Phil Keaggy the Missing Link in Prog?

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Greetings,
Last night I checked out a few Phil Keaggy videos on YouTube and I was very surprised.
I had heard about him since I was about 19, and heard he was a great guitar player, but
what I heard of him never really caught my ear or brain.  If I was told that he was a 
crossover Jazz-Classical-Pop artist who was Christian, I would have been interested.
It turns out some of his playing is closer than 95% of most prog out there to authentic
classical "improvisation." 

Check out The Reunion, The Wind and the Wheat, him playing the Moog Guitar,
Castle's Call / Pilgrim's Flight, and Fragile Forest.  This is about 90% of the selections
I made on YouTube, that is, I haven't listened to much of his catalog yet.  

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brainstormer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 20 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Status: Offline Points: 887	Topic: Phil Keaggy the Missing Link in Prog? Posted: July 12 2014 at 15:28
	Greetings, Last night I checked out a few Phil Keaggy videos on YouTube and I was very surprised. I had heard about him since I was about 19, and heard he was a great guitar player, but what I heard of him never really caught my ear or brain. If I was told that he was a crossover Jazz-Classical-Pop artist who was Christian, I would have been interested. It turns out some of his playing is closer than 95% of most prog out there to authentic classical "improvisation." Check out The Reunion, The Wind and the Wheat, him playing the Moog Guitar, Castle's Call / Pilgrim's Flight, and Fragile Forest. This is about 90% of the selections I made on YouTube, that is, I haven't listened to much of his catalog yet.
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AEProgman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2012 Location: Toadstool Status: Offline Points: 1787	Posted: July 12 2014 at 21:15
	Phil is such a great guitarist. I have seen some of those Youtube videos with the Moog Guitar...amazing! I am not 100% sure if the quote I have seen/heard is true but Jimi Hendrix was asked who he thought the best guitarist was and he said Phil keaggy. I think he also has great vocals. His music goes all over the place. His early start was with a 60s band called Glass Harp, check them out if you can. He has played on Neal Morse's album "One". I have had a number of his solo albums over the years and one of my favorites is "Cinemascapes", all instrumental and could fall into the prog world. Also, The Master and Musician is a classic, not prog but excellent.


AlanB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 19 2013 Status: Offline Points: 1133	Posted: July 14 2014 at 03:06
	I have a couple of his albums amongst my (now unplayable) vinyl collection. They are Love Broke Through and Emerging (the latter a good rock album, sadly out of print for many years). I also have a Glass Harp album. I never regarded him as prog though. Check out the track "Time" on Youtube. It has a great riff and a wonderful extended interplay between guitar and keyboard in the middle.

AtomicCrimsonRush Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14256	Posted: July 14 2014 at 05:45
	Great artist. I always admired his work over the years.