Michael Blair

percussion, drums, marimba, tambourine, glockenspiel, vocal, congas, bells, cymbals, shakers, timpani, snare drum, producer, arranger, strings, bass drum, tubular bells, maracas, piano, whip, xylophone, vibraphone, horn

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Tom Waits
Lou Reed
Elvis Costello
Suzanne Vega
Bruce Cockburn

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Tom Waits congas, drums, glockenspiel, maracas, marimba, percussion, tubular bells 9th & Hennepin, Anywhere I Lay My Head, Blow Wind Blow, Bride of Rain Dog (instrumental), Cemetery Polka, Clap Hands, Diamonds & Gold, Downtown Train, Gun Street Girl, Hang Down Your Head, Hang on St. Christopher, I’ll Be Gone, I’ll Take New York, Jockey Full of Bourbon, More Than Rain, Rain Dogs, Singapore, Straight to the Top (Rhumba), Straight to the Top (Vegas), Tango Till They’re Sore (live), Telephone Call From Istanbul, Temptation, Union Square, Way Down in the Hole, What Keeps Mankind Alive
Lou Reed vocal, percussion Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), No Chance (Regret), Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Sword of Damocles (Externally), Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good, What’s Good (The Thesis)
Elvis Costello bells, drums, glockenspiel, marimba, percussion, snare drum, tambourine, timpani, vibraphone, whip, xylophone Chewing Gum, Coal‐Train Robberies, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, God’s Comic, Let Him Dangle, Miss Macbeth, Pads, Paws and Claws, Satellite, Tramp the Dirt Down, Veronica, …This Town…
Suzanne Vega bass drum, cymbals, marimba, percussion, shakers, tambourine Book of Dreams, Institution Green, Men in a War, Pilgrimage, Predictions, Room Off the Street, Rusted Pipe
Bruce Cockburn percussion, tambourine A Dream Like Mine, Great Big Love, Somebody Touched Me, When It's Gone, It's Gone
溝口肇 percussion, shakers 27th Curve, Silk Bath, うたかた
Ed Harcourt cymbals, horn, percussion, piano, strings Dionysus, Furnaces, There Is a Light Below
Soul Asylum arranger, producer Closer to the Stars (unplugged), Somebody to Shove (unplugged)
Marc Ribot vocal, drums The Cocktail Party, The Wind Cries Mary
Peter Blegvad percussion Northern Lights
Hal Willner vocal Freedom
Violent Femmes vocal, drums Color Me Once
Niklas Strömstedt marimba, percussion Eiffeltornet