World of Weird Al Yankovic

gtrmu @ Dec 18 2004, 06:20 PM wrote: can a connection even be made between al and harper simpson? i don't think you should stump us, because look at how long it took me to come up with a link for the last person. keep it simple

Harper Simon's father is Paul Simon, who Al parodied with "Hit Me With A Rock."

(Also, Harper and Paul both performed on the Carl Perkins album "Go Cat Go.")

OK, Serge, you want an easy one? How about....... Eric Idle?

oh, harper simon, i thought it said harper simpson, my bad, i feel so embarassed

as for eric idle, i'm taking a less obvious route

eric idle was in the film "the rutles in all you need is cash" which also had george harrison and mick jagger in it.
al parodied george harrison on 2 occasions, and polka'ed the rolling stones on several occasions

stevie ray vaughan

Who the heck is Harper Simpson?

idk oe, but that's what i thought it said the first time i saw it, my bad

Must be Homer's musical cousin.

ok someone link stevie ray vaughan to al

When Stevie Ray Vaughn died, it was during his tour with Eric Clapton. Elton John has also done shows with Clapton. Ben Folds performed on stage once with Elton during Elton's last Australia Tour, and Ben plays piano on Why Does This Always Happen To Me.

David Hyde Pierce

david hyde pierce was a guest star on the simpsons, which also had al on as a guest star.

dave matthews

Dave Matthews (of Dave Matthews Band fame) has performed with Phish. Trey Anastasio was in Phish, and he was also in Oysterhead with Stewart Copeland, who was in the Police. Al parodied the Police with "King of Suede".

Jeff Beck

jeff beck was in the yardbirds.
the yardbirds had eric clapton in the band at one point.
eric clapton performed on the beatles song while my guitar gently weeps, and went on tour with george harrison.
al parodied both the beatles and george

mr. t