This is pretty fun. Especially if you know who "Stefano Dimera" and "Robocop" are. I love the way you can just see their personalities matching their instruments.

Thanks to Holly Gonzales for posting this on
www.theyellowboard.com


FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE IN BAND

Flute
Alanis Morrisette (singer)
Halle Berry (actress)
Celine Dion (singer)
Calista Flockhart ("Ally McBeal")
George Eastman (founder of Kodak)
Alyssa Milano (actress)
Noah Webster (Webster's Dictionary)
Gwen Stephani (singer)
Molly Erdman ( the "wife" in the Sonic Commercials)

Clarinet
Rainn Wilson (actor)
Julia Roberts (actress)
Woody Allen (actor/director)
Gloria Estefan (singer)
Tony Shaloub ("Monk")
Eva Longoria ("Desperate Housewives")
Dr. Michael DeBakey (pioneering heart surgeon)
Jimmy Kimmel (comedian/talk show host)
Allan Greenspan (Former Federal Reserve Chairman)
Steven Spielberg (movie director)
Robert Reid (former Houston Rocket)
Gloria Estefan (singer)
Squidward
Amy Acuff (US Olympic High Jumper & Model)
Joseph Mascolo – (Clarinet for the Metropolitan Opera & Stephano
Dimera from "Days of Our Lives")

Bass Clarinet
Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)

Sax
Allan Greenspan (yes, he plays both)
Jennifer Garner ("Alias")
Bill Clinton (former U.S. President)
Roy Williams (NFL Detriot Lions)
Vince Carter (NBA Star)
David Robinson (Retired NBA Star)
Fred McMurray (actor)
Tedi Bruschi (NFL New England Patriots)
Bob Hope (late comedian/actor)
Lionel Richie (singer)
Tom Selleck (actor)
Tyler Wright (NHL Anaheim Ducks)
Tom Selleck (Magnum PI)

Trumpet
James Woods (actor)
John Glenn (Astronaut and U.S. Senator)
Michael Anthony (Bass player for Van Halen)
Drew Carey (actor/comedian)
Stephen Tyler (lead singer for Aerosmith)
Prince Charles (future King of England)
Montel Williams (talk show host)
Peter Weller ("Robocop")
Steve Earle (Nashville bad boy)
Darcy Hordichuk (NHL Nashville Predators)
Richard Gere (actor)
Shania Twain (singer)
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (All-State Player in CA)
Jackie Gleason (actor)
Eric Lindros (Dallas Stars Forward)
Brandon Routh (actor – Superman Returns)
Samuel L. Jackson (actor)

French Horn
Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kanobi Star Wars I, II, III)
Vanessa Williams (Singer/Actress)
Otto Graham (NFL Hall of Fame quarterback)
Henry Cisneros (former Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development)
Samuel L. Jackson (actor)

Trombone
Jonathan Frakes ("Star Trek" actor/director)
Bill Engvall (Blue Collar Comedy Tour)
Nelly Furtado (singer)
Conrad Janis (actor)
John Pankow (actor, "Mad About You")
Tony Stewart (NASCAR Driver)

Baritone
Neil Armstrong (Astronaut…first man on the moon)

Tuba
Andy Griffith (actor)
Malik Rose (NBA)
Thomas F. Wilson ("Biff" from the Back to the Future)
Harry Smith (CBS's "The Early Show")
Dan Aykroyd (actor)
Aretha Franklin ("Queen of Soul", singer)

Percussion
Mike Anderson (NFL)
Tommy Lee (Supernova)
Tracy Simien (NFL)
Eddie George (retired NFL)
Trent Raznor (Nine Inch Nails)
Dana Carvey (actor/comedian)
Vinnie Paul (Pantera)
Andy Schneider (NHL Pittsburgh Penguins)
Walter Payton (NFL Hall of Fame running back)
Johnny Carson (TV Host)
Mike Piazza (former MLB catcher)