AL GREEN
Original author of "Take Me To The River", song covered by Talking Heads on Fear Of Music.ABDOU M'DOUP
Percussion on "Naked".ADRIAN BELEW
Guitar player more known for his work on the band "King Crimson" (along with Robert Fripp), who worked with Talking Heads on the "Remain In Light" album and tour.
AL ACOSTA
Tenor sax on "Naked".ALEX HAAS
Whistle on "Naked".ALEX SADKIN
Mix on "Speaking in Tongues".ALEX WEIR
Guitar on "Stop Making Sense" (album and tour), Speaking in Tongues.ANDREW CADER
Washboard on "Little Creatures".ANGEL FERNANDEZ
Trumpet on "Naked".ARI UP
Percussionist on "More Songs About Buildings And Food".ARTHUS RUSSELL
Cello on "Naked".BEANS, THE
Garage band where Chris Frantz played drums, before Talking Heads. The played at the Electric Circus, NY, in 1970.BERNIE WORRELL
Keyboards on "Stop Making Sense" (album and tour) and "Speaking in Tongues".BERT CROSS CHOIR
Vocals on "True Stories".BIZADI
Band formed by Mark Kehoe, his girlfriend Naomi and David Byrne. They used to make performance acts like the legendary one with Mark at the accordion, David at the violin and Naomi displaying russian words on cardboards, where David shaved and cut himself with a razor and a beer splashed in his face.BOBBY PORCELLI
Alto saxophone on "Naked".BRIAN ENO
Co-founder of Roxy Music, Brian Eno worked with Talking Heads since it's 2nd album "More Songs About Buildings And Food". He continued on later works by the band like "Fear of Music", "Live On Tour" and "Remain in Light", an album so influenced by Eno that in fact he wanted to sign it as a work by David Byrne and him, not as a Talking Heads album.
BRICE WASSY
Maracas on "Naked".BUTCH JONES
Engineer on "Speaking in Tongues".CBGB
New York club that was very important on the Punk and New Wave days, as bands like The Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads played there.CHARLIE SEPULVEDA
Trumpet on "Naked".CHRIS FRANTZ
Drummer of Talking Heads.
DALE TURK
Bass trombone on "Naked".DAVE JERDEN
Engineer and mixing on "Remain In Light".
DAVID BOWMAN
Journalist, he wrote a book about Talking Heads called "This Must Be The Place: The Adventures of Taling Heads in the 20th Century". This book contains lots of data about the band and some photographs, but is badly written, I didn't like it. Talking Heads ex-members didn't like it either, in fact they didn't like it at all.
DAVID BYRNE
Singer of Talking Heads.
DAVID VAN TIEGHEM
Percussion on "Speaking in Tongues".DIVA GREY
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".DOLETTE MACDONALS
Backing vocals on "Speaking in Tongues" (album and tour).DON BROOKS
Harmonica on "Naked".EARL GARDNER
Trumpet on "Naked".ED STASIUM
Engineer on "Talking Heads 77". Mixing on "More Songs About Buildings And Food".EDNAH HOLT
Vocals on "Stop Making Sense" (album and tour).ELLEN BERNFELD
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".ERIC WEISBERG
Pedal steel guitar on "Naked" and "Little Creatures".ERIN DICKENS
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".
FRANK VELDKAMP
Also known as Francey, he's the owner of talking-heads.net, the biggest web site about Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on the Web. He's almost a legend on the Talking Heads fans mailing list as he seems to know everything about the band, owns almost every bootleg and is a close friend to Chris and Tina. He designed the package for the Tom Tom Club album "Live at the clubhouse", as well as the merchandise and poster.
FULL FORCE
Remixes of "Radio Head".GARY GOETZMAN
Producer on "Stop Making Sense".GARY KURFIRST
Management.GENE WILDER
Percussionist on "More Songs About Buildings And Food". Played conga on this album. Is it really the actor from Young Frankenstein ? Some people believe it, but surely it's not the same person. Check out these links and decide by yourself:Allmusic.com
Barnesandnoble.com
Artistdirect.com
GORDON GRODY
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".GREG CALBI
Mastering on "Remain In Light".HOWARD FINSTER (REVEREND)
Folk artist Reverend Howard Finster has a long career as a painter, and he did the cover painting of the "Little Creatures" album, which was elected as the best album cover of the year by the Rolling Stone magazine.
HUSTLERS, THE
One of the bands Chris Frantz was in before Talking Heads. They covered Rolling Stones and Beatles.JACK NUBER
Engineer and mixing on "Remain In Light".JAIME INIESTA
Owner of thismustbetheplace.net, and the only person behind this site about Talking Heads.
JAMES FEARNLEY
Accordion on "Naked".JEAN DE SEGONZAC
Fellow student at the RISD.JERRY HARRISON
Keyboards + guitar of Talking Heads.
JIMMY DESANA
Production on "More Songs About Buildings & Food".JIMMY MACDONELL
Accordion on "Little Creatures".JOE GASTWRIT
Mastering on "Talking Heads 77", "More Songs About Buildings And Food".JOHN GOODMAN
Actor, co-starred with David Byrne in the movie True Stories.
JOHNNY MARR
The guitar player from The Smiths, played guitar on "Naked".
