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His name is Steven if I am thinking of the same person you are talking about.

Both. Play it as good if not better than the recording, then throw some improv and / or some new arrangement in it. Live music should be an event and needs both precision and surprises.

It was a joke Steve, all for your benefit. I thought you might at least lose some sleep over it, maybe get a little indigestion ;)

We were staying home but now we gotta come - with peach moonshine and Roger Brady's old psychedelic underwear - JUST to intro them again! :p :O

I love the vinyl reissue. Getting the CD version was a bit of a challenge at first. I get a lot from Doug Larson but he never has it, and I ordered it twice from Amazon distributers just to have them...

I was "meh" on this album at first but it is growing on me and I am enjoying it just fine now. Ian has definitely fashioned a new vocal-approach that became prominent on Taab 2 and it is how he sings...

I enjoy this album and it is a fine addition to any RPI collection. At first I only liked parts of it but with time I now enjoy the entire thing, being rather short compared to the lengthier run...

Rocky’s Filj: Storie di Uomini e Non. Italy. 1973

I first became familiar with this album back in the 90’s as one cassette out of a box of many given to me by a friend. I was living alone for the...

Here is a eulogy for Roger written by Geoff Logsdon:

Wow. Roger Brady is gone. I guess no one is indestructible after all.

For reasons known to many of you l don't poke my head above the wall...

When I had the great fortune to walk around Bologna and Ferrara with Alberto Piras the above subject was one of our long conversations. What is "Italian"? It is a mixture, one of histories headiest!

You bring up something interesting. Those we call "Italians" come from all over - Greece / Spain / North Africa / Northern Europe, etc. Italy has been invaded and migrated to for centuries by so many...

"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith

I never much was into Jazz, personally it gets boring to me all the noodling and especially all the humdrum and crap that a Jazzer has to dispense to get a few moments of possible brilliance....

After the funeral some of us did spend a little time together. Geoff may not remember but Bill the keyboardist played all of "Awaken" by Yes as his funeral song to Brian. We all lay in the dark in a...

Brian did NOT want to be treated different than anyone else and therefore hid from us the extent of his health problems. He was so successful at this that at one gig where we all showed up at the...

Six Litanies for Heliogabalous
Templars: In Sacred Blood

I was recently in Florence, Italy and came upon this place right on the Piazza overlooking the Baptistry and the famous Duomo supporting Brunelleschi's Dome - Move On Italian Pub and Record Store. I...

Caveat: these are simply my thoughts and impressions of the Dreadnaught disc Hard Chargin’; mileage may very when compared to your own.

The adventure begins with the cover, a phantasmagoric...

First favorite rock band of mine, saved me from disco and set me on the path that eventually led to Zappa & Sammla Mammas Manna, etc. So hats off to them. I kinda like this, short and punchy, like...

That IS rather kinky, but the place for that was the trailer they used to set up for the bands to hang out and cool off in. That practice seems to have been suspended, however.

There is hope! And next year I will bring you some REAL brownies for your birthday!

Actually I bring it every year, Peter, and only tell those who ask (and some do every year it seems) One year I brought a kinky GF, and can say rather unequivocally that if you want to get laid at...

Do like me and get involved in your local kink scene. Then your music-oriented activities will be the normal part of your life ;)

Alberto rides his bike every day to work and back in Bologna. He also rode it clear across Turkey, just cuz he wanted to. Before I dropped him and Porre off at the airport in Charlotte we went for a...

And yes, that was to you, Melanie!

You are so welcome, sexy! ;) I am glad I finally got to know you better

I have NO problem declaring myself a (brand new - since Progday) Bent Knee slut! Here is a cool Courtney site I came across: http://www.courtneyswain.com/about/

And Yes - Alberto DID once again put Maureeno on his shoulders while he soloed. He reads these threads ;)

A friend of mine and fellow PD attendee told me that, lyrically, Bent Knee took him to the "dark side". At the show I didnt understand or hear most of the lyrics (those tend to come last for me,...

Not at ALL recovered yet but will give this a go: One of the greatest Progdays for me. I've said that many times but really really mean it this time! ;) So many cool things happened over the span of...

