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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse
 I'm a bit on the fence about this myself.
On one hand he's done studio work with Meat, but on the other hand he's done a lot of other work that has nothing to do with Meat (i'm not saying the guys from the NLE haven't BTW  ).
Plus, if we're going to bar everyone has worked in the studio with Meat we'll also have to take out Brian May from the guitarist cagegory and Rob Cavallo from the Producer cat.
I'm happy to go with the majority on this  |
Question, though- was the NLE called that at the time Bat 1 was recorded, or have they ever been billed as such on anything other than the live shows?
I compare it to the E Street Band; they are not credited (as in title on the cover) on Springsteen's studio albums, only the live releases. The reason is, as a recording artist, Bruce was signed as a solo artist, and the ESB basically function as session musicians on the records on which they played. Or, like Bobby Keys, for instance- he played sax on many Stones albums and toured with them, but he's not officially a member of the Rolling Stones. IMO, Roy's not a member of the NLE, and thus eligible for induction.
Roy has contributed to the work of many artists, but his "main" job since 1975 has been recording and touring with Bruce Springsteen. He was the only member of the ESB to have a place in the "other" band that Bruce toured with in 1992-93, after he broke up the ESB.
Roy's piano is the backbone of the ESB sound. I love anything he plays, but his truly shining moment in Bruce's live shows is during the coda of "Racing in the Street":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQqQxD021Y
I'm always thrilled to get that song at a concert.
He is also one of the very few people to share co-writing credit with Bruce on recorded songs. One of them, "Roll of the Dice", I totally love (cheesy foam dice not withstanding
):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ti1hKsRzDA
(I also like the other song, "Real World", but the full band version pales in comparison to Bruce's solo piano version)
Anyway, I absolutely believe the Professor deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame.