Here is the title cut off of Captain Beyond's second album, Sufficiently Breathless that came out in 1973. A great guitar song.
Ric
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This is great Ric , I never heard of them, that song was certainly of its time and still is. I am going to get that CD tomorrow.
I love that people post their musical preference since there is so much available and so little time to look so this cuts the corners and allow everybody to make discoveries. MJ had recommended Neil Schon, I bougtht it and really enjoy it. Keep posting them.
Marc
I love that people post their musical preference since there is so much available and so little time to look so this cuts the corners and allow everybody to make discoveries. MJ had recommended Neil Schon, I bougtht it and really enjoy it. Keep posting them.
Marc
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The Nice is a great band.....:laugh:Keith Emerson and the Nice
Brain Davison Group was drummer for the Nice
Tontos Expanding Headband
GroundHogs
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Captain Beyond (1972)
Sufficiently Breathless (1973)
Dawn Explosion (1977)
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Ric: I have all three of those albums, and enjoy them as well!Great music Marc, thanks.
I love your list Neil, I will have to explore it further.
Now to add one of my own, it feature the former bass player from Iron Butterfly. The band is called Captain Beyond and they only put out three albums, but they were great albums.
Ric
Captain Beyond (1972)
Sufficiently Breathless (1973)
Dawn Explosion (1977)
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Wow, you bought Neal's CD. I really enjoy his music. Also, like I mentioned earlier to you, Nils has some good albums as well.
MJ
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Marc:This is great Ric , I never heard of them, that song was certainly of its time and still is. I am going to get that CD tomorrow.
I love that people post their musical preference since there is so much available and so little time to look so this cuts the corners and allow everybody to make discoveries. MJ had recommended Neil Schon, I bougtht it and really enjoy it. Keep posting them.
Marc
Wow, you bought Neal's CD. I really enjoy his music. Also, like I mentioned earlier to you, Nils has some good albums as well.
MJ
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Hello All,
Here is a nice Gentle Giant performance for a TV show (no lipsync).
We're talking "progressive" music here, their sound was in an odd key, but:
This was such a TIGHT band ... the drummer is a riot
I go back and watch this fairly regularly ... it is TIGHT !
Here is a nice Gentle Giant performance for a TV show (no lipsync).
We're talking "progressive" music here, their sound was in an odd key, but:
This was such a TIGHT band ... the drummer is a riot
I go back and watch this fairly regularly ... it is TIGHT !
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Who has heard of SHAWN PHILLIPS ? If not, please look him up!
I offer this as a hint of this man's genius ... a real guitar musician and composer.
He was born in Texas, but did not have much success in the US, as far as I know.
His MAJOR album (in the '70s') was "Second Contribution": A WORK OF GENIUS,
I offer this as a hint of this man's genius ... a real guitar musician and composer.
He was born in Texas, but did not have much success in the US, as far as I know.
His MAJOR album (in the '70s') was "Second Contribution": A WORK OF GENIUS,
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Great example of their incredible musicianship. I would guess info about these guys is not common knowledge here at TG but they the 5 of them would show up for concerts with around 30 instruments. The bass player, Ray Shulman also played trumpet, violin, and of course guitar, all at the virtuoso level. The keyboard player, Kerry Minnear was a great cellist as well as classically trained piano player and composer. They had songs that morphed into 4-part xylophone pieces with drums, as well as 5-part percussion pieces.
Probably the only band that could even be mentioned in the same breath with them was Yes, and they are still far from the diversity that Gentle Giant had complete mastery of.
Unfortunately, they got side-tracked in the late 70s as did all great early progressive bands, and made 2 more albums than they should have before hanging it up. Everything through Free Hand is spectacular, the next 2 are fair but weak (Interview & The Missing Piece), and forget the last 2. Still an amazing body of work in the 1st half of the 70s.
Neil
Probably the only band that could even be mentioned in the same breath with them was Yes, and they are still far from the diversity that Gentle Giant had complete mastery of.
Unfortunately, they got side-tracked in the late 70s as did all great early progressive bands, and made 2 more albums than they should have before hanging it up. Everything through Free Hand is spectacular, the next 2 are fair but weak (Interview & The Missing Piece), and forget the last 2. Still an amazing body of work in the 1st half of the 70s.
Neil