These 50 year anniversaries are a bit depressing, how can so much time has passed? I was a teenager then, but not quite age legal to drive. The early 1970s was one of the most eclectic periods in music. The phrase, anything goes, could apply to what you heard in 1972. I am known as … More 1972: The Year in Music (50 Years Ago)
Remember when Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” was played at parties? What a junior high trip that was. Turn down the lights, turn up the music and get your groove on. Long songs are truly an art form. Let me qualify that. I don’t mean long, repetitive, meandering and self-indulgent noise, half of which is a drum … More Best Songs Longer Than 10 Minutes
Here is a list of bands. I have picked by favorite member that band. It could be I like their songwriting, or their musicianship or their persona. I picked bands usually with more than three members and where it was not one dominant personality, like the Electric Light Orchestra or Dire Straits. 10cc – Eric … More Favorite Band Member
Art rock, symphonic rock, progressive rock, folk rock…Renaissance was hard to categorize. The 1970s was their heyday and they released some tremendous albums. Renaissance fans have their favorite album, and although I read the acclaim for other selections, Novella is not usually mentioned. It might not be as ambitious as their previous albums, and not … More Renaissance: Novella (1977)
An exciting genre of music enjoyed a tremendous popularity from the late 1960’s through the 1970’s, but even stalwarts like Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues and Renaissance either changed their style or broke up. Progressive rock didn’t die, it soldiered on but with less popularity as waves of new musical style … More Progressive Rock: Coming in for a Landing
Renaissance, the band, was one of the first progressive rock bands I listened to. They found a fair degree of success in the 1970’s before music tastes changed, the band splintered and finally called it quits. The band reformed a few years ago, but we’ll get to that later. Renaissance combined pop with classical, folk … More Renaissance (the band)
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