Harmonica in prog?

[trurl]

BTW if anyone says John Popper I will vomit right through the interweb onto you.

[Progbear]

The Dutch band Water had a dedicated (chromatic) harmonica player:

[walt]

I mentioned Mark Feltham's contribution on harmonica to Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock cd's.Check out Feltham's overdriven harmonica on this tune,The Rainbow, from Spirit of Eden.

[Rarebird]

The Dutch band Water had a dedicated (chromatic) harmonica player:

Seen them once in Delft, as support-act for Kayak.

[bob_32_116]

I always heard bagpipes.

"Mr piper, do you do requests?"

"Aye, laddie, what would you like me to play?"

"Please play over the hills and far away."

[No Pride]

Gershwin + harmonica = prog

[Shadow]

Carl Hupp had harmonica on a blues/fusion cut on his cd.

[Progbear]

I always heard bagpipes.

[Zeuhlmate]

I know - its not prog, but you owe it to yourself to hear Pat O'Brian go ballistic



Pat is btw also a great guitarist !

[interbellum]

The Dutch band Water had a dedicated (chromatic) harmonica player:

Good call. Wish there was something from Water on CD.

[interbellum]

Levy's work with Jerry Goodman, Steve Smith and Oteil Burbridge on "The Stranger's Hand" was an eye-opener for me:

[Kai]

Tako's keyboardist Đorde Ilijin plays some harmonica on the band's both albums.

[Ten Thumbs]

Gentle Giant - Weekend Cowboy from Under Construction

[Progbear]

Tako's keyboardist Đorde Ilijin plays some harmonica on the band's both albums.

Good call, how did I forget that?

[The Gak Omek]

Captain Beefheart

[progholio]

not prog but so what - for my money the best harmonica player ever






Oh, and thanks for the Beefheart video above, that was great.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Tako's keyboardist Đorde Ilijin plays some harmonica on the band's both albums.

Both of which are pretty effin' great, btw. Such a lot of wonderful stuff from Yugoslavia and Czechoslowakia in the 70s and early 80s. Youngsters who caught the "prog micro-renaissance" during the early-to-mid-90s seemed far more prone to discover Eastern bloc progressive than most of today's alleged connoisseurs of the "genre".

[Dave (in MA)]

BTW if anyone says John Popper I will vomit right through the interweb onto you.

John Popper


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[No Pride]

Levy's work with Jerry Goodman, Steve Smith and Oteil Burbridge on "The Stranger's Hand" was an eye-opener for me:

Yeah, it's a really good album! And as for Howard; I've been in a latin jazz-rock band called Chevere de Chicago with him for over 30 years and to this day, he never ceases to amaze me!

[Kai]

Both of which are pretty effin' great, btw. Such a lot of wonderful stuff from Yugoslavia and Czechoslowakia in the 70s and early 80s. Youngsters who caught the "prog micro-renaissance" during the early-to-mid-90s seemed far more prone to discover Eastern bloc progressive than most of today's alleged connoisseurs of the "genre".

Can't comment on what others may or may not know about 70s/80s Eastern Bloc progressive rock, but I attribute my interest in them almost solely to a couple of good articles in the Finnish prog magazine Colossus around 1998 and the stuff on the GEPR - in Tako's case, to a single review by a certain Mike Ohman, a review that even mentions the group's use of harmonica. Also a lot of Czechoslowakian and Polish material was re-released on CD around the turn of the millenium, some for the first time and some, like Solaris's 1990 or Progres 2's Dialog s vesmírem, first time unabridged or in their original studio versions. So they were (relatively) available and got exposure then. That may no longer have applied about five years ago, though now there seems to be a new spate of re-releases. Which may make a difference when thinking about what part of progressive rock history people are into.

Tako, of course, was re-issued on CD earlier by Rock Symphony, but the albums still seemed hard to find, at least to me. In fact, I bought both second-hand after years of search.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Tako, of course, was re-issued on CD earlier by Rock Symphony, but the albums still seemed hard to find, at least to me. In fact, I bought both second-hand after years of search.

There was the Kalemegdan mailorder vendor service for Yugo-prog, but I believe they've been out of business since ultimo a decade ago. I still find it rather amazing how some titles are being reissued even now today, like the Izvir and Opus 1 albums. These are some pretty damn obscure albums/artists, but boy are they worth it!

As for the Czech releases, Bonton/Panton did most of thejob reissuing all the (relatively) bigger names during the period 1995-2005; M. Efekt, Flamengo, Framus 5, Progres 2, Jazz Q Praha, Bohemia and so on.

[Kai]

At the risk of derailing the thread even more, does anyone have an opinion on Zabranjeno prisluškivanje, Đorde Ilijin's 1983 solo album? I've heard it compared favourably to Tako's albums, but I've never heard the actual music.

[JeffCarney]

Almost fifty posts in and no mention of the most obvious example?

Hint: Often labeled as "krautrock," the band actually hailed from Switzerland.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Almost fifty posts in and no mention of the most obvious example?

Hint: Often labeled as "krautrock," the band actually hailed from Switzerland.

AAARRH! That surely WOULD be if not "the" then at least "a" obvious example - Krokodil's immaculate An Invisible World Revealed. Man, that's such a fucking monster record! It cuts, grooves, breaks, floats, beats and hits in equal proportions; the singular masterpiece neither Floyd, Group 1850, Grateful Dead or Agitation Free (bless 'em all!) never really got around to. I actually managed to turn a lot of folks (even a few non-retro head types) onto the concept of "acid prog" by way of this; its sheer atmosphere of blissful youth and love-of-life anthems are almost unprecedented. Absolutely love it!

Re: Dorde Ilijin's album; it's good, but not quite up to the standard of the second Tako. Sound is marginally better, though. Worth it if you're into Tako, that's for sure...

[Zeuhlmate]

Not exactly prog, but a harmonica version of Villa Nova Junction (Hendrix)