JOHNNY POTOKER
Engineer and mixing on "Remain In Light".JON HASSELL
Trumpet, Horn, Horn Arrangements and Trumpet Arrangement on "Remain In Light".JONATHAN DEMME
Director of the film "Stop Making Sense".JOSE 'ITE' JEREZ
Trumpet on "Naked".JOSE ROSSY
Percussion on "Remain In Light".JULIE LAST
Background vocals on "Fear Of Music".KIRSTY MACCOLL
Background vocals on "Naked".KURT YAHIJIAN
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".LANCE QUINN
Producer on "Talking Heads 77".LANI GROVES
Background vocals on "Little Creatures".LAURIE FRINK
Trumpet on "Naked".LENNY PICKETT
Tenor saxophone on "Naked" and "Little Creatures".LYNN MABRY
Vocals on "Stop Making Sense" (album and tour).MANOLA BADRENA
Percussion on "Naked".MARK KEHOE
Fellow student at RISD. Played accordion on Bizadi, with his girlfriend Naomi and David Byrne.MARK WALLIS
Mixing engineer on "Naked".MICHAEL MCCLAIN
Engineer on "True Stories".MICK ROCK
Photography on "Talking Heads 77".MITCH FROMAN
Alto sax on "Naked".MORY KANTE
Kora on "Naked".MOUSSA CISSOKAO
Percussion on "Naked".MR. JONES
Designer of the site for Talking Heads Internet Tribute "More MP3s About Buildings And Food"NANA VASCONCELOS
Percussion on "Little Creatures".NAOMI
Mark Kehoe's girlfriend. Part of Bizadi.
NINO GIOIA
Percussion on "Naked".NONA HENDRYX
Part of the now disappeared band LaBelle, Nona Hendryx has worked with many different bands since the split-up of the band in 1976. She did the background vocals on Remain In Light and Speaking In Tongues (both albums and tours), and also worked on Jerry Harrison's The Red and the Black.
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
Funky band that Talking Heads liked. They inspired the song "Burning Down The House" as one of their chants was "Burn down the house".PAULINHO DE COSTA
Percussion on "True Stories".PHIL BODNER
Cor Anglais on "Naked".PHILIPPE SERVAIN
Accordion on "Naked".REVELATION
Garage band where David Byrne played, long before Talking Heads were born. They covered Rolling Stones and Beatles. The drummer was the singer, not David.RHETT DAVIES
Engineer on "More Songs About Buildings & Food" and "Remain In Light".RICHARD LANDRY
Saxophone on "Speaking in Tongues".RICHARD MAINWARING
Recording engineer on "Naked".RISD
Rhode Island School of Design, art school where Tina, Chris and David studied.ROBERT FRIPP
Great guitar player more known for his work on King Crimson, he has also collaborated with Brian Eno. He played on "Fear Of Music".
ROBERT PALMER
Percussionist on "Remain In Light". It's not the same Robert Palmer that sings "Simple Irresistible".ROBYN EUBANKS
Trombone on "Naked".ROD O'BRIEN
Engineer on "More Songs About Buildings And Food".SHANKAR
Violin on "Speaking in Tongues".ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHOIR, DALLAS
Vocals on "True Stories".STAN HARRISON
Alto saxophone on "Naked".STEVE ELFON
Baritone saxophone on "Naked".STEVE GLUZBAND
Trumpet on "Naked".STEVE JORDAN
Accordion on "True Stories".STEVE LILLYWHITE
Producer. He has worked with a lot of bands: Morrissey, U2, Simple Minds, The Pogues... and Talking Heads, producing their album "Naked".
STEVE SACHS
Baritone sax on "Naked".STEVE SCALES
Percussion on "Stop Making Sense" (album and tour), "Speaking in Tongues" and"Little Creatures".
STEVEN STANLEY
Engineer on "Remain In Light".SWEETBREATHES
Background vocals on "Fear of Music". They are Tina Weymouth and her sisters (Laura and Lani), see also Tina & The Typing Pool.SYDNEY THIAM
Congas on "Naked".TINA & THE TYPING POOL
Background vocals on " More Songs About Buildings And Food". They are Tina Weymouth and her sisters (Laura and Lani), see also Sweetbreathes.TINA WEYMOUTH
Bass player of Talking Heads.
TOMMY BONGIOUR
Producer on "Talking Heads 77".TOMMY CAMFIELD
Fiddle on "True Stories".TOMMY MORRELL
Pedal Steel Guitar on "True Stories".TONY BONGIOVI
Producer on "Talking Heads 77". Uncle of the famous singer Jon Bon Jovi.
WALLY BADAROU
Keyboard on "Naked" and "Speaking in Tongues".WALKERS, THE
Jerry Harrison's first band, where he played keyboards. They covered the Rolling Stones.WAYNE ZIEVE
Classmate of David Byrne, that wrote a poem called 'Artists Only'. Talking Heads created the music for these lyrics and so this song was born. He might be the one who suggested that the band was called 'Talking Heads'. From "This Must be the Place" by David Bowman:"Tina claimed that an old RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) buddy named Wayne Zieve got the term 'talking heads' from TV Guide. Wayne Zieve also wrote the lyrics for one of the band's best songs, 'Artists Only.'"