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1. This other guy's distinctive backing vocals can be heard on numerous Eagles songs and he co-wrote many as well. He took lead vocal duties on songs such as "Midnight Flyer, "Try and Love Again," and the popular, "Take It to the Limit." Who was he?
2. Anyone familiar with the Grateful Dead knows that Jerry Garcia was the heart of the group. His vocals and lead guitar style are well-known. However, their rhythm guitarist shared lead vocal and songwriting duties with Garcia for most of the band's thirty year run. Who was this other guy?
3. The Allman Brothers are arguably the most influential southern rock band of all time. Greg Allman's distinctive vocals are easily recognizable as is Duane Allman's lead guitar style. However, there was another guy that had a hand in writing numerous songs, took over lead guitar duties after Duane's death, and was the lead vocalist on many of the bands most well-known songs including "Crazy Love," "Blue Sky," and "Ramblin Man?" Can you name him?
4. One of the most influential new wave bands of the late 1970s early 1980s was The Cars. Rick Ocasek wrote most of the songs and is credited as the lead singer because he had lead vocal duties on just a little over half of the band's songs. However, we would do well to remember this talented other guy who played bass and had lead vocal duties on the rest including, "Just What I Needed," "Let's Go," and "Drive."
5. Anyone familiar with music in the late 1970s and early 1980s remembers Journey. Although they formed years prior to Steve Perry's arrival in 1977, it was Perry's vocals that helped propel the band to superstardom. However, this original member was the primary vocalist prior to Perry joining and afterward shared lead vocal duties on songs such as "Just the Same Way," and "Feelin That Way/Anytime" with Perry. Who was this other guy?
6. Eric Clapton is one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time and is the person many people think of when they hear a Cream song. But wait! This other guy was technically the main songwriter and lead vocalist of the band. You can hear his voice in the lead vocals of many Cream songs such as, "I Feel Free," "Tales of Brave Ulysses," and "White Room."
7. Few bands were as popular as KISS in the 1970's. The band has changed a lot over the years with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley remaining at the core. They have been the main songwriters/singers since the beginning. However, the other two original members contributed both lead vocals and songwriting at times. Can you name the "other guy" that co-wrote and sang, "Beth" which is the band's highest charting single to date?
8. This talented and thoughtful member of the Beatles fought an uphill battle to find outlets for his creativity working in the shadow of musical juggernauts John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He did shine through on occasion with singer/songwriter credits on gems like, "Something," "While my Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Here Comes the Sun."
9. This "other guy" is the only original member of the Doobie Brothers to be a part of the band through all incarnations. Although working behind frontmen Tom Johnston and later Michael McDonald, he was responsible for writing and singing some of their greatest hits such as, "Black Water" and "South City Midnight Lady."
10. The Doors, with Jim Morrison as the frontman, were a very popular and influential force in music during their time and left a legacy that is felt to this day. Morrison is the face of the band to many but their guitar player had a hand in much of their work including bringing his unfinished composition titled, "Light My Fire" to his band mates which they helped shape into the finished song we know today. Who was this, "other guy?"
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