Music trivia anyone?

Right you are Rcprince. Good questions. What was Charlie Parker's first musical instrument? Hint, it was not a reed instrument.

undertaker, your hint re: steve earle is good, but his backing band's name is only *part* of xtc's *other* band's name...

Keep looking, reprince, that should "Help"!

I'll take a guess on Charlie Parker, how about the Euphonium

Undertaker, YOU THE MAN! +2+2. "Donna Lee" on the euphonium, now that's something.

I think the Beatles may have had a session musician on one of their very first recorded songs. If I remember correcly, I think a drummer named Alan White played on one of their first singles...not Ringo. XTC's Psychedelic Psuedonym was "The Dukes of Stratosphear" (and it's a very fun album).