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The Best Friends Club

By Joel Yanovich · June 25, 2026 · 9 views

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They’re best friends who play in a jam band.

The lineup7 members

  • Johnny Marr

    member of Johnny Marr + The Healers, 7 Worlds Collide & The Magnificent Six, formerly of The Smiths, Pretenders & The The

    • electric guitar

  • Tom Waits

    member of Roy Orbison and Friends

    • vocals

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    classical composer

    • keyboard

  • Max Roach

    member of The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet, M'Boom & Max Roach Sextet, formerly of Clifford Brown All Stars, The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet & Max Roach Trio

    • percussion

  • Kim Deal

    member of The Breeders & The Amps, formerly of Pixies

    • bass guitar

  • Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

    • background vocals

  • Taylor Swift

    member of Jack Leopards & The Dolphin Club

    • guitar

The DNA

The real bands behind the lineup — shared bands link the members. Hover to trace a connection.

Clifford Brown All StarsThe Clifford Brown–Max Roach QuintetM'BoomMax Roach SextetFats Navarro QuintetCharlie Parker QuartetMiles Davis All StarsMiles Davis QuartetDon Lanphere QuintetMax Roach Plus FourThe Riverside Jazz StarsMax Roach TrioMax Roach QuartetMax Roach QuintetJazz Artists GuildKenny Dorham QuintetThe Miles Davis NonetBud Powell TrioMetronome All StarsCharlie Parker’s Ree BoppersCharlie Parker QuintetCharlie Parker SextetMax Roach, His Chorus and OrchestraMax Roach Double QuartetThe SmithsPretendersThe TheElectronicJohnny Marr + The HealersModest MouseThe Cribs7 Worlds CollideThe Magnificent SixRoy Orbison and FriendsJack Leopards & The Dolphin ClubPixiesThe BreedersThe AmpsJohnny MarrTom WaitsWolfgang Amadeus MozartMax RoachKim DealScreamin’ Jay HawkinsTaylor Swift

The reviews

Three imagined takes on the debut album.

Bowling Gnome
A jam-band hall of mirrors where Marr's crystalline guitars meet Waits' gravel and Mozart's baroque logic. The curse of supergroups dissolves in genuine chemistry. ★★★★
Monohardcandy
Nobody needed this to work but it does—three tracks in you realize they're not here to prove anything, just play together, and that's somehow the most punk move of the year.
Toneutensil
Virtuosity as premise rather than argument; the production privileges ensemble shimmer over harmonic risk. Impeccable but hermetic—mastery without friction. 7.1

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