The Backup Boys

The Backup Boys

Band Information

Genre:	Jazz
First appearance:	"The Sound of Bleeding Gums"

The Backup Boys are a jazz group.

History[edit]

The Backup Boys are some of the many jazz musicians Lisa knew at The Jazz Hole. When Lisa said hello to them, they harmonized together, then one of them sung "we're expendable".

Appearances[edit]

Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums"

Musicians

v • d • e • h Bands
5 from 'Field • ABBA • AC/DC • Aerosmith • The Alan Parsons Project • Archie Bell & the Drells • Art Ensemble of Springfield • Bachman–Turner Overdrive • Backstreet Boys • The Backup Boys • The Backyard Boys • The Bacon Brothers • BART • The Bartchies • Bay City Rollers • The Be Sharps • The Beach Boys • The Beatles • Bell Biv DeVoe • Belle and Sebastian • The Bingoes • Blink-182 • The Blue Man Group • The Blues Brothers • Boston • Boyz from da 'Burbs • Brave Combo • Bread • BTS • The California Raisins • Captain & Tennille • Captain Bart and the Tequila Mockingbirds • The Chubb Group • Capital City Youth Philharmonic • The Chipmunks • Chunk Mafia • Coldplay • Coreys 2 Men • Covercraft • Crosby, Stills & Nash • Cypress Hill • Da Glock Pointaz • Daft Punk • The Decemberists • Devo • Dexy's Midnight Runners • The Didjeridoo Bagpipe Jugband • Dixie Chicks • Doe-Eyed Boys • Ear Poison • The Everly Brothers • Fatneck Sisters • Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes • The Five Boyfriends • Fleetwood Mac • Funkadelic • Funky-See, Funky Do • G.O.R.M. • Garfunkel, Messina, Oates and Lisa • Gary Ocean and the Motion • Grand Funk Railroad • The Grateful Dead • The Grave Matthews Band • Green Day • Green Man Collective • Hooray for Everything • Hudson Brothers • Huey Lewis and the News • The Inhuman Capotes • Insane Clown Posse • Iron Butterfly • The Jackson 5 • Jefferson Airplane • Jefferson Starship • Jonas Brothers • Journey • Judas Priest • Jupiter Jerks • Kansas • The Kinks • KISS • Kneesock Dolls • Kool & the Gang • Kovenant • Krusty and the Krums • The Larry Davis Experience • Led Zeppelin • Les Rock Stars • London Symphony Orchestra • Los Tigres del Norte • M.C. Safety and the Caution Crew • Manfred Mon • Men Without Hats • Metal Moe • Metallica • Miami Sound Machine • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones • The Moody Blues • Moe Szyslak Connection • The Monkees • Monkeytown Philharmonic • The Movementarian Tabernacle Choir • Mumford and Sons • 'N Sync • N'Style • Nathan Newley Orchestra • The New Beat Boys on the Block • Nine Inch Nails • Nirvana • No Doubt • No Threat • NRBQ • OK Go • Otto and the Screaming Whiners • Oyl 'N Vinega • Parliament • Party Posse • Paul Revere & The Raiders • Phish • Phuntime Phunky Phour • Pink Floyd • Pious Riot • Pixie Chicks • The Pre-Marital Sextet • The Pretenders • Public Enemy • Queen • R.E.M. • Ramones • The Rappin' Rabbis • Poco • Red Breem and His Band of Some Esteem • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Rigel 7 Children's Choir • The Rock Bottom Remainders • The Rollicking Rocks • The Rolling Stones • Ronny & the Daytonas • The Roots • Rush • Sadgasm • Sailor's Delight • Salty Joe and the Irregular Heartbeats • Sex Pistols • Sha Na Na • Sigur Rós • Silver Quarry Men • Simon & Garfunkel • The Skankfurters • Smash Mouth • The Smashing Pumpkins • The Snuffs • Sonic Youth • Sonny & Cher • Spice Girls • Spinal Tap • Springfield Drum & Bagpipes Corps • Springfield Elementary School Band • Springfield Philharmonic • Springfield Pops • The Stabfour • Starland Vocal Band • Steely Dan • Steve and Eydie • The Stewardesses • The Stooges • Styx • Sungazer • Third Eye Blind • The Three Bottoms • The Towels • U2 • The Umbilical Chords • Van Halen • Violencia Gigante • The Weasels • Ween • Weezer • The White Stripes • The Wiggles • Wings • The Who • The Whom • The Ya Hoo! Recovering Alcoholic Jug Band

