Tag Archives: prog rock
Cheap as Cheese..Camembert Electique
Camembert Electrique the third, but first real, album by Gong was released in 1971 when, to be honest I wasn’t really ready so I missed out on the offer of a whole album for 59 pence. However a few years … Continue reading
The Stick Thing and Other Weird Instruments
Musical instruments were expensive in the 70,s relatively speaking. I wore out a guitar catalogue just gazing at the impossibly expensive instruments for hours on end. A cheap electric guitar could set you back £70 in the days when I … Continue reading
10 Saxophone Solos from the 70’s
After a break for Glastonbury its back to the world of 70’s saxophone. This week it’s 10 memorable sax solos from UK Artists (America you can wait). As Greenpete58 observed on my sax in the 70’s feature the Yanks invented … Continue reading
An audience with Gentle Giant
My first ever rock gig and one of my earlier posts And so at some point I was ready to attend my first gig. I cant remember how it happened but as is often the case in adolescence my first … Continue reading
Class of 74…Wally vs Druid
If there is one thing that history has taught us its the fact that history itself is unreliable. In true Darwinian style the strong survive and get to pass on their own story, the weak simply disappear and their tale … Continue reading
My drug experience with Man
There’s a conventional wisdom with general anaesthetics which the medical profession never tells you about and that is that you should never make any important decisions such as taking out a loan or making a will in the week … Continue reading
Unsung Heros Georg Kajanus
WHO? Well lets give the man his full name; for a start we are talking about Prince Georg Johan Tchegodaieff singer, guitarist, artist, composer, songwriter, inventor of the Nickelodeon and all round renaissance man. Most importantly for the purposes of … Continue reading
New Music
A little while back I was at a wake, my preferred social engagement these days, and a young man engaged me in conversation. He asked me what music I am listening to these days. I’ve always been very uneasy about … Continue reading
Flirting with Prog
As a grammar school boy I really ought to have had more time for prog but I really couldn’t be arsed. In the early part of the decade I just liked all sorts of music from ‘nellie the elephant ‘to … Continue reading
