David Byrne

vocal, producer, guitar, performer, bass, guitars, percussion, synthesizer, keyboard, arranger, mix, piano, electric guitar, programming, calliope, Clavinet, organ, vibraphone, flute, 12 string guitar, dobro, omnichord, trumpet, acoustic guitar, bells, remixer, harmonium

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Talking Heads
Greg Calbi mastering (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, Adé, Bed, Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open), Big Business, Black Flag, Cloud Chamber, Combat, Dense Beasts, Dinosaur, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Leg Bells, Light Bath, Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor), My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks), Paper Emperor, Picking a Bride, Poison, Social Studies, The Blue Flame, The Red House, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Walking, What a Day That Was, Wheezing, Wind, Rain and Water, Winter
Butch Jones mix, remixer Adé, Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open), Big Business, Big Business (Dance Mix), Black Flag, Cloud Chamber, Combat, Dense Beasts, Dinosaur, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, Leg Bells, Light Bath, My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks), Poison, The Blue Flame, The Red House, Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Walking, What a Day That Was, Wheezing
大山徹也
Garnett Brown trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Greg Calbi mastering (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, Adé, Bed, Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open), Big Business, Black Flag, Cloud Chamber, Combat, Dense Beasts, Dinosaur, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Leg Bells, Light Bath, Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor), My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks), Paper Emperor, Picking a Bride, Poison, Social Studies, The Blue Flame, The Red House, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Walking, What a Day That Was, Wheezing, Wind, Rain and Water, Winter
Butch Jones mix, remixer Adé, Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open), Big Business, Big Business (Dance Mix), Black Flag, Cloud Chamber, Combat, Dense Beasts, Dinosaur, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, Leg Bells, Light Bath, My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks), Poison, The Blue Flame, The Red House, Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Walking, What a Day That Was, Wheezing
Garnett Brown trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Paul Humphrey drums (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Nolan Smith trumpet (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Bobbye Hall percussion (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
William Green baritone saxophone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Rich Cooper trumpet (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Pete Christlieb saxophone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Fred Wesley trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Ray Brown (soul/jazz trumpet player Raymond Lee Brown, 75-) trumpet (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Ernie Fields baritone saxophone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
David Stout (American trombonist) trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Dave Blumberg arranger, conductor (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Phil Teil trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Dana Hughes trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Yogi Horton drums, tom-tom Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open), Combat, Dense Beasts, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks), The Red House, Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Wheezing
John Chernoff congas, gong, guitars, percussion, piano Adé, Big Business, Combat, Dinosaur, Eggs in a Briar Patch, Five Golden Sections, His Wife Refused, Leg Bells, Light Bath, Two Soldiers, Walking
Jackie Kelso saxophone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, Theadora Is Dozing, Winter
Harry Kim trumpet (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, Theadora Is Dozing, Winter
Don Myrick saxophone In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
Ernie Watts saxophone In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
Brian Eno bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone Adé, Eggs in a Briar Patch, The Blue Flame, The Red House, Two Soldiers
Adrian Belew performer, guitars Eggs in a Briar Patch, His Wife Refused, Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Wheezing
Chuck Findley trumpet In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
John Medeski organ Buck Naked, Nothing At All, Sad Song, Strange Ritual
Thievery Corporation remixer Dance on Vaseline (Thievery Corporation remix)
Jerry Harrison Clavinet, drums, organ Cloud Chamber, Dense Beasts, Eggs in a Briar Patch
Bernie Worrell Clavinet, Moog, piano Big Business, Combat, His Wife Refused
Jack Dangers (from Meat Beat Manifesto) remixer Ava (Nu Wage remix), Nineveh (Industrial mix)
Rudy Tambala remixer Ava (Less Space dance mix edit), Ava (Space dance mix)
Mark Kamins remixer Big Business (Dance Mix)
Hank Azaria vocal “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” Medley
Harry Shearer vocal “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” Medley
Dan Castellaneta vocal “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” Medley
Dolette McDonald vocal Poison
Jerry Scheff bass Just the Motion
John Cooksey drums What a Day That Was
Julie Kavner vocal “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” Medley
Douglas Gray euphonium Five Golden Sections
Mitchell Froom keyboard Just the Motion
Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic arranger Theadora Is Dozing
PC (UK DJ, Patrick Carpenter) remixer Fuzzy Freak (Via Joe) (DJ Food remix)
Patrick Dillett mix I Don’t Remember
Pete Thomas (drummer) drums Just the Motion
Richard Horowitz flute The Blue Flame
Rufus Wainwright vocal Au Fond du Temple Saint
Steve Scales congas What a Day That Was
Susan Halloran vocal Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
Swan's Silvertone Singers arranger I've Tried
Tchad Blake mix Just the Motion
The Baptist Methodist Choir Church of God arranger In the Upper Room
The Georgia Peach arranger (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down
The Pindar Family arranger I Bid You Goodnight
Twyla Tharp (Dancer, Choreographer) percussion Cloud Chamber

