Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins
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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
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| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|1982–2005|2010|2016–2019}} |{{Hlist|lead vocals|drums|percussion|piano|6=all instrumentation {{small|(studio 1993 and 2002)}}}} | rowspan="2" |All tours |
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|{{Hlist|lead and rhythm guitar|backing vocals|keyboards {{small|(studio 1985)}}}} |All releases except Both Sides (1993) and Going Back (2010) |
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|1982 {{small|(died 2023)}} |bass guitar |Hello, I Must Be Going! tour |Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) |
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|{{Hlist|1982–1990|2004–2005|2010}} |drums |Hello, I Must Be Going! tour – But Seriously tour |none {{Small|– only tours}} |
|Peter Robinson
| rowspan="2" |1982–1986 |{{Hlist|keyboards|vocoder}} | rowspan="2" |{{flatlist| |{{flatlist|
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|Michael Harris
| rowspan="2" |trumpet | rowspan="4" |All releases from Face Value (1981) to ...But Seriously (1989) {{small|(all as "The Phenix Horns")}} |
|Rahmlee Michael Davis
| rowspan="2" |1982–1990 | rowspan="3" |Hello, I Must Be Going! – But Seriously tours |
|Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield
|trombone |
|Don Myrick
|1982–1990 {{Small|(died 1993)}} |saxophone |
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|{{Hlist|1984–1990|2004–2005|2016–2019}} |{{Hlist|bass guitar|backing vocals}} |The No Jacket Required tour - But Seriously tour and First Final Farewell tour – Not Dead Yet tour |{{flatlist|
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|Brad Cole
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|1990–2005|2016–2019}} |{{Hlist|keyboards|vocoder}} | rowspan="2" |But Seriously tour – Not Dead Yet tour |Dance into the Light (1996) |
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|Fred White
|1990 | rowspan="3" |backing vocals |But Seriously tour | rowspan="3" |none |
|Bridgette Bryant
|{{Hlist|1990|2017–2019}} |{{flatlist|
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|{{Hlist|1990–2005|2017|2017–2019}} |But Seriously tour - Not Dead Yet tour |
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|{{Hlist|1994–1997|2016}} |{{Hlist|bass guitar|backing vocals}} |{{flatlist|
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|1994–1997 {{Small|(died 2013)}} |drums | rowspan="2" |But Seriously tour - Both Sides tour |none |
|Andrew Woolfolk
|1994–1997 {{Small|(died 2022)}} |saxophone | rowspan="3" |Dance into the Light (1996) |
|Dan Fornero
|{{Hlist|1994–2005|2017–2019}} |trumpet |But Seriously tour - Not Dead Yet tour |
|Arturo Velasco
|1994–2005 |trombone |But Seriously tour - First Final Farewell tour |
|Amy Keys
|{{Hlist|1994–2005|2010|2017–2019}} |backing vocals |{{flatlist|
|None |
|Ronnie Caryl
|{{Hlist|1994–2005|2016–2019}} |{{Hlist|rhythm guitar|backing vocals}} |The Trip into the Light tour – Not Dead Yet tour |Going Back (2010) |
|John Mahon
|2000 | rowspan="2" |percussion |Musicares Awards 2000 | rowspan="5" |None |
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|{{Hlist|2004–2005|2016–2017|2018–2019}} |{{flatlist|
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|2004–2005 |saxophone |First Final Farewell tour |
|Bill Cantos
| rowspan="3" |{{Hlist|2004–2005|2010}} | rowspan="4" |backing vocals | rowspan="3" |{{flatlist|
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|Lynne Fiddmont-Lindsey |
|Connie Jackson-Comegys
| rowspan="10" |Going Back (2010) |
|Lamont Van Hooke
|{{Hlist|2004–2005|2017–2019|2010}} |First Final Farewell tour – Not Dead Yet tour |
|Bob Babbitt
|2010 {{Small|(died 2012)}} |bass guitar | rowspan="10" |Going Back tour |
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|2010 {{Small|(died 2018)}} | rowspan="2" |guitar |
|Ray Monette
| rowspan="8" |2010 |
|Graeme Blevins
|saxophone |
|Phil Todd
|{{Hlist|saxophone|flute}} |
|John Aram
|trombone |
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| rowspan="2" |trumpet |
|Tom Rees-Roberts |
|Terron Brooks
|backing vocals | rowspan="6" |none |
|Leslie Smith
|{{Hlist|percussion|backing vocals}} |
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|2016– 2019 |{{Hlist|drums|piano}} |2016 shows – Not Dead Yet tour |
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| rowspan="2" |2017– 2019 |trombone | rowspan="3" |Not Dead Yet tour |
|George Shelby
|saxophone |
|Richie Garcia
|2017 |percussion |
Timeline
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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.