In this age of mega box set re-releases of well-loved albums – the Beatles’ White Album and Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks being two recent examples – sometimes its nice to rediscover (or discover for the first time) a more under-the-radar re-release. Anthony Phillips’ Field Day is one such. It’s really under the radar…I…
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Phil Collins, Anthony Phillips and the Song That Wouldn’t Die
It could have been the single to launch Phil Collins’ multi-platinum solo career, but it was way back when he was still a long-haired and bearded progressive rock drummer with Genesis. The song’s author, original Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips – who had quit Genesis years before due to stage fright and exhaustion – would have…
Surprises in the Mainstream
Recently I’ve been listening to a fair amount of what some might call “middle of the road” pop – thanks to my local public libraries. In so doing, I’ve come across some surprises in the mainstream: some unexpected songs nestled among the familiar and the safe. Two in particular – “Happy Together (A Fantasy)” by…
Who Was Bunk Dogger?
In the annals of music history, the name “Bunk Dogger” isn’t likely to ring many bells. And before last week, I had never heard of him either. However, I stumbled across a reference to the two strange albums he released in 1978 and 1980: First Offence and The Great Detective. Doing a little more research,…
Yes Is The Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales)
[A short, unpublished piece I wrote a year or so ago about the book Yes is the Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales), edited by March Weingarten and Tyson Cornell (2013)] “Yes is the answer.” But what’s the question? Maybe: Why is progressive rock – one of the most reviled, dismissed, sneered at and laughed…
Album art – Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited II”
From the website Genesis News, comes the below story of the photo adorning the new “Genesis Revisited II” album by Steve Hackett. You’ll recall that Hackett was Genesis’ guitarist from 1971 to 1977 – their “prog” heyday (Peter Gabriel dressed as a flower or wearing a fox’s head, Phil Collins with long hair and a…
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