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Talking Heads mix, vocal, bass, bells, guitar, guitars, keyboard, percussion, synthesizer (Nothing but) Flowers, And She Was, Artists Only, Blind, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Burning Down the House, City of Dreams, Creatures of Love, Crosseyed and Painless, Don’t Worry About the Government, Dream Operator, First Week/Last Week… Carefree, Found a Job, Girlfriend Is Better, Give Me Back My Name, Happy Day, Heaven, Hey Now, Houses in Motion, I Get Wild/Wild Gravity, I’m Not in Love, Life During Wartime, Listening Wind, Love for Sale, Love → Building on Fire, Making Flippy Floppy, Memories Can’t Wait, Moon Rocks, New Feeling, No Compassion, Once in a Lifetime, Papa Legba, People Like Us, Perfect World, Psycho Killer, Pull Up the Roots, Pulled Up, Puzzlin’ Evidence, Radio Head, Road to Nowhere, Seen and Not Seen, Slippery People, Stay Hungry, Stay Up Late, Swamp, Take Me to the River, Television Man, Tentative Decisions, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, The Big Country, The Book I Read, The Girls Want to Be With the Girls, The Good Thing, The Great Curve, The Lady Don’t Mind, The Overload, This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody), Uh‐Oh, Love Comes to Town, Walk It Down, Warning Sign, What a Day That Was, Who Is It?, Wild Wild Life, With Our Love
大山徹也 vocal, 12 string guitar, Clavinet, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, trumpet A Perfect Hand, American Troglodyte, Dancing Together, Eleven Days, Every Drop of Rain, Here Lies Love, Ladies in Blue, Men Will Do Anything, Never So Big, Order 1081, Please Don’t, Pretty Face, Seven Years, Solano Avenue, The Whole Man, Walk Like a Woman, When She Passed By, Why Don’t You Love Me?, You’ll Be Taken Care Of
Kimmo Kopra producer, programming, vocal, guitar, omnichord, percussion Dinner for Two, I Am an Ape, I Should Watch TV, Ice Age, Lazarus, Lightning, Optimist, Outside of Space & Time, The Forest Awakes, Weekend in the Dust, Who
Fun Boy Three producer Going Home, More I See (The Less I Believe), Murder She Said, Our Lips Are Sealed, Our Lips Are Sealed (single remix), Pressure of Life (Takes Weight Off the Body), The Farm Yard Connection, Things We Do, Tunnel of Love, Well Fancy That!, We’re Having All the Fun
Thievery Corporation performer The Heart's a Lonely Hunter (feat. David Byrne) (Louie Vega remix), The Heart's a Lonely Hunter (feat. David Byrne) (Thievery Corporation remix)
The B-52s producer, guitar Mesopotamia (remix), Queen of Las Vegas (Mesopotamia outtake version)
Hot Rod Hampton vocal Speaking in Tongues, This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) (2005-02-02: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA)
Anna Calvi vocal I'm the Man That Will Find You
Sara Sofia vocal The Heart’s a Lonely Hunter
Robert Fripp vocal Under Heavy Manners
Petrina vocal Lina
Pair A' Dice producer, vocal, guitar, harmonium, percussion God's Child (Baila conmigo)
Opti-Pop performer Yolanda Nigüas
Jerry Mott producer, vocal, dobro, electric guitar Dreamworld: Marco de Canavezes
The League of Gentlemen vocal Under Heavy Manners
Ghostigital vocal Dreamland
Felicite Lefevre vocal Strange Weather
Dryden producer, programming, vocal, guitar, percussion The One Who Broke Your Heart
Caetano Veloso performer Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses (feat. David Byrne)
Bob Hamilton vocal Fall With Me
Viateur Caron producer Gnit
Atem vocal Money
Andrew Sloley vocal The People Tree