Lanegan playing Keyboard with Queens Live

[jho]

Hey there,
just came across a video from Queens of the Stone Age which was posted on the RekRek-Board from one of those early 2005 shows, before Alain and Natasha joined them on their LtP-Tour.
I knew that Dan Druff played bass at that time, but I didn't know that Lanegan was onstage (nearly) the whole time and played keyboard (together with Troy) and did backing vocals to a lot of songs.
The video is very shaky, I just link you with a passage from "If only" where you can see it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTNzAeN3iM#t=36m10s

[caitlin]

That's interesting. I'd thought of Lanegan as being like Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant as someone who is very talented and knowledgeable about music but who doesn't play an instrument, or certainly not in public.

I read that Stevie had said she doesn't play any instrument in public as she's not very good. There is a performance of Rhiannon with her playing piano, and much as I admire her,I have to agree, she's a terrible pianist.

[inthefade]

It's weird that you posted this. I knew Mark played acoustic guitar in a couple songs on the Winding Sheet, but just yesterday I just looked at the liner notes for WFTHG, and he plays acoustic and electric guitar on five songs from that album.

That's probably old news to most here, but I found it surprising.

[comejanuary]

He's credited for guitar on Dust too.

[domiknock]

and for violin on 'Johnny Smoke (Swamp thing)' on Steve Fisks "448 Deathless Days".

[Fields at Midnight]

He's credited with guitar on The Winding Sheet, too.