Re: [LAU] Prog rock instrumental, sort-of WIP

Ken Restivo wrote:
> Very nice! Well produced too and well-written and well-played.
>
> Reminds me a bit of Anglagaard, who I saw at ProgFest in Los Angeles in 1993. It was their first time in the USA. They borrowed my friend's Mellotron (and his L100). They totally blew the crowd away. Everyone was thrilled. After they finished their first song, someone yelled out "MORE MELLOTRON!!". They had Mellotron all over their sound, but apparently the crowd loved it that they wanted more.
>
> Speaking of more, my friend with the Mellotrons helped them set up, and before their set started, he told me that they did "The Musical Box" as a soundcheck, and it was great. Well, he sat not too far from me, and when Anglagaard had finished their set, we were all on our feet screaming for more. The band looked shell-shocked. I asked my friend, "what will they do next?". He said, "They don't have anything else, that's it." Hmm. Not true-- I remembered our earlier conversation. So I cupped my hands, and hollerd as loud as I could, "MUSICAL BOX!!!". Someone in front turned around, and glared at me, as if to say, "You ass, what makes you think they're going to bust that out just because you, some random schmuck, requests it?!"
>
> The lead guitar player suddenly broke out of his deer-in-the-headlights trance, turned around, and shrugged his shoulders at the other band members, they shrugged their shoulders back at him, and then... "play me Old King Cole.... that I... may join... with you". I have never heard a crowd of nerds go more berserk then when those first three chords were played. It was scary. A note-for-note perfect cover of it too.
>
> I'm pretty sure Kevin Gilbert was in the audience, and he took note of this reaction, and planned his Giraffe Lamb-Lies-cover set for ProgFest 1994 based on that. He also used the element of surprise. Another friend went to that show, and said it was just billed as "Giraffe". Nobody outside of their innner circle knew that it was going to be a complete live version of Lamb Lies, and it got a similar heroes' welcome.
>
> -ken
>

Hi Ken

Many thanks for listening and commenting, glad you liked it. As I've
mentioned earlier, Änglagård are a primary influence on this, plus
memories and photos of the Norwegian landscape.

Thanks for the fantastic story. I'm not sure which I'm most envious of,
having seen the band live, or having a friend with a real live Tron! Ah,
no contest, its' got to be seeing Änglagård live.

I know it's not supposed to be that good, but I must listen to their
live album Buried Alive again, I've not heard it in ages. It's good that
they've finally got around to re-issuing their first album (the second
is due about now) so that more people can discover their wonderful music.

Many thanks

Q
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