunken Kaufman took the coffin to Joshua Tree NP and set it ablaze. He partially burned the body, only got cited for destruction of a corpse.

Weird and bizarre stuff!

[red dog 1]

32. Clarence White?

[VGNonly]

34. Yes

See some recent posts about Clarence.

[jmowreader]

13. A long Spinal Tap drummer question

Counting drummers who appeared on camera in the two Spinal Tap films, and those who have played in Spinal Tap's concerts, how many people who were drummers in real life have played with Spinal Tap?

[VGNonly]

21. At least six, possibly eighteen total...

best left unsolved, you really can't dust for vomit.

[jmowreader]

22. Here are all the real-world drummers who played with this band

Russ Kunkel: played Peter "James" Bond in This is Spinal Tap
Ric Parnell: played Mick Shrimpton in This is Spinal Tap, and performed on their first two albums. In 2022 he became the first actual Spinal Tap drummer to die in real life.
Gsry Wallis, Jody Linscott, Mick Fleetwood, Gregg Bissonette and Todd Sucherman all played a small number of concerts with the band.
Valerie Franco: played Didi Crockett in Spinal Tap: The End Continues.

So...eight drummers. More than six but less than eighteen.

[VGNonly]

23. I saw Gregg Bissonette with Ringo

and his All-Stars in 2014. He would co-drum with Ringo, or when Ringo would only sing, or when Ringo would take a rest (being 76 at the time). I saw Mick Fleetwood with Fleetwood Mac in 1978 in Cleveland.

The only two who I knew of that were actual drummers were Ric Parnell and Valerie Franco.

[jmowreader]

14. What was Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson's first job in a rock band? (It wasn't as a singer.)

[LogDog75]

15. Peter, Paul, and Mary had a hit with the song Leaving on a Jet Plane

What famous singer/songwriter wrote the song?

[underpants]

17. Pete Seeger

?

[VGNonly]

18. John Denver

[Tikki]

19. What recently released album contains the song "Digital Hero"?

Tikki

[rzemanfl]

27. What Montello, Wisconsin band became a one-hit wonder

with a cover of a Beatles song?

[anciano]

28. The song "Chantilly Lace" was recorded in 1958 by a singer

called the Big Bopper...what was his real name?

[Boomerproud]

36. J.P. Richardson.

[anciano]

37. Correct! 👍

[3825-87867]

31. What was the name of Justin Hayward's girlfriend in "Your Wildest Dreams"?

[Wiz Imp]

35. Name the band who hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976 with 2 different versions of

the same song. This band featured 2 different lead singers who later each had solo songs which hit #1.

Also name the song and the 2 singers.

Hint: the band was from Canada.