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Tributes

Born Again

A tribute album was released by Not Lame Records on 31 August 2004. Titled Lynne Me Your Ears, this cover anthology featured ELO standards performed by former Lynne band mate Carl Wayne, Todd Rundgren, Sixpence None the Richer, Neilson Hubbard and Venus Hum, The Shazam, and a host of others.

Parthenon Huxley, former lead guitar and vocalist for ELO Part 2 and The Orchestra under Bev Bevan, released a CD entitled Homemade Spaceship: The Music of ELO Performed by P. Hux., also covering a dozen ELO tunes, and enlisting the aid of former member Mik Kaminski.

A tribute to ELO, L.E.O., features original material written by devotees of Lynne's unique orchestrated sound. American musician Bleu brought together various musicians to record this "tribute" in 2007. Andy Sturmer, of seminal ELO/Queen/Beatles influenced band Jellyfish, co-wrote and provided some vocals for the project. The songs are written entirely in Lynne's style and mimic ELO's orchestration and production.

Lead singer of the band Brave Saint Saturn credits the E.L.O album Time as the start of the astro-rock music genre which brave saint saturn currently plays.

The song "Twilight" was used as the opening animation for Daicon IV Japanese Convention as well as the opening song for the Japanese Drama Densha Otoko.

Personnel

Members on studio albums

Jeff Lynne - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, cello, producer, songwriter, composer, arranger (1970-1986, 2000-01)

Roy Wood - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, cello, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, drums, recorder, producer, songwriter, arranger (1970-1972)

Bev Bevan - drums, percussion, vocals (1970-1986)

Richard Tandy - keyboards, vocals, bass guitar, guitar, arranger (1972-1986, 2000-01)

Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, vocals (1975-1983)

Mik Kaminski - violin (1973-1979, 1983)

Hugh McDowell - cello (1973-1979)

Melvyn Gale - cello (1975-1979)

Mike Edwards - cello (1972-1974)

Mike de Albuquerque - bass guitar, vocals (1972-1974)

Wilfred Gibson - violin (1972-1973)

Colin Walker - cello (1972-1973)

Bill Hunt - keyboards, French horn, hunting horn (1970-1972)

Steve Woolam - violin (1970-1971)

Louis Clark - orchestra arranger, conductor (1974-1979, 1983)

Marc Mann - guitar, keyboards, vocals, arranger (2000-01)

Guest musicians on studio albums

Rick Price - bass guitar (1970) The Electric Light Orchestra involved initially with some early tracks

Carl Wayne - vocals (1973) ELO 2 The Lost Planet

Marc Bolan - guitar (1973) On the Third Day

Ellie Greenwich - uncredited vocals (1975) Face the Music

Susan Collins - uncredited vocals (1975) Face the Music

Nancy O'Neill - uncredited vocals (1975) Face the Music

Margaret Raymond - uncredited vocals (1975) Face the Music

Mary Thomas - operatic vocals (1976) A New World Record

Patti Quatro - uncredited vocals (1976) A New World Record

Thomas Donnelly - uncredited vocals (1976) "Telephone Line"

Olivia Newton-John - vocals (1980) "Xanadu"

Rainer Pietsch - arranger, conductor (1981) Time

Dave Morgan - backing vocals (1983) Secret Messages

Christian Schneider - saxophone (1986) Balance of Power

George Harrison - slide guitar, vocals (2001) Zoom

Ringo Starr - drums (2001) Zoom

Suzie Katayama - cello (2001) Zoom

Roger Lebow - cello (2001) Zoom

Dave Boruff - saxophone (2001) Zoom

Laura Lynne - backing vocals (2001) Zoom

Rosie Vela - backing vocals (2001) Zoom

Kris Wilkinson - arranger (2001) Zoom

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