A slightly different list for you this week, dear readers. Following on from our ‘shorty’ nominations a while back (you can still vote for us at http://shortyawards.com/you by the way - thank you if you’ve taken the time to vote for us) here is a complete (we hope) list of each and every AAA musician that is currently using Twitter. Quite apart from getting the chance to plug my twitter feed again (I’m @alansarchives if you want to ‘follow’ me), this list was inspired by stumbling across Hollie Terry Sylvester’s unadvertised feed and discovering he had even less followers than I have (that, surely, can’t be right can it? The man’s a living legend). The same goes for Wings drummer Denny Seiwell and Jefferson Starship bassist/keyboardist Pete Sears so the only explanation seemed to be that not enough people knew about these feeds. Hence this list – hopefully managing to navigate my way past the many unofficial feeds of people posing as AAA musicians for a giggle There are some weird ones too, including @philoakeyshair (tweets by the Human League vocalist’s wig!) Remember, Twitter is the new socially acceptable method of stalking and your chance to get ever nearer to your favourite stars and there’ something for everyone somewhere, even Spice Girls fans (@SpiceForce @EmmaBunton and @MelCMusic, not that I’m following or anything, honest, it’s just that they keep turning up in my ‘people you might like to follow’ list - who says Twitter doesn’t have a sense of humour?!) We’ve also chosen to draw your attention to those who have twitter feeds run through their official websites, like Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson, who might not get involved with Twitter directly all the time but do occasionally pop on for a tweet or three. What’s interesting with this list, as with so many of these top fives/tens, is whose missing: Ringo for one (there isn’t even a fake account – and there are dozens of people pretending to be John Lennon!), well known gadget lovers you’d think would be big on modern technology (Paul Kantner, Dave Davies, Neil Young) and those known for their love of fan interactions for another (erm Paul Kantner, Dave Davies, Neil Young!)Most surprisingly of all, there is no Pete Townshend, despite the fact that Pete pretty much predicted the whole internet/twitter thing with his unfinished 1971 masterpiece ‘Lifehouse’ (see news and views 81 for our modern spin on Pete’s words). Some bands seem particularly well represented (did The Moody Blues get a special offer on twitter accounts?!), while others aren’t here at all (no members of Crazy Horse, The Kinks, Lindisfarne, The Searchers or Simon and Garfunkel, for instance) – let’s hope all that balances out soon! By the way, if you’ve come across someone we haven’t spotted, why not drop us a line at our forum? In the meantime, happy tweeting!
The Beach Boys:
@BrianWilsonLive
(Official Twitter Feed; note: there’s also a basketball star called ‘Brian Wilson’ so don’t follow him even if he turns up in the list of celebrities – unless you love basketball of course!)
@ALANJARDINE
The Beatles:
@thebeatles
(official Twitter feed)
@PaulMcCartney
(not Paul directly, just his ‘official feed’)
@GeorgeHarrison
(again just his estate’s official feed)
Amazingly there’s no Ringo on Twitter yet! There are four Beatles children you might be interested in following though:
@JulianLennon
@SeanOnoLennon
@StellaMcCartney
@JamesMcCartney
Fans of Wings/Macca’s bands might also be interested to know about the following three Twitter feeds:
@drumndenny (Denny Seiwell, with Macca/Wings 1971-74)
@OM28LJ (Laurence Juber, guitarist with Wings 1979)
@rustyandersen1 (guitarist 2002-date)
Finally, Lennon fans might be interested to find two of his greatest muses on Twitter:
@yokoono
@maypang
Belle and Sebastian
@bellesglasgow
(The band’s official Twitter feed, occasionally used by the band members themselves)
@nee_massey (Stuart Murdoch, songwriter 1995-date)
@JacksonStevie (Stevie Jackson, guitarist 1995-date)
@Isobel_Campbell (singer 1995-2005)
Buffalo Springfield
@RichieFuray (guitarist 1965-68)
(surprisingly neither Stephen Stills nor Neil Young are on Twitter yet!)
The Byrds
@RogerMcGuinn (guitarist 1965-72)
@thedavidcrosby (guitarist 1965-68)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
@thedavidcrosby
@sirgrahamnash
@jamesraymond (Crosby’s son and keyboardist with C/N and CPR)
@jeffpevar (guitarist with Crosby’s band CPR)
@los_demones (Greg Reeves, bassist with CSNY 1969-70)
Grateful Dead
@phil_lesh (bassist 1965-95)
@BobWeirRatDog (Rat Dog is the name of Bob’s current band, guitarist 1965-95)
@BKreutzmann (Billy Kreutzmann, drummer 1965-95)
The Hollies
@The_Hollies (official Twitter feed)
@sirgrahamnash (vocalist/guitarist 1963-68)
@Terry_Sylvester (vocalist/guitarist 1969-80)
The Human League
@humanleagueHQ (official Twitter feed)
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
@jormakaukanen (guitarist 1966-72)
@PeteSears (bassist/keyboardist 1974-86)
@Mickey_Thomas (vocalist 1979-89)
Janis Joplin
@JanisJoplin (Estate’s Official Twitter Feed)
The Kinks
@KinksOfficial (Official Twitter Feed)
Nils Lofgren
@nilslofgren
Lulu
@lulushouts
The Monkees
@MonkeesOfficial (Official Twitter Feed)
@DavyJonesDotNet (his official Twitter feed, vocalist 1966-70)
@TheMickyDolenz1 (vocalist/drummer 1966-70)
@boyceandhart (Bobby Hart, songwriter 1966-70)
The Moody Blues
@MoodyBluesToday (Official Twitter Feed)
@JohnLodgeMusic (bassist 1967-date)
@fromMightyOaks (Ray Thomas, flautist 1965-2005)
@songwars (Mike Pinder’s songwriting competition, keyboardist 1965-78)
Oasis
@oasis (Official Twitter Feed)
@liamgallagher (vocalist 1994-2008)
@NoelGallagher (official Twitter feed, guitarist 1994-2008)
@BeadyEye (Official Twitter Feed)
Gilbert O’Sullivan
@gosdotcom (Official Twitter Feed)
Pentangle
@PentangleBand (Official Twitter Feed)
@therealdannyt (Danny Thompson, double bassist 1968-73)
Pink Floyd
@pinkfloyd (Official Twitter Feed)
@rogerwaters (bassist 1967-85)
@nickmasondrums (drummer 1967-94)
Otis Redding
@OtisRedding (Estate’s Official Twitter Feed)
Rolling Stones
@RollingStones (Official Twitter Feed)
@MickJagger
@officialkeef (Official Twitter Feed)
@bill_wyman (bassist 1962-89)
@RealRonnieWood (guitarist 1978-date)
@JamesPhelge (Stones room-mate, biographer and creator of the legendary ‘nanker-phelge’ face!)
Small Faces
@Ian_McLagan (organist 1967-68)
10cc
@nivekyeldog (or Kevin Godley backwards! Drummer 1972-76)
The Who
@TheWho (Official Twitter Feed)
@RogerDaltrey
@simont4000 (Simon Townshend, Pete’s brother and Who reunion tour guitarist)
...And that’s all folks! If you’ve found someone we seem to have missed then please drop us a line on our forum and we’ll update this list – we’ll do our best to keep it up to date if anyone is added in the meantime! That’s it for now twitter fans – join us next issue for more news, views and music!
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