[net.music] a density gradient of unlikely duets

jaw@ames.UUCP (James A. Woods) (09/09/85)

highly unlikely:

	jean "pure drop" redpath of fife, scotland / lee ving of fear
	paul robeson / lene lovich	nekhama lifschitz / captain beefheart
	barbra streisand / hamza el din	(nubia's best)
	paul macartney / mike mcgear (paul's odd musical brother)
	george clinton / patsy cline 	ramblin' jack elliot / annette funicello
	ellen macillwaine / bryan ferry	      nina hagen / yo yo ma
	pete seeger / prince 	nico /abba    julie andrews / wildman fischer
	
somewhat more likely:

	grace jones / grace slick	mrs. miller / pavarotti
	ed "fug" sanders / diamanda galas	sam cooke / marrianne faithful
	lydia lunch / pat benetar	linda ronstadt / julio iglesias
	lord buckley / lily tomlin 	john klemmer / rova sax quartet
	holy modal rounders / stadtler brothers	   enrico caruso / patti labelle
	blind lemmon jefferson / deaf banana beauregard
	
makes perfect sense to me:

	lotte lenya / jello biafra	joseph spence / professor longhair
	madonna / nino rota   		kimo ito / snakefinger
	don pardo / ken "wordjazz" nordine	harry partch / buddy rich
	stannard ridgeway (ex-wall of voodoo) / june carter (ex-johnny cash)
	vivian stanshall / elvis presley	sun ra / moon unit zappa
	cab calloway / bette "boop" midler	kate smith / tex ritter

last but not least (like siamese twins):

	boy george / man ray 		little richard / liberace

-- james alien (ames!jaw, or jaw@amelia)