A little background is in order: Wikipedia: “Paul Green is an American record producer, film producer, director, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, music teacher, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who founded School of Rock (formerly known as The Paul Green School of Rock Music), a performance-based music program for kids. … Continue reading Jon Anderson and Paul Green Rock Academy perform Close to the Edge – Live
I mentioned in my previous prog post that many of that genre’s songs run 20 – 30 minutes and so I purposely avoided those so I could have a wider selection. My intention all along was to pick one long-form song for the follow-up post. … Continue reading Another Bit of Prog – Part 2
SLEEP IN LATE! Bring your clothes for tonight’s performance-you are going straight to THE WHISKY from camp!! That’s what it said on the Day Four itinerary. Somehow I blew it on Day 3 as we did the same thing and I almost went to the … Continue reading Dare to Dream – Rock Camp, Day 4 – Whisky A Go Go
Unless you’re a highly accomplished musician – and maybe sometimes even then – there is no better way to bring out your insecurities than to start jamming with other musicians, especially if they’re better than you. I ran the gamut of feelings from “time to … Continue reading Rock Camp – Day Three – Jammin’ with the Starz and our Viper Room Debut
Apologies to those who read my first post, may want to have commented but could not. I wrote that from my phone before it dawned on me I could use the hotel’s business PCs. And the mobile version – for reasons known only to WordPress … Continue reading Burn! Rock Camp Rehearsal – Days One and Two
Now if any of you had Googled the bands and artists I mentioned in my teasers, this would have come up fairly quickly. But you didn’t and so I was able to maintain the element of surprise. Check it out here. Yes what you see … Continue reading Aging Suburban Dad Rocks Out
Faithful readers of this blog – both of them – know that I’ve been dropping teasers about a magical mystery tour (“Roll up for the mystery tour, step right this way”) I will be embarking on in the very near future. This is teaser número … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Yes (Teaser #4)
While I don’t listen to nearly as much progressive rock as I once did, I certainly do enjoy it from time to time. Herewith a few prog tunes for (one hopes) your enjoyment. A while back I wrote about the Manfred Mann (pictured above) album … Continue reading A Bit of Prog
Ok, progrockers. Where are you? I haven’t heard much on the blogosphere about this album so it’s time to get some words out there about it. This was a pretty big album in its day (1973) in a way that prog-rock hasn’t really been since. … Continue reading Featured Album – The Six Wives of Henry VIII – Rick Wakeman
I don’t listen to a lot of prog-rock these days, but I’d have to say that of all the prog bands that I dug (King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, ELP), Yes is hands-down my favorite. (Strictly speaking, is Pink Floyd considered prog? Because if so, … Continue reading Featured Album- The Yes Album
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