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Who’s in Charge Here? (Part 2)

Name the leader of each of these backing bands

The Arkestra
The Bad Seeds
The Blackhearts
The Blue Grass Boys
The Boyfriends
Brasil ‘66
The City Slickers
The Comets
The Crickets
Double Trouble
The Family Stone
The Furious Five
The Hot Nuts
The Jazz Messengers
The Kansas City Six
The Lost Planet Airmen
The Mahotella Queens
The MGs
The Midnighters
The New Bohemians
The Pips
The Plastic Ono Band
The Ray Men
The Shondells
The Society Orchestra
The Sunshine Band
The [...]

Who’s in Charge Here? (Part 1)

Name the leader of each of these backing bands

Africa 70
The Attractions
The Belmonts
The Blue Caps
The Bluesbreakers
The Boyz
The Cardinals
The Clowns
Crazy Horse
The Destroyers
The E-Street Band
The Famous Flames
The Heartbreakers
The Houserockers
The Jicks
The Kings Of Rhythm
The Magic Band
The Maytals
The Mescaleros
The Miracles
The Pharaohs
The Pirates
Prime Time
The Red Hot Peppers
The Silver Bullet Band
The Strangers
The Teenagers
The Texas Playboys
The Vandellas
The Wailers
Wings

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Drifting Along

What country singer also recorded under the name “Luke the Drifter”?

Garth Brooks
Waylon Jennings
Kenny Rogers
Hank Williams

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What’s in a Name?

(this has been rewritten to include bands forgotten in the original post) 
The following band names are actually acronyms. How many of them can you give the full name for?

ABBA
AC/DC
CSS
dB’s
DFL
D.O.A.
DYS
E.A.R.
EMF
EPMD
ESG
FOC
The GAP Band
G.B.H.
The GTOs
JFA
KLF
KMFDM
LFO
MC5
MDC
MFSB
M.G.s
MGMT
M.O.D.
MxPx
N*E*R*D
NOFX
NRBQ
N.W.A.
O.A.R.
P.O.D.
REO Speedwagon
SNFU
S.O.A.
S.O.D.
SSD
T.S.O.L.
UB40
UFO
UTFO

(the answer has been posted in the comments section)

Who’s Your Daddy?

Who was known as “The Father of Gospel Music?”

Lee Roy Abernathy
Thomas A. Dorsey
Washington Phillips
Roebuck “Pops” Staples

(the answer has been posted in the comments section)

Of Course It’s A Horse

What is the name of Willie Nelson’s guitar?

Scout
Silver
Trigger
Tornado

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