"Who's being naive, Kay?"
What an idiot. Roger Waters is a singer, not a musician. And he’s not been a part of Pink Floyd from 1980 to 2005, when he briefly rejoined for a reunion tour. David Gilmour, on the other hand is one of the most influential, and greatest guitar players ever. But I get the sinking suspicion that the author’s knowledge of Pink Floyd is largely limited to “Another Brick in the Wall (part II),” including the lyric, “We don’t need no education.”
Bruce Springsteen is not a musician, either. His oft-time backup band, The E Street Band (chiefly from 1972 to 1989) had some pretty good musicians.
Stevland Judkins is known as Stevie Wonder because he was a 10-year-old musical genius who built his own synthesizer. Behind Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, he is the 3rd most prominent and talented Motown musician of them all. If the author doesn’t like Stevie Wonder, I can only presume it’s because he doesn’t like Motown balladeers, and Wonder is the only one he could think of. He is an accomplished harmonica player and pianist, but, oddly, is also best known as a song-writer and singer, not as a musician.
Very good bassist, IMHO.
Springsteen does play guitar. Maybe not the best, but he does play.
I liked Springsteen but only with the E Street Band. And now that Clarence Clemons has passed, I doubt I’ll be seeing the band anymore. His sax playing was the best. Just isn’t the same without him.
Singer or musician? Jimmy Jamerson should be in that group. And Smokey and Marvin Gaye.