Greetings

 

New to the board - as you can see. I plan on sticking around for a while. I've been in search for a good message board to discuss music at, and this seems like a good one.

 

A bit about myself,

I've been a music fanatic, lover and obsessor since I was six years old and discovered Kiss. Many years later, I still have the same ardent love for music, although I no longer like Kiss. My top 5 all-time favorite recording groups and artists are as follows in order of all-time favorite descending

1) Elvis Presley

2) The Mahavishnu Orchestra

3) Peter Gabriel

4) Johnny Cash

5) Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

My top 5 all-time favorite albums in the same order:

1) Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

2) The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond

3) Peter Gabriel - So

4) Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Sketches On Standards

5) Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme

I know there is only one progressive band, and one quasi-progressive artist in that list, but alas - do not worry, I love many progressive bands: King Crimson, Comus, Floyd, Yes, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Asia, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Primus, Gong, Focus, Amon Duul II, etc.

I am more a music-lover, critic, appreciator than a musician, although I do have an acoustic and I will break it out an occasionally play Baby, I Love Your Way by Frampton and if your lucky you'll catch me play The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel.

 

I love you all.