Who was the best musician in the band Damn Yankees?

[EyeDocOfRock]

Who was the best musician in Damn Yankees ?

Tommy Shaw
Jack Blades
Ted Nugent
Michael Cartellone

[Hatchets Molly]

No contest. Shaw.

I think Blades and Shaw complement each other well. I liked Shaw/Blades.

[skinni]

No contest. Shaw.

I think Blades and Shaw complement each other well. I liked Shaw/Blades.

fully agree

[mrspeedgene]

Uncle Ted

[HueyRamone]

Why would you even list the guy who is:

Not famous
Not a key member of prior platinum band
not a songwriter
A drummer

Did you want to see if he would get some troll votes? Or so he wouldnt feel left out?

[tooth]

Tommy Shaw has more "Instruments" listed on his Wiki, so him.

[LAglamrocker]

Damn Yankees/Jackyl tour I saw best musician that night was
Jackyl singer with his chainsaw

[whammybar]

Damn Yankees/Jackyl tour I saw best musician that night was
Jackyl singer with his chainsaw

I always thought Jesse James Dupree should have taken over for Brian Johnson. For the poll I went with Shaw.

[Anthrax442]

Why would you even list the guy who is:

Not famous
Not a key member of prior platinum band
not a songwriter
A drummer

Did you want to see if he would get some troll votes? Or so he wouldnt feel left out?

Cartellone is a solid drummer. There's a reason he's played for Skynyrd for 25 years.

But yeah, my vote is Tommy Shaw, with Ted a close second. Blades can go fuck himself.

[dmbrocker]

Uncle Ped, because as Patton Oswalt pointed out he can rock hard enough to deflect bullets in the "High Enough" video!

[woblinweebles]

Definitely Tommy.

Blades is a good bass player, but he never shows it on Night Ranger albums and live, the keyboard player sometimes covers the bass parts while Blades is singing. Pretty sure I have posted this before, but here's him funking it up with Rubicon, the band Blades and Brad Gillis were in before NR, at the Cal Jam: https://youtu.be/r6kkcN2dZBI?si=WwHE4z4Aw_w5kvth&t=276

[kwf]

Ted has more good songs in his catalog