Musicians You Always Thought Were Totally Hot But You
Couldn't Tell Anyone
People have e-mailed me their suggestions (thus some are acknowledged as "votes"), and I've of course added my own.
Bob Weir, the very early years [Grateful Dead] - voted for by Shaggy
Chuck Garvey [moe.] - 2 votes (Shaggy sez: Chuck's hair and smile, not to
mention an amazing guitarist)
Tye North [formerly Leftover Salmon] - voted for by Shaggy (Yum! Young, hot, trim,
I miss his lusciously long hair, which of course Jeff Coffin shaved OFF OF HIM
(whaaaah!) onstage at High Sierra, all while never missing a note. Still the
best six-string bass player this side of...)
Mike Gordon [Phish] - 2 votes ("check out the picture of Mike from his
high school rock band in Richard Gehr's great new "The Phish Book." Black hair, blue eyes, and
solid as hell. Yum. Those eyes!")
Trey Anastasio [Phish] - 2 votes
Michael Kang [String Cheese Incident] - he's straight, but so what? He gets a vote!
Pete Sears [Hot Tuna] - Long, dark hair; an unspeakably stellar piano and accordion player
Phil Lesh [Grateful Dead] - While I don't find Phil physically
attractive, Shaggy gives one vote because Phil has a heart of gold, has evolved into such a brilliant
musician (evolved? always has been??), and the April and June runs of Phil and Friends
left me realizing what a beautiful man he is.
The band, Lotus, a Philadelphia-based live electronica group (they describe as "organic ambient trance funk") that you must check out. . The bass player is
gorgeous - I don't even know his name, unfortunately. The whole band used to have long hair, especially the keyboardist with dreads. At High Sierra
this year, I think I saw that he'd cut them off? Whaaaa. He's still delightful.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - snarf! In one of his videos he takes his shirt off! (Bad Shaggy, objectifying again..)
Derek Trucks - playing slide guitar since the womb,
also associated with the project Frogwings, son of Butch Trucks (Allman Bros.), growing in
popularity, and a completely hot!
Kyle Spark [formerly of Blueground Undergrass] - bassist,
total Tye North look, style, attitude, and even plays a Modulus. Cute!
Dale Fanning [Living Daylights] - Ohmigod, I am such a narcissist! I felt like I was watching myself
play drums. We have similar facial features, hair, both tall and thin (but at least he has some muscles,
gotta to play those drums like that). He's an excellent drummer. Oh, and did I mention he's gorgeous?
(hahaha.. I swear I don't have an ego problem!) Like most men in my life (ha!) he recently cut his hair :(
Cliff Starbuck [Ekoostik Hookah]
And for Honorable Mention, the Jam Boy-Bands (heh heh):
C'mon, you've been enamoured by musicians in your lifetime! These are all men - what cute female musicians have you seen? Who are they?
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