The weather developments and forecasts are being watched diligently, and a decision to move indoors or stay outside will be made by Friday. If we go indoors for Saturday and it looks like it will be...

When I first began to discover the deeper world of progressive rock beyond the bands everyone knows - Yes and Tull and Crimson, etc. - I wanted only Big Waves, those monster albums that bowl you over...

Alberto explained that cover to me, and what I understood / remember goes as follows: The machinery of the state exploits / utilizes suppressed sexual energy to make us more herd-like and compliable,...

If their gig in Milano was any indication of what they may do at Progday, besides most of the new album they also played "Exordium" off De Republica, and "Convolutus" off Cinque. And there is...

I was privileged to meet the members of Deus Ex Machina at Progfest 1995 in LA, when Geoff Logsdon and I flew out to work that fest as light guy and drum tech respectively. "De Republica" was their...

The guitarist, Maureeno Collina (who they call Mauro) is so prominent on this album that you could call them (if only in a half-joking way) Mauro Ex Machina. His chops on past Deus albums have always...

@jkl2000 - if their balls were any more prominent you would need to shave them to keep the hair outta your teeth ;)

Love this album. To understand the band, how they work creatively & and how...

Besides more grey and less hair, the bands will be playing new albums' worth of material, and then some, what with the output that has occurred in the last 20.

How many here were at Progday 1996, when Deus Ex Machina played that first time? I was of course, and I find it hard to believe it was 20 years ago, that Progday is still going, and that these guys...

Yaaay! That's a milestone for me just to read it. Cant wait for this one!

Guess its time for me to go to another Dweez show when he comes around. ZPZ was an incredible show when I saw it years ago, but I havent been to any since. Reading that makes me want to got just to...

Hell, even "Aqualung" seemed more effective and enjoyable than usual, coming early on like it did. After the song was over many people got up from their seats and left. It was weird. I thought "are...

Saw the show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Oddly enough (and I certainly didn't expect this) I thought it was one of the best times I have...

He announced that the name "Jethro Tull" unfortunately never meant anything special to him, it was just a name they were using when they finally started to get attention. He announced he was retiring...

Hey Steve. Thanks for the review. Geoff won tickets to that show by calling a radio station here in Atlanta and correctly naming Tull's first hit single. We're going to see him and his band at the...

Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out
Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Genesis - Seconds Out
Yes - Yessongs
ELP - Welcome Back My Friends

Wait, made a huge oversight - the Emerson, Lake, and Powell album kicked my ass when it came out. Listened to it a few months ago and still enjoyed it. Not one to play a whole lot, but it was...

And of course no Atlanta, damnit!

Obviously sarcastic. Truth is I dont like any of them except for Works Vol. 1. That one is actually a treasure trove of interesting music,

ELP has albums after Brain Salad Surgery?

http://www.scolopendra.it/

Bologna, which is between Florence and Venice, is the home of all the members of Deus Ex Machina. Lead vocalist Alberto Piras owns and operates an awesomely equipped music store there called...

Deus Ex Machina - "Devoto" probably this month or May

I prefer one when I'm in the mood for it, and the other when I'm in the mood for that. Why, for the love of Bog in hos high tower, must I prefer one over the other? Would the world be a better place...

Lake & Palmer should join AC /DC and help them finish their tour, and call it Young, Lake and Palmer. Seriously, let these guys go out with some dignity. They no longer need to do anything. There's...

Take a Pebble
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut / Curse of Baba Yaga
Bitches Crystal
Endless Enigma
Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression

Full disclosure: my best friend is the guy who put this out so I am probably a bit biased ;) I find this to be an essential addition to any Ameriprog collection (snort) It has a charming and naive...

I got to meet Keith Emerson following an Emerson, Lake, and Powell show in LA back in the late 80's. It was one of those heady "O my god Im about to meet a real hero" moments, and also one of the...

Jethro Tull's "A" album is a must if you're a Jobson fan

I resolve to:

Continue to record my own music, hopefully advancing the playing and compositions thereof.

To help a relatively popular Italian band make it to America to play / or prevent them...