Bryan with his band at the Juno Awards in 1985
Bryan Adams' backing band is a group of musicians who accompany Bryan Adams both in the studio and at live shows. Instead of a rotation of session musicians, Bryan Adams prefers to have the same musicians for all his studio and live work.
History[]
The band in 1984
A constant backing band started to form in 1981 during the work on Adams' second album, You Want It, You Got It. On many the tracks of this album, Adams was accompanied by drummer Mickey Curry and keyboardist Tommy Mandel. The two eventually became regular members of the backing band.
Bassist Dave Taylor and guitarist Keith Scott, who had already worked with Adams in the past, joined the band for Adams' third album, Cuts Like a Knife. This line-up was retained until 1998 when Mandel and Taylor left the band.
The band in 2006
In the following years, Adams, Scott and Curry toured as a three members band. Adams himself played bass. In 2002, however, Adams decided to revert to the five members band and enlisted the services of bassist Norm Fisher and keyboardist Gary Breit. This line-up was retained until 2016, Since then, the bassist changed twice. Since 2017, Solomon Walker plays the bass.
Band members[]
Guitar[]
- Keith Scott (1983-present)
Keyboards[]
- Tommy Mandel (1981-1998)
- Johnny 'Blitz' Hannah (1984, alternate)
- Gary Breit (2002-present)
Bass[]
- Dave Taylor (1983-1998)
- Norm Fisher (2002-2016)
- Phil Thornalley (2016-2017)
- Solomon Walker (2017-present)
Drums[]
- Mickey Curry (1981-present)
- Pat Steward (1983-1986, alternate)
External links[]
- List of Bryan Adams backing band members at Wikipedia