Feb 192013
A day late, but I don’t believe we’ve ever done a Last Man Standing on Rockers With Presidential Names. Of the 41 (?) distinct United States President surnames, is there a rocker who shares each surname?
For the purposes of this Last Man Standing—and to avoid, say, 392 rocking Washingtons—let’s limit ourselves to one rocker per Presidential name.
Ex-US Townspeople are invited to add the names of rockers who share the name of one of their own country’s political heads of state, but keep it to names of heads of state, please.
As always, don’t bogart that thread: limit yourself to 1 entry per post. Thank you.
Talking Head Jerry Harrison (William Henry Harrison).
Clarence “Patches” Carter (Jimmy “Peanuts” Carter).
George Clinton
I was going to say Bush, but instead will go with Kate Bush.
That means I can suggest
Frankie “Sea Cruise” Ford
John Quincy Nixon. Might as well get the self-serving submission out of the way before my bandmates.
Mick Taylor-Zachary Taylor
Roy/James (15) Buchannan
Steven Tyler / John Tyler
Ike Turner. Yeah, yeah not a surname …
Brian/Nancy/Woodrow Wilson
Rita Coolige (Calvin)
Mike Kennedy of Audible and Lefty’s Deceiver.
Robert Crossroads Lyndon Johnson
Smooth jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr
John Wesley Harding (Warren Harding)
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club) / Franklin Pierce
Well played!
Then the Philadelphia contingent of the mid- to late-80s might remember the drummer from The Balls, Dave Eisenhower. That was his name, right?
THAT’S good work!
Bill “the” Monroe “Doctrine”.
Bryan Quincy “Summer of 1769” Adams
Michael “Old Hickory” Jackson.
Amy “S.” Grant.
“William Henry” Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
Of course, hundreds of great bands have performed and recorded at the Millard Fillmore, but I assume that doesn’t count.
“Abraham” Linkin Park?
Buffalo Lee Ulysses Simpson Grant
Willis Herbert Hoover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzTo2JzuPsc
Isaac Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnnie Johnson
Thanks. This prevents me from inducting and then asking for a Webb Pierce ruling (a bit of rockabilly in his history)….
Plus points for astounding punctuation…
I’m running the high side here: Frankie Yankovic and the James K Polk-a…
Reverend James Grover Cleveland
Please see first entry, way above.
Sure. W.H. was already played, but what about Benjamin “George” Harrison?
The crazy world of Chester A. Arthur Brown
William McKinley Morganfield. I know I know, it doesn’t count.
Zappa vocalist “I Like” Ike Willis
Don’t forget Carnie and Wendy from Wilson Philipps, although I don’t know if they “rock”.
Drummer for The Jayhawks Tim O’Reagan. Can I get away with that O’ ?
‘A WOP BARAKA LOOOBA, A WOPOBOMA BOOM’
Yes! Good one, mod!
My choice Rory Buchanan of “Hey Joe, “Further Down the Road” and what I hope to have tonight “Sweet Dreams”
15th president James Buchanan from PA.
Double dipper: Roosevelt ‘Hound Dog’ Taylor. That’s for President Roosevelt and President Hound Dog.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt “The Honeydripper” Sykes
More non-qualifying LMS attempts because I’m obsessed with using every president’s name: Leslie Millard Fillmore West and Camper Van Buren.
Or Madison Square Garden
Blind Lemon Jefferson – no quotes needed since I believe he was actually blind…
Bostonhistorian, you may have to keep at it. I think Taft is still on the board.
Taft Punk?
In honour of our head of state over this side of the pond – Queen
I don’t know how I thought of this guy, but Jamie Hoover of the Spongetones.
http://www.jamiehoover.net/
Maybe his ties to Bill Lloyd came to mind.
Last Man Standing!
Unless there’s a plain old “Reagan” I didn’t see the “O’.”
Yeah, you’d totally be last man standing if I hadn’t already covered Herbert Hoover above.
Meh, I’ve lost interest now.
Henry Rollins was born Henry Lawrence Garfield, as in your 20th president James A. Garfield.
Duh!
Carole King shares the last name with Canada’s 3 times non consecutive Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Not only is he on our 50$ dollar bill, he also saw Canada through the great depression and WWII. King’s government had a hand in the creation of the CBC and the National Film board which gave us that Rock Cinema Verité short film from a few weeks ago. He championed Canada’s independence from the British Monarchy. And to top it off he was into séances and Ouija Boards.