"We've played there so many times, well over 60 concerts, and to still sell it out for a couple of shows, it's incredible. He was a member of the band "Pilot" who had a top five hit single in the US with the song "Magic". Two Months later Elton performed a pair of tribute concerts in his memory with Nigel in attendance.
After Hookfoot's disbanding Roger went on to work with Harry Nilsson on his classic One of Elton's earliest accomplices pre-dating even Bernie Taupin, Caleb Quaye first met young Reg Dwight when they were both staff songwriters in London's Tin Pan Alley. Brenda. He then joined the Disneyland Band which he describes as "One of the best Gigs I ever had". He met Davey Johnstone around this time and when Elton appointed Davey as Musical Director prior to the 1988 Tour Davey called Guy to ask if he was interested in serving as additional Keyboardist to augment Lead Keyboardist Fred Mandel on the tour. At first Elton was reluctant claiming he did not want to sound like "Jethro Tull" but gave Johnstone a chance as a session player on the In addition to his work with Elton, He released a solo album, Arguably the best known studio and touring Percussionist of all Time. The official website of Elton John, featuring tour dates, stories, interviews, pictures, exclusive merch and more "It was incredibly tense and quiet and we were all really dialled into this moment.“I can hear Elton’s counting ‘One, two, three...’ and right before he hit ‘four’ all you hear is brrrp. "What's going on with us is remarkable, and Madison Square Garden is a classic example," marveled Elton John guitarist Davey Johnstone the other day.
By an odd coincidence, in 1991 Johnathan Moffett was touring with George Michael when Elton appeared to sing the legendary duet of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" and ended up being the drummer on the hit track.Williams made a one-off appearance with Elton in November of 1995 with then-current Elton John Bassist Bob Birch recovering from severe injuries.Moffett was planned to be the Drummer for Michael Jackson’s 2009 "This is It" Tour, though Jackson’s tragic death resulted in that tours cancellation. He played in various Jazz and Rock Bands through his High School years and after leaving college played with Maynard Fergusons Band and toured the world. Also for that show backing Elton on Background Vocals were Donny Gerrard and Brian and Brenda Russel all of whom were signed to Elton's Rocket Records at the time. Elton fell off the piano, the guys fell on the floor and we laughed non-stop.”Elton John on stage with his guitarist Davey Johnstone He would continue in that capacity on Tim Renwick taught himself to play electric Guitar as a teenager and has gone on to become one of the most prolific guitarists in Britain. He continued to contribute Arrangements to Elton's Albums including Colorado born Bassist Kenny Passarelli first rose to prominence performing in legendary Guitarist Joe Walsh's backup band "Barnstorm" where he would co-write with Walsh, Joe Vitale and Roce Grace, Walsh's anthem Rocky Mountain Way as well as performing and recording with Dan Fogelberg. After graduating from college, Guy left his hometown of Baltimore Maryland for Los Angeles. Growing up in Toronto, Canada, He started playing Piano at age four. He played on several tracks on Elton's Ray appeared on the Track "Cold as Christmas" on Elton's Ray returned to the Elton John Band lineup for 1985s Live Aid and remained full-time Percussionist with him through the first leg of the following World tour before handing the percussion chair to Jody Linscott for the remainder of the tour. He also played in Elton associate Kiki Dee's band as well as the band, Queen. For the 1975-76 tour Elton utilized the talents of backing vocalists Cindy Bullens, Ken Gold and Jon Joyce. Johnstone and Jorgenson released an acoustic guitar laden album called “Crop Circles” in 1998 and Jorgenson released his first solo album Emotional Savant the following year. Dee started learning to play bass along to his favorite records as a teenager before forming the group The Mirage. He continued as Keyboardist with Elton's band through the 21 at 33 album and subsequent 1980 tour then went on to play Keyboards, Arrange and produce acts such as Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand and Rod Stewart as well as recording and touring with Toto and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Which opened for Elton on the A legendary Guitarist and producer, originally hailing from Brooklyn, New York Richie Zito was signed to Atlantic Records at the age of 15. He continued on as a drummer for British bands "Plastic Penny" and "Uriah Heep". One night the groups Drummer failed to show up to a gig so Nigel substituted on drums and never looked back. He worked with artists such as Paul McCartney and Wings, Camel and Kate Bush as well as the famous Alan Parsons Project, led by and named for EMI Staff Engineer Alan Parsons, The Man responsible for engineering Pink Floyd's legendary The only Female non-vocalist to ever appear with the Elton John Band, Braintree Massachusetts native and percussionist Jody Linscott had performed with The Who, Jackson Browne, David Gilmour, Don Henley and Paul McCartney before taking over for Ray Cooper midway through Elton's 1985-86 World Tour as well as working in tandem with Ray for Elton's Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra an astonishing feat considering she was pregnant and gave birth while touring with Elton. He then went on to tour with acts such as Shenna Easton, Christopher Cross, Brian Wilson and The Captain & Tennile.In 1988 Matt and his brother Drummer Gregg Bissonette joined David Lee Roth's Band and spent two years touring and recording. He also appeared on the soundtrack for films such asMulti-Instrumentalist Fred Mandel was already an outspoken fan of Elton's before he ever played a show as part of the Elton John Band of which he would become a member for seven years.