I’ve been trying really hard to avoid the news lately, and political stuff in particular. That stuff is worse for you than a steady diet of Jack Daniels’ and cigarettes! The whole world seems to have lost it’s collective mind, and seems intent on taking me down with it, so I’m enveloping myself in music even more so these days.
So rather than letting the political Progressives raise my blood pressure, I’m gonna focus on progressive MUSIC and stay on an even keel today. I was pretty young when most of this stuff came out, and to me it really holds up all these decades later. Sure, we’ve got up and coming “kids” doing things with instruments we never thought possible nowadays, but these guys below are where all that started. The original risk takers and mold-breakers!
If you are at all familiar with this genre of music, you will undoubtedly notice several notable prog bands missing… Well, what can I say – if I put them ALL in I’d be here all day! And some of the classic prog bands, I just never really got into (looking at you, Emerson, Lake & Palmer!) and besides, “progressive” is a bit subjective, really. I mean, you could say the Beatles were “progressive”, and you wouldn’t be wrong, but their name NEVER comes up in discussions about (capital P) Progressive bands. And these selections aren’t necessarily my favorite tracks from all the bands, but I do enjoy them all. Anyhow, that is enough of my yappin’
Enjoy!!
Have a great weekend everyone! Thanks for stopping by!!
The Boring Old Man 