Re: Stars In Bars

[TangerineMan <tangerineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The always-a-pleasure-to-read Josh writes

> But how many people have gone on to achieve comparable or greater
> success as solo acts than they had with their original groups?

Few, but the most glaring example to me would be Phil Collins. And many
millions would argue it was quite unfortunate that he did so.

> You could
> argue Sinatra, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Janis (oh-so-briefly). But
> those were never groups comprised of musical equals to begin with. You're
> left, then,  with Clapton out of Cream, and Windwood out of Traffic.

And Collins out of Genesis. "Musical equals to begin with," they certainly
were.

> Certainly not Townshend, Daltrey, Jagger, Richards, Roger Waters, Jon
> Anderson, Robbie Robertson or any of Plant's other contemporaries.

Agreed. Good lists there, too.

Perhaps not coincidentally, Collins was in Plant's first post-Zeppelin
touring band and both artists enjoyed pretty big solo success on a parallel
path during much if not all of the eighties. Of course, Collins after
Genesis was a much, much bigger star in terms of sales, music video exposure
in the early years of that industry and general public awareness than was
Plant after Zeppelin. Who knows, maybe Plant watched his pal Phil go from
success to success as a solo artist and saw it as validation of his own solo
route. 

Then again, there was no death of a fellow band member / close personal
friend involved in Genesis.