Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins
The following are the musicians who have performed with drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins during Collins's solo career. This does not necessarily include any of the musicians who performed with Collins alongside Genesis.
"Not Dead Yet" Tour Musicians
This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in 2017/2018/2019 during the Not Dead Yet Tour.
- Phil Collins - lead vocals, percussion
- Nic Collins - drums, piano
- Daryl Stuermer - lead guitar
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Brad Cole - keyboards, vocoder on "In the Air Tonight", musical director.
- Luis Conte - percussion (except Dublin, Lyon and Hyde Park dates)
- Richie Garcia - percussion (only Dublin, Lyon and Hyde Park dates)
- Ronnie Caryl - rhythm guitar
- Arnold McCuller - backing vocals (except Paris, Dublin and Hyde Park dates)
- Amy Keys - backing vocals
- Bridgette Bryant - backing vocals
- Lamont van Hook - backing vocals
- Harry Kim - trumpet
- Dan Fornero - trumpet
- George Shelby - saxophone
- Luis Bonilla - trombone
2016 Performances musicians
This is a list of performers who performed with Collins during the 2016 concerts:
- Phil Collins - lead vocals
- Brad Cole - keyboards, vocoder on "In the Air Tonight".
- Luis Conte - percussion
- Nathan East - bass guitar, backing vocals (only on the 29th of August, US Open performance)
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Daryl Stuermer - lead guitar
- Nic Collins - drums
"First Final Farewell" Tour musicians
This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in support of his 2002 album, Testify, during the First Final Farewell Tour.
- Phil Collins - drums, lead vocals, electric piano
- Gerald Albright - saxophone
- Bill Cantos - backing vocals
- Ronnie Caryl - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Brad Cole - keyboards, vocoder on "In the Air Tonight".
- Luis Conte - percussion
- Lynne Fiddmont-Lindsey - backing vocals
- Dan Fornero - trumpet
- Connie Jackson-Comegys - backing vocals
- Amy Keys - backing vocals
- Harry Kim - trumpet, horns director
- Arnold McCuller - backing vocals
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Daryl Stuermer - lead guitar
- Chester Thompson - drums
- Lamont Van Hooke - backing vocals
- Arturo Velasco - trombone
Live members
| Image | Member | Years | Instruments | Tours | |
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| Phil Collins |
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| All tours | all releases | |
| Daryl Stuermer |
| All releases except Both Sides (1993) and Going Back (2010) | |||
| Mo Foster | 1982 (died 2023) | bass guitar | Hello, I Must Be Going! tour | Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) | |
| Chester Thompson |
| drums | Hello, I Must Be Going! tour – But Seriously tour | none – only tours | |
| Peter Robinson | 1982–1986 |
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| Michael Harris | trumpet | All releases from Face Value (1981) to ...But Seriously (1989) (all as "The Phenix Horns") | |||
| Rahmlee Michael Davis | 1982–1990 | Hello, I Must Be Going! – But Seriously tours | |||
| Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield | trombone | ||||
| Don Myrick | 1982–1990 (died 1993) | saxophone | |||
| Leland Sklar |
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| The No Jacket Required tour - But Seriously tour and First Final Farewell tour – Not Dead Yet tour |
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| Brad Cole |
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| But Seriously tour – Not Dead Yet tour | Dance into the Light (1996) | |
| Harry Kim | trumpet |
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| Fred White | 1990 | backing vocals | But Seriously tour | none | |
| Bridgette Bryant |
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| Arnold McCuller |
| But Seriously tour - Not Dead Yet tour | |||
| Nathan East |
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| Ricky Lawson | 1994–1997 (died 2013) | drums | But Seriously tour - Both Sides tour | none | |
| Andrew Woolfolk | 1994–1997 (died 2022) | saxophone | Dance into the Light (1996) | ||
| Dan Fornero |
| trumpet | But Seriously tour - Not Dead Yet tour | ||
| Arturo Velasco | 1994–2005 | trombone | But Seriously tour - First Final Farewell tour | ||
| Amy Keys |
| backing vocals |
| None | |
| Ronnie Caryl |
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| The Trip into the Light tour – Not Dead Yet tour | Going Back (2010) | |
| John Mahon | 2000 | percussion | Musicares Awards 2000 | None | |
| Luis Conte |
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| Gerald Albright | 2004–2005 | saxophone | First Final Farewell tour | ||
| Bill Cantos |
| backing vocals |
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| Lynne Fiddmont-Lindsey | |||||
| Connie Jackson-Comegys | Going Back (2010) | ||||
| Lamont Van Hooke |
| First Final Farewell tour – Not Dead Yet tour | |||
| Bob Babbitt | 2010 (died 2012) | bass guitar | Going Back tour | ||
| Eddie Willis | 2010 (died 2018) | guitar | |||
| Ray Monette | 2010 | ||||
| Graeme Blevins | saxophone | ||||
| Phil Todd |
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| John Aram | trombone | ||||
| Guy Barker | trumpet | ||||
| Tom Rees-Roberts | |||||
| Terron Brooks | backing vocals | none | |||
| Leslie Smith |
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| Nic Collins | 2016– 2019 |
| 2016 shows – Not Dead Yet tour | ||
| Luis Bonilla | 2017– 2019 | trombone | Not Dead Yet tour | ||
| George Shelby | saxophone | ||||
| Richie Garcia | 2017 | percussion |
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Timeline
Former and guest studio musicians
- Stephen Bishop - backing vocals
- Gary Barnacle - saxophone
- Alex Brown - backing vocals
- Paul Bushnell - bass guitar
- Eric Clapton - guitar
- David Crosby - backing vocals
- Lynne Fiddmont- backing vocals
- Martyn Ford - strings conductor
- David Frank - Minimoog bass, keyboards
- Peter Gabriel - backing vocals
- John Giblin - bass guitar
- Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboards
- Alphonso Johnson - bass guitar
- Marva King - backing vocals
- Arif Mardin - strings conductor
- Dominic Miller - guitar
- Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
- Pino Palladino - bass guitar
- Joe Partridge - slide guitar
- Tim Pierce - guitar
- Eric Rigler - Uilleann pipes
- James Sangar - additional programming
- Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone
- L. Shankar - violins, vocal effects
- Sting - backing vocals
- Helen Terry - backing vocals
- Steve Winwood - Hammond organ
All past touring members worked with Phil in the studio except for Bryant, Lawson, Mahon, White and Odom Jr.
See also
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| Compilations | |
| Box sets | |
| Soundtracks | |
| Concert tours | |
| Bands | |
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