Neil Murray (British musician)
Philip Neil Murray ( born August 27, 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish rock and pop musicians. For years he was the bassist of the rock bands Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.
He also in 1994 with keyboard player Spike Edney Queens Live - founded the SAS Band, a cover band that performs live all over Europe.
Was much more successful and Murray as a session and studio musician. Since the early 1990s, Murray works primarily as a freelance musician. He worked live on stage and also partially in the studio among other things, Spike Edney, Brian May, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Rodgers, Robert Palmer, Scorpions, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, John Martyn, Bill Bruford, Graham Bonnet, Randy California, Allan Holdsworth, Kerry Ellis, Jeff Beck, Cozy Powell, Bobby Rondinelli, John Sykes and many others.
Colosseum II
When John Hiseman 1975 Colosseum II, the follow - band jazz rock group Colosseum ( band ) founded, was Neil Murray with it and played on Strange New Flesh, the first album of the group, the bass.
Whitesnake
Neil Murray was the beginning of Whitesnake in the year 1978 to 1987 the bassist of the band.
Black Sabbath
In the years 1989-1991 and 1994-1997 he was with Cozy Powell band member of the band Black Sabbath. Cozy Powell then brought the bass player Murray with one in the band. Tony Iommi released in 1991 Murray and Powell to make way for a reunion with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, and to pave the founding member of Geezer Butler. 1994 announced Butler and Rondinelli and were replaced again by Murray and Powell.
Brian May band
From 1992 to 1998 he was the bassist for the live performances of the Brian May band. Together with the live keyboardist Spike Edney queen, Cozy Powell and Jamie Moses Murray formed the band around the Queen guitarist in his first solo tour.
SAS tape
After the first Brian May Band Tour 1992/1993 Spike Edney formed the SAS Band ( Spike's All Star Band ). The original line-up with Jamie Moses (Guitar, Voc. ) Neil Murray ( bass), Cozy Powell (drums) was taken over by Edney. The SAS Band currently still occurs regularly, but in changing cast - only Jamie Moses and Chris Thompson are next Edney to the root formation. However, Neil Murray takes part every now and then.
Peter Green 's Splinter Group
In the years 1997 to 1998 Neil was with Cozy Powell and Spike Edney to line up the Splinter Group. In 1998, he was replaced by Pete Stroud.
Michael Schenker Group
Neil Murray played on the latest album by the Michael Schenker Group Bass, which was released in April 2008. 2010 Neil Murray will play the bass on the 30th Anniversary Tour at MSG.
Queen
In the years since 2000, Neil Murray played in the backing band with the two Queen musicians Brian May and Roger Taylor. There, Neil Murray scored again on its SAS and Brian May bandmates Jamie Moses and Spike Edney. They played on the Queen's Jubilee Concert in 2002 at Buckingham Palace, a concert in front of 100,000 people in Amsterdam to mark the Queen's Days and the concert Pavarotti and Friends of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy. On November 29, 2003 Queen appeared in Cape Town on the 46664 concert of Nelson Mandela. In addition to Neil Murray contact Taylor and May usually always with Spike Edney and Jamie Moses on.
We will Rock you
In 2002, Murray got the job as a bass player and musical director in the rock musical We Will Rock You Queen of the two musicians, in which Murray plays since then.
Queen Paul Rodgers
On 14 and 16 October 2008 Neil Murray replaced in the short term the diseased Danny Miranda with two concerts of the Cosmos Rocks tour the line-up Queen Paul Rodgers. Originally, Taylor and May Murray want to commit even for the Tour 2005 /06 Return of the Champions by Queen Paul Rodgers. In fan circles, it was rumored, however, that this idea was the fact that Paul Rodgers and Neil Murray had personal differences. The Queen Paul Rodgers, Brian May and Roger Taylor projects were thus not for the first time with the complete master tape.