With the year 2019 being the 50th anniversary of prog rock - OK, that's if we're using King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" as our starting point, which many people would either agree with or at least accept as a fairly logical starting point - I wanted to do something special for my ongoing live on air radio show. So this year every week will be dedicated to a consecutive year in progressive rock. Each show will spotlight the music I grew up listening to either from FM radio, or friends with older brothers (in the beginning) and from specialty record stores back in the day when prog rock records were simply known as imports.
Each show will spotlight and feature songs you would have heard listening to prog rock at that time. There will also be the usual fair of new releases, rare, fun and unusual mixed in as well. I am not attempting a complete documentary or exhaustive history, rather just playing what I heard and listened to at the time as a progessive rock music fan. Also, as I am a live on air show I want to bring prog rock to the average radio listener and share from my experience and point of view. Without scaring away too many casual radio listeners with music heavy on avante-garde or experimental "out there" stuff the show mainly concentrates on classic prog, neo prog, symphonic prog, and music somewhat proggy in the pop/rock vein.
I've uploaded 7 shows (so far) between 1969 and 1975 and will continue to add a new show every week until I reach 2019 in the 50th week. These and future shows can be heard on my mixcloud page ... https://www.mixcloud.com/magmashark/ or by searching Cal's Prog Rock Show. The show airs live every Friday night at 6pm (PST) or 9pm (EST) and repeats the following Wednesday at 6am (PST) or 9am (EST) and can be heard streaming live on the website - kootenaycoopradio.com (just click listen now). if anyone has any suggestions or comments please share them as well. I hope you enjoy the journey.
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