Prog Bands With Violin
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Topic: Prog Bands With Violin
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: Prog Bands With Violin
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 03:31
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So I was grooving on Bent Knee and this popped into my head as a fun poll. Just looking at the artists I have put up it is impossible to choose a favorite. So I'm gonna allow multiple votes.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 03:39
If I've overlooked anyone, let me know  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 03:58
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I'm going with Maha. Ponty and Goodman. Wlowsa.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 05:08
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German symphonic prog band Hoelderlin have a strong violinist, and Chris Karrer in Amon Düül II plays the violin on occasion with good effect. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 05:09
| I voted for everyone except Dixie Dregs! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 05:23
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Kansas and UK here. I would have picked Big Big Train as well if they were on this list. ------------- 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 05:28
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Voted Curved Air by the way. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 06:27
| Of this list, King Crimson. Jethro Tull had also great violins, conduted by David Palmer (now Dee Palmer). |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 07:50
Curved Air, seeing as the original Ultravox! are not an option  .------------- "There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 07:59
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Is possible to add Family? ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 08:47
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COMUS! Out of your list Mahavishnu ORchestra -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 09:11
| From the list, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's hard to pass up Jean-Luc Ponty's solo efforts (Imaginary Voyage, Enigmatic Ocean, Cosmic Messenger, Individual Choice, etc.) |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 09:58
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Slartibartfast wrote:
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 10:04
My selection too   |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 10:20
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King Crimson, UK and Kansas
from this list. Other additions to the list should be Godspeed You! Black Emperor and A Silver Mt. Zion ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 10:27
| Kansas, It's a beautiful Day, Big Big Train, the Flock, King Crimson, PFM, Pavlov's Dog, Outer Limits, Family, Zello, David Cross band, Dixie Dregs, UK, Caravan(at times). Not sure who else but I'm sure there's plenty others. Oh wait, this is a poll? :P |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 10:31
Kate Bush 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 10:59
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Gotta go with MO here...Goodman was just killer in that band and it added so much. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 14:45
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KC ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 14:58
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Van der Graaf. Graham Smith's violin on The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome give that album a distinctly different sound from the Van der Graaf Generator albums.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 15:57
Christoph Noppeney of Hoelderlin plays viola, not violin. but I wonder why you did not mention Michael Karoli. -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 16:00
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oh, and Gentle Giant had Ray Shulman ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 16:03
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and Curved Air violinist Darryl Way formed his own band Wolf which recorded 3 albums ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 16:05
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Jefferson Airplane ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 17:01
| Kansas but ... All great bands, I wish mention Premiata Forneria Marconi !!! |
Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 17:25
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The first violin-forward prog band that comes to my mind is FM, with the inimitable Nash the Slash (and later with the likes of Ben Mink, Aaron Solomon and Edward Bernard). ------------- The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 17:37
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Curved Air from the list but PFM, East of Eden and Spirogyra has nicely integrated violin vital for their sound. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 17:52
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Kansas, from this list. Tull would have been a good inclusion, as well as Big Big Train. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 18:11
Plus the wonderful Zao and Art Zoyd... also Andre Fertier's Clivage oh and Comus of course
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 18:29
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Curved Air and the Dregs are tempting but I went with UK ~ ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 18:45
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 04 2019 at 19:26
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No Frank Zappa/Mothers? Jean Luc Ponty is still playing the music of Frank Zappa. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 05:25
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I miss ELO (Mik Kaminski) and FM. Actually is quite hard to
choose especially between Kansas, UK and Mahavishnu (Jean-Luc Ponty years). ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 07:26
| Easy vote for Kansas. Coulda' been UK if they'd had more output. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 09:18
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Vertu |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 10:27
Papa John Creech! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 10:28
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Hi, It's a Beautiful Day!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 10:38
Esperanto Malicorne Wigwam (specially in the days of Pekka Pohjola) ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 11:26
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 13:00
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Voted UK over Crimson because KC not really violin-led. JLPonty and Didier Lockwood have some great stuff. Love Wolf's "McDonald's Lament". Love the violin on Bob Dylan's "Hurricane"! ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 13:32
 Had to vote for...everybody!------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 13:33
Really? Why not? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 13:38
I love his first solo record Concerto for Electric Violin. (Ian Mosley plays drums on the final piece.) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 17:52
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Many good choices but only Curved Air had Sonja Kristina. Love that voice. ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: May 05 2019 at 18:40
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Where's my beloved Horslips? Charles O'Connor is/was absolutely brilliant on violin on all of their albums. Here's the magnificent King Of The Fairies. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 00:05
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I'll add the other nominees shortly. I had forgotten about Horslips. I have a couple of LPs but never added any CDs to my collection. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 00:45
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Dixie Dregs and Kansas |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 01:15
| Could have voted for everybody but if it's violin that stands out, love the playing of Darryl Way in Curved Air. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 07:08
NP: VIVALDI ... with Cannons! (of course!) ... both versions! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 08:06
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Quella Vecchia Locanda Asturias Kansas
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 08:30
| This is a good one, several fine options here, I went with the Dregs. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 11:02
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Conventum ------------- |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: May 06 2019 at 12:57
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Crimson... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: May 07 2019 at 15:59
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Never listened to Bent Knee and Dixie Dregs. Mahavisnu ok, they are great but… I need time to listen better… UK: good albums but they are not the early and genuine prog… they sound like already listened… Kansas? I know only some songs by them but, in my opinion, they are not at the same level of the other bands in this poll. I cant say that Kansas is a great band. Good, ok, but not great. I cant compare Kansas with King Crismon…. So, I voted for Kc and Curved Air. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 17 2019 at 09:24
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It's difficult to argue against anything Jean-Luc Ponty contributed to (as good as Jerry Goodman, Mark O'Connor, Eddie Jobson, and Geoff Richardson were). The award winning fiddler cut his teeth going toe-to-toe with Stéphane Grappelli! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 17 2019 at 09:27
Stephane Grappelli actually passed his violin on to Jean-Luc Ponty, who in turn passