The Best was a short-lived
supergroup featuring
Keith Emerson (of
Emerson, Lake & Palmer) on keyboards,
John Entwistle (of
The Who) on bass and vocals,
Joe Walsh (
Eagles,
James Gang, and solo fame) on guitar and vocals,
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (
Steely Dan,
the Doobie Brothers) on guitar, and
Simon Phillips (the
Jack Bruce Band,
801, the
Jeff Beck Group; later of
Toto) on drums. Relative unknown Rick Livingstone sang lead vocals (along with Walsh and Entwistle). Backing vocals were provided by Hamish, Angus and Fergus Richardson of the band
Brother.