Obscure Prog Facts

infocat wrote: Isn't it like "and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids"?

At least someone here knows there Scooby Doo ........

This is not really obscure but OK, in case someone didn't know it.

Can anyone tell me what prog musician was on the cover of playboy??

No, a woman

Edited by timothy leary - March 22 2013 at 20:47

Annie Haslam?

Lizzy wrote: Lozlan wrote: The entire career of Tim Staffel is (tragically) obscure.  He was the lead vocalist and bass player for Smile, the forerunner band for Queen.  After the band dissolved and Freddie Mercury assumed vocal duties, he co-founded the symphonic progressive rock group Morgan with noted keyboard luminary Morgan Fisher.  The band released two albums that should have conquered the world (Nova Solis and The Sleeper Wakes) prior to breaking up; Mr. Staffel went on to become a noted model maker, working on Thomas the Tank Engine and the BBC serial production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Of late he's been exploring the funky side of things with his new band aMIGO.  The man is an absolute treasure, with an amazing voice and very admirable lyrical chops.  Shame that he's so completely unknown. Oh yes! Good call!  And let's not forget that Fisher is also Queen-related. He played keys for them on the Hot Space tour (possibly my favourite Queen tour). I've only listened to Nova Solis by Morgan, but I was extremely impressed. Will have to look for The Sleeper Wakes as well.

Interesting fact that was obscure to me, as told by Eddie Jobson:

"In early 1977, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, and John Wetton decided to reform the "Red"-period Crimson, except with yours truly on keys/violin.   Fripp wanted to call it "The League of Gentlemen."   Bill and John (who had previously also tried forming a trio with Rick Wakeman) approached me about it when I was in London with Zappa.   Robert, who had been in semi-isolation for a year or two, decided to test the waters for himself by going on tour as a guest in Peter Gabriel's band.   By the time that tour made it to Los Angeles, Robert had already decided he was not quite ready for the rigours of another touring band at that time after all, and—at a lunch in Hollywood—informed me that he was pulling out of the project.   The "League" idea basically then fell apart.

About a month or two later, I re-approached Bill and John about forming the band anyway—without Robert.   That's how UK finally came together.   We worked for a short time as a trio until Allan Holdsworth was brought in.

After Bill and and Allan left in 1978, John and I invited Eric Johnson (who had opened for UK in Austin, Texas) to replace Allan.   Eric was interested, but his manager decided that he should keep pursuing his solo career (a mistake, in my view, as it took several more years before Eric started to make a splash).   Not having any other guitarist in mind, after Eric, we decided to give it a shot as a trio with Bozzio on drums.

That's the real story as I remember it."

This is from http://www.eddiejobson.com/forum/read.php?f=1&i=6369&t=6369, but Eddie told pretty much the same story this week on Cruise To The Edge.

Kate Bush

Tubes wrote: Obscure fact: Jethro Tull's Warchild is not as bad as most people make it out to be.

Tubes wrote: Obscure fact: Jethro Tull's Warchild is not as bad as most people make it out to be.