v • d • e • h Bassists
Billy Corgan • Elvis Costello • Freddy Freeman • Kim Gordon • Tom Hamilton • Mark Hoppus • Randy Jackson • Penn Jillette • Marcus Le Marquez • John Lennon • Jeff Lynne • Chris Martin • Paul McCartney • Duncan McGregor • George Michael • Timothy Nordwind • C. J. Ramone • Mark Farner • Mel Schacher • Homer Simpson • Sting • Sid Vicious • Hank Williams, Jr. • D'arcy Wretzky • Rob Zombie

v • d • e • h Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach • Ludwig van Beethoven • Irving Berlin • Eubie Blake • Dave Brubeck • David Byrne • Frédéric Chopin • Alf Clausen • John Coltrane • Stewart Copeland • Danny Elfman • Dizzy Gillespie • James Horner • Marvin Hamlisch • Elton John • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Thelonious Monk • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Charlie Parker • Trey Parker • Cole Porter • Tito Puente • Sergei Rachmaninoff • Maurice Ravel • Antonio Salieri • Sally Salieri • Franz Schubert • Stephen Sondheim • Paul Shaffer • Don Shirley • John Philip Sousa • Sun Ra • Phil Spector • Carl Stalling • Gail Tucker • McCoy Tyner • Antonio Vivaldi • John Williams • Paul Williams • Gerald Wilson

v • d • e • h DJs
Bartholomieux • DJ Breakfast • DJ Cheeseface • DJ Crazy Times • DJ Daddy Towers • DJ Keg Head • Kid Grown-Up • Nostra Drum-Bass • S3x Tow31 • #Von# • Wolfgang Von Bassdrop

v • d • e • h Drummers
Travis Barker • Pete Best • Blingo • John Bonham • Don Brewer • Buddy Budman • Jimmy Chamberlin • Phil Collins • Paul Cook • Stewart Copeland • Elvis Costello • Zack de la Rocha • Nick Delacourt • Mick Fleetwood • Bill Gibson • Dave Grohl • Hippie Hippo • Jamaican musician • Joey Kramer • Lou • Paul McCartney • George Michael • Tito Puente • Marky Ramone • Steve Shelley • Bart Simpson • Ringo Starr • Sticks • Max Weinberg • Hank Williams, Jr.

v • d • e • h Guitarists
Trey Anastasio • Ethan Ballantyne • The Big Bopper • Sammy Biltmore • Jack Black • Jimmy Buffett • Glen Campbell • Phil Campbell • Carl Carlson • David Cassidy • Charo • Johnny Colla • Alice Cooper • Billy Corgan • Elvis Costello • Dick Dale • Mac Davis • Zack de la Rocha • Tom DeLonge • Peter Frampton • Kim Gordon • Dave Grohl • Mark Farner • Sammy Hagar • Kurt Hardwick • George Harrison • Jimi Hendrix • James Iha • Joan Jett • Lenny Kravitz • Robby Krieger • Damian Kulash • John Lennon • Lenny Leonard • Lurleen Lumpkin • Jeff Lynne • Aimee Mann • Chris Martin • Brian May • Paul McCartney • Angus McDuff • Jim Messina • George Michael • Thurston Moore • Michael Nesmith • Ted Nugent • John Oates • Jimmy Page • Princess Penelope • Joe Perry • Tom Petty • Prince • Johnny Ramone • Lee Ranaldo • Keith Richards • Roofi • Carlos Santana • Boz Scaggs • Bob Seger • Brian Setzer • Homer Simpson • Slash • Robert Smith • Shredder Stevens • Sting • Street guitarist • James Taylor • Livingston Taylor • Tiny Tim • Jive Turkey • Ritchie Valens • Brad Whitford • Hank Williams, Jr. • Rob Zombie

v • d • e • h Harmonica
Billy Corgan • Chip Davis • John Lennon • Huey Lewis • Chris Martin • Michael Nesmith • Ozzy Osbourne • Sting • Hank Williams, Jr.

v • d • e • h Keyboardists
Paul Anka • Billy Corgan • Elvis Costello • Peter D'Abbruzio • Zack de la Rocha • Donald Fagen • Sean Hopper • Elton John • Foxy Lady • John Lennon • Jeff Lynne • Chris Martin • Linda McCartney • George Michael • Ozzy Osbourne • Pool Sharks salesman • Max Rebo • Paul Shaffer • Sting • Taco • Doris Troy • Hank Williams, Jr. • Edgar Winter

v • d • e • h Pianists
Brendan Beiderbecke • Bernie • Dave Brubeck • Frédéric Chopin • Jimmy Durante • Enya • Aretha Franklin • Lady Gaga • Joe Gardner • Isaac Hayes • D.W. Jitters! • Salty Joe • Billy Joel • Elton John • John Legend • Chris Martin • George Michael • Thelonious Monk • Michael Nesmith • Judith Owen • Sam • Bob Seger • Paul Shaffer • Don Shirley • Bart Simpson • Homer Simpson • Sting • Sun Ra • Mac Tonight • McCoy Tyner • Hank Williams, Jr. • Zhenya

v • d • e • h Rappers
Alcatraaaz • B-Real • Bad Bunny • M.C. Birthday • Joe C. • 50 Cent • Common • Zack de la Rocha • Sen Dog • Snoop Dogg • Drake • Eminem • Flavor Flav • Jay G • MC Hammer • Ice-T • Jazzy James • Queen Latifah • Lizzo • Ludacris • Marky Marky • M.C. Champagne Millionaire • Lin-Manuel Miranda • DJ Muggs • Kid Rock • Rappin' Granny • The Rappin' Rabbis • RZA • Tupac Shakur • Queen Booty Shaykah • Bart Simpson • Little Smelly • Jaden Smith • Will Smith • Romeo Smoov • Lil Wayne

v • d • e • h Saxophonists
Cannonball Adderley • Boston Cream Basie • Bill Clinton • Ornette Coleman • John Coltrane • Bootsy Croutonne • Candy Dulfer • Edith • Fatneck Sisters • Friedrich • Kenny G • Isaac Hayes • Birthmark Billy Jackson • Justin • Branford Marsalis • Jackie McLean • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Flossy Murphy • Charlie Parker • Sonny Rollins • Adolphe Sax • Professor Sax • Saxophonist • Lisa Simpson • Zoot Sims • Sting • Allison Taylor • Grabass Walker • Edgar Winter

v • d • e • h Singers
Adele • American Idol contestant • Ed Ames • Trey Anastasio • Katie Anderson • Paul Anka • Anniversary singer • Susan Anton • Alan Arkin • Fred Astaire • Frankie Avalon • Cody B. • Archie Bell • Count Buddy • Jimmy Buffett • Bad Bunny • Ethan Ballantyne • Christine Baranski • Fantasia Barrino • Ms. Biljana Electronica • Beck • Dustin Beeber • Lou Bega • Brendan Beiderbecke • Anwar Benitez • Tony Bennett • Beyoncé • Justin Bieber • The Big Bopper • Björk • Jack Black • Karen Black • Bob • Johnny Bobby • Andrea Bocelli • Matteo Bocelli • Virginia Bocelli • Michael Bolton • Jon Bon Jovi • Bono • Sonny Bono • Pat Boone • David Bowie • Boy George • Susan Boyle • Don Brewer • Fanny Brice • • James Brown • Jackson Browne • Carla Bruni • David Byrne • Johnny Calhoun • Calvin Cameron • Glen Campbell • Mariah Carey • Nick Carter • David Cassidy • Richard Chamberlain • Carol Channing • Cher • Maurice Chevalier • Tootsie Childs • Kelly Clarkson • Kurt Cobain • Leonard Cohen • Phil Collins • Alice Cooper • James Corden • Billy Corgan • Elvis Costello • Country singer • DJ Crazy Times • Bing Crosby • David Crosby • Miley Cyrus • Gulliver Dark • Larry Davis • Sammy Davis, Jr. • Chip Davis • Mac Davis • Larry Davis • John Denver • Neil Diamond • Kara DioGuardi • Celine Dion • Disco-pus • Djörk • Snoop Dogg • Plácido Domingo • Drake • Jimmy Durante • Bob Dylan • Echo • Billie Eilish • Elvish • Enya • Donald Fagen • Mark Farner • Farty the Crippled Robot • Ella Fitzgerald • Laney Fontaine • Tennessee Ernie Ford • Sutton Foster • Peter Frampton • Aretha Franklin • Ewell Freestone • Lady Gaga • Art Garfunkel • Judy Garland • Gary Glacier • Bobby Goldsboro • Kim Gordon • Robert Goulet • Betty Grable • Josh Groban • Dave Grohl • Barney Gumble • Arlo Guthrie • Sammy Hagar • Rob Halford • Daryl Hall • Kurt Hardwick • David Hasselhoff • Isaac Hayes • Jimi Hendrix • Billie Holiday • Buddy Holly • Whitney Houston • Darius Hughes • Orion Hughes • Enrique Iglesias • Ignatz • Terry Jacks • Michael Jackson • Randy Jackson • Victoria Jackson • Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs • Mick Jagger • Waylon Jennings • Joan Jett • Billy Joel • Scarlett Johansson • Elton John • Al Jolson • Booker T. Jones • Tom Jones • Rachel Jordan • Kako • Danny Kaye • Karen Kilgariff • Eartha Kitt • Korean singer • Lenny Kravitz • Kris Kristofferson • Damian Kulash • Patti LaBelle • Rita LaFleur • Laufey • Cyndi Lauper • Joey Lawrence • John Legend • John Lennon • Huey Lewis • John Lithgow • Lizzo • Kenny Loggins • Jennifer Lopez • Courtney Love • Lyle Lovett • Lurleen Lumpkin • Patti LuPone • Jeff Lynne • Old MacDonald • Madonna • Hettie Mae Boggs • Porky Mah Jong • Barbara Mandrell • Aimee Mann • Chris Martin • Ricky Martin • Johnny Mathis • Linda McCartney • Paul McCartney • Bobby McFerrin • Duncan McGregor • Sarah McLachlan • Mitzi McVeigh • Melvin • Freddie Mercury • Jim Messina • George Michael • Bette Midler • Mitch Miller • Carmen Miranda • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Tori Missouri • Janelle Monáe • Marilyn Monroe • Thurston Moore • Jaye P. Morgan • Nelson Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Vela Murphy • Nabil • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Alaska Nebraska • Willie Nelson • Michael Nesmith • Julie Newmar • Stevie Nicks • Harry Nilsson • Timothy Nordwind • Finneas O'Connell • Gilbert O'Sullivan • John Oates • Billy Ocean • Yoko Ono • Tony Orlando • Ozzy Osbourne • Judith Owen • Dolly Parton • Princess Penelope • Katy Perry • Tom Petty • Robert Plant • Iggy Pop • Elvis Presley • Prince • Etta Pryor • Quilloughby (imaginary) • Quilloughby (real) • Raffi • Joey Ramone • Lee Ranaldo • Rihanna • R.J. • Helen Reddy • Little Richard • Keith Richards • Lionel Richie • Rihanna • Kenny Rogers • Linda Ronstadt • Roofi • Diana Ross • Johnny Rotten • RuPaul • Jane Russell • Barry Sadler • Leo Sayer • Boz Scaggs • Seal • Bob Seger • Brian Setzer • Paul Shaffer • William Shatner • Cybill Shepherd • Allan Sherman • Dinah Shore • Gene Simmons • Paul Simon • Josie Simone • Bart Simpson • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Marge Simpson • Frank Sinatra • Seymour Skinner • Sluggo • Robert Smith • Sonya • Britney Spears • Posh Spice • Bruce Springsteen • Nancy Spungen • Ashlee Starling • Gwen Stefani • Cat Stevens • Ray Stevens • Rod Stewart • Sting • Michael Stipe • Barbra Streisand • Ruben Studdard • Harry Styles • Taylor Swift • Moe Szyslak • James Taylor • Livingston Taylor • Tiny Tim • Tommy • Mac Tonight • Sophie Tucker • Steven Tyler • Leslie Uggams • Little Uma • Carrie Underwood • Usher • Ritchie Valens • Rudy Vallée • Milhouse Van Houten • Luther Vandross • Sarah Vaughan • Sid Vicious • Tabitha Vixx • Muddy Waters • Clarissa Wellington • Kanye West • Biff Westwood • Barry White • Clancy Wiggum • Ralph Wiggum • Andy Williams • Hank Williams, Jr. • Paul Williams • Pharrell Williams • Vanessa Williams • Boxcar Willie • Bruce Willis • Wakkety Yak • "Weird Al" Yankovic • Yodelin' Zeke • Rob Zombie

v • d • e • h Other
Aaron • Louis Armstrong • Missy Baker • Señor Beaverotti • Count Four Count • Boris Csupovski • Nighty Day • Gustavo Dudamel • Gertie Feesh • Giuseppe • Benny Goodman • Roy Hargrove • No Nickname Henderson • Yo-Yo Ma • Wynton Marsalis • Geordie McIntyre • C.S.I. Miami • Lee Morgan • Bleeding Gums Murphy's nephew • Daly Night • Defonzo Palmer • Hi Hat Pat • Darryl Peyton • Johnny Pop • Richie Sakai • Trombone Shorty • Soaky • The Stooped-Over Fiddler • Maximillian von Wonthelm • Der Zip Zorp

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v • d • e • h The Simpsons and relatives
Jacqueline Bouvier • Patty Bouvier • Selma Bouvier • Abraham Simpson • Bart Simpson (Bartman • El Barto) • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Marge Simpson • Mona Simpson Jub-Jub • Plopper • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II

v • d • e • h Around Springfield
Kumiko Albertson • Ms. Albright • Jasper Beardley • Benjamin • Blue-haired lawyer • Shauna Chalmers • Comic Book Guy • Crazy Cat Lady • Larry Dalrymple • Doug • Eddie • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Julio Franco • Jonathan Frink • Gary • Alice Glick • Barney Gumble • Gil Gunderson • Constance Harm • Bernice Hibbert • Julius Hibbert • Julius Hibbert's daughter • Julius Hibbert's oldest son • Lionel Hutz • Jacques • "Just stamp the ticket" man • Princess Kashmir • Hyman Krustofsky • Akira Kurosawa • Cookie Kwan • Grady Little • Lou • Helen Lovejoy • Jessica Lovejoy • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. • Barry Mackleberry • Jerri Mackleberry • Jack Marley • Horatio McCallister • Milo • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Eddie Muntz • Mrs. Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Lindsey Naegle • Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets (Anoop • Gheet • Nabendu • Poonam • Pria • Sandeep • Sashi • Uma) • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon • Old Jewish man • Ruth Powers • Gareth Prince • Gloria Prince • Joe Quimby (Mayor Quimby's body guards) • Martha Quimby • Raphael • Luigi Risotto • Nick Riviera • Sam • Gerald Samson • Agnes Skinner • Roy Snyder • Spuckler children (Dubya • Whitney) • Brandine Spuckler • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky-Voiced Teen • Strawberry • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Clancy Wiggum • Sarah Wiggum • Yes Guy • Artie Ziff

v • d • e • h Celebrities
Bill and Marty • Booberella • Kent Brockman • Bumblebee Man • Scott Christian • Duffman • Matt Groening • Krusty the Clown • Lurleen Lumpkin • Troy McClure • Sideshow Mel • Roger Meyers, Jr. • Arnie Pye • Pyro • Dave Shutton • Jebediah Springfield • Miss Springfield • Drederick Tatum • Mr. Teeny • Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain)

v • d • e • h Springfield Elementary School faculty and students
Chuck Berger • Black weasel • Wendell Borton • Gary Chalmers • Lewis Clark • Database • Lunchlady Dora • E-mail • Rod Flanders • Todd Flanders • Ham • JJ Hibbert • Elizabeth Hoover • Sophie Jensen • Jimbo Jones • Edna Krabappel • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Sherri Mackleberry • Terri Mackleberry • Otto Mann • Audrey McConnell • Nelson Muntz • Nell Nicholson • Rayshelle Peyton • Brunella Pommelhorst • Janey Powell • Martin Prince • J. Loren Pryor • Report Card • Richard • Dolph Shapiro • Becky Shorter • Nina Skalka • Seymour Skinner • Cosine Tangent • Allison Taylor • Milhouse Van Houten • Wanda • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie • Hubert Wong • Yellow weasel • Jaffee Ziswhisky • Üter Zörker • Kearney Zzyzwicz Blond-haired boy with glasses • Brown-haired boy • Buck-toothed boy • Buck-toothed girl • Girl with glasses • Lewis look-alike • Long haired girl

v • d • e • h Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Blinky • Charles Montgomery Burns (The Hounds) • Carl Carlson • Charlie • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers, Jr. • Smitty

v • d • e • h Villains
Sideshow Bob • Frankie the Squealer • Herman Hermann • Snake Jailbird • Kang Johnson • Kodos Johnson • Legs • Louie • The Rich Texan • Hank Scorpio • Johnny Tightlips • Fat Tony

v • d • e • h Other characters
Capital City Goofball • Jesus Christ • Santa Claus • Devil • Fallout Boy • Itchy • God • Leprechaun • Richard Nixon • Poochie • Radioactive Man • Scratchy

v • d • e • h Families
The Simpsons • The Bouviers • The Carlsons • The Flanderses • The Hibberts • The Krustofskys • The Lovejoys • The Muntzes • The Spucklers • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums

v • d • e • h Miscellaneous
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