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Who was the best musician in Damn Yankees ?

Tommy Shaw
Jack Blades
Ted Nugent
Michael Cartellone

No contest. Shaw.

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

Hatchets Molly wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:44 pm No contest. Shaw.

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

fully agree

Uncle Ted

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?

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

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

LAglamrocker wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:59 am 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.

HueyRamone wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:51 am 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.

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

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

Ted has more good songs in his catalog