No new prog as of late although Iāve been playing the bajeezuz out of Professor Tip Top and Crown Lands. Greta Van Fleetās new track sounds good too.
But on the non prog side - Iām stretching the assumption that prog heads appreciate talent so:
Mike Dawes - insanely talented guy. Iād love to see this guy live. Like Michael Hedges without the barefeet & hippy foil hat. (Donāt get me wrong - I love Michael Hedges.)
In the same ridiculous level-up talent is the unique picking style of Matteo Mancuso - (plenty of jaw dropping videos of him) Iāve been stuck-on-repeat spinning the new Drift Lab album. Jazz/Rock Fusion Iād call it? The supremely noticeable presence of bass guitar Federico Malaman is delightfully amazing.
Good stuff! I eagerly await a concert dvd!
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Thanks! Michael Hedges left us too early 
Day ended yesterday with Wakemanās Journey and started with Arthur. Deep prog.
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For us impure heathens who use an equalizer - this is the ONLY way to EQ.
Slicker than - well, you know whatā¦
Iāll check it out.
Listening to Wakemanās re-recording of Journey. Interesting.
Pre-ordered & enroute!
Days Before Tomorrow also has a new album out - gonna check out. Their last album (2009) was pretty enjoyable. Think of a slightlier proggier version of Glass Tiger.
(Hooked on gooder gramer & speling)
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And the Mystery arrived! Signed copy. Not that I get too excited over such things, but it meant a couple more bucks for the band. I DO get excited about thatā¦
Sitting outside the theater for The Musical Box and their recreation of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tonight. No picsā¦I plan to just soak it all in. Row 4. Center.
(Okay. One pic)
I wasnāt old enough to see it when it toured originally (I would have been about six) so this is like a dream come true. They allegedly had access to the original slides and costumes. So.
Should be fun.
Mike in Dayton in Cincinnati tonight
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Enjoy. I go to the almost yearly Steve Hackett show locally. Its a great show.
I have never heard the complete Lamb live. That is going to be awesome
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Yeah. We saw Steve last time he was in Cincinnati touring Seconds Out complete and Musical Box during COVID. I skipped this Hackett tour because he already played everything I wanted last tour. I mean, sure, Iād LIKE to see him do Horizons, but last show he did Firth and Supperās Ready. Iād rather hold that memory.
Hopefully the fog doesnāt set off the fire systems that brought up the house lights last time we saw Musical Box here. Lol. And it was right in the middle of Firth of Fifth too.
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He did Firth, Cinema Show and Supperās Readyā¦ The sound filled the playhouse. Awesome memory from last years show
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The costume is impressive, but that purple dude in the background looks just like that cheezy effect from a cheap āBā sci fi movie of a guy who got hit by a space gun just before he vaporizes into thin air without any residue. 
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ha ha ha. I love the outfit and can imagine what PG must have looked like back then.
I assumed that āPurple Wookieā was just a strange reflection from the stage lights.
Musically, how was it?
This is kind of obscure but pretty cool and a good recording (frequency range). They have a new album with the Hackett brothers!
If you squint, it was Peter Gabriel. Musically? It was absolutely stellar. The drum was a little hot because he wasnāt in back, but, frankly? Iāll ALWAYS take the drum a bit hot. Dude could play. He had a smallish kit but had a bunch of gongs and a xylophone in back. Lots of roto-toms. As a drum song, Iāve always loved āGrand Parade of Lifeless Packagingā and he didnāt disappoint. I hadnāt realized how drum-heavy āBack in NYCā could be.
āThe Waiting Roomā - Iāve read that was a song that depending on Philās mood could stretch up to 15 minutes when played, but didnāt get that Phil would be the driver on it. Watching them play it last night, the entire band keyed off the drummer for that track, so I now understand a little better. They literally watched him the entire song to see what was coming next. It was fascinating.
So, they definitely had the chops to play the record. It sounded musically better than the live version on Archive 1: 1967-1975. And the singer could sound exactly like Peter in 1975. Great show. Allegedly this is the last time theyāre touring it, so see it if you can. Next year theyāre touring āSelling England by the Poundā which is my favorite Genesis record, so if theyāre within 200 miles, Iām going.
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