Proto-Kaw - Skont

[ellyssian]

The other day, galdrin mentioned that Kerry Livgren in past tense, and said he missed prog rock...

Well, here is Mr. Livgren and crew ~ more on that in a moment ~ with a track that can be found on the bonus live DVD included with 2006's The Wait of Glory. Proto-Kaw is pre-Kansas, or, maybe more accurately, Kansas Mk. I revisited. These are not the guys most folks knew as Kansas ~ Kerry excepted ~ but they were the first round of the band from way back when, now gathered together again, with two albums of new music.

Comments

[sirithkai.livejournal.com]

hell yeah!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it! =)

[sirithkai.livejournal.com]

i definitely dig it man. i am going to have to friend you now :P

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I did the same in return!

By the way, you may want to take a listen to some of the things I linked to in reply to another comment on this post! =)

[galdrin.livejournal.com]

Hey - I didn't mean anything by it.

I just ... miss those huge sweeping thematic albums, ya know? Like "Tarkus" and "Thick as a Brick" and "In Search of the Lost Chord" and "Tales from Topographic Oceans" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "War of the Worlds."

That kind of work is far and few between in these days of teenage angsty-rock, sensuous cradle-robbers, and rapping flight attendants.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a good thing!

It gives me an opportunity to, hopefully, introduce you to some other stuff! =)

Speaking of which, huge sweeping thematic albums, you may want to give some of the following a listen:

Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret

Bob Catley - Middle Earth

Gary Hughes - Once and Future King, Pt. 1 and Once and Future King, Pt. 2 (this one gets a wee bit more metallic)

Not so much on the thematic bits, but definitely on the prog aspect:
Magellan - Impossible Figures

Flower Kings - Rainmaker

Pallas - The Cross & The Crucible

Essentially, you want to poke around the catalog of Inside Out records... =)

Also, on the subject of Kansas, there's a release from 2000 Somewhere to Elsewhere

If you like things a bit more metallic, I can point you to dozens of thematic albums ~ they're my specialty... if you missed the Ayreon videos I posted back in February, give them a listen; that's a "band" (i.e. Arjen Anthony Lucassen) that gathers different vocalists and performs sci fi themed albums.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Oh ~ and on the subject of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" ~ have you heard the sequel/revision Return to the Centre of the Earth?

Patrick Stewart narrates; Justin Hayward does the vocals on one tune.

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Also, the guitar in the icon is named Forever Autumn. =)