How about "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople"? Ian Hunter name-checks all the band members, including the departed Verden Allen.

...Overend's a rock and roll star....

Rich B



> 
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:40:07 -0000
> From: "floatingunder"
> <underthefloat@msn.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Band songs about someone in the band
> Message-ID: <gpduon+cdbk@eGroups.com>
> 
> Friday thread idea...
> 
> I had my IPOD in shuffle mode the other day when "I
> Hate Music" came on by the Replacements. The song
> "quotes" band member Tommy's sometime hating
> music ("I hate music, sometimes I don't. Tommy says
> so, Tommy says so"). Another Mat's song "Tommy
> get's his tonsils out" is also about Tommy (see
> title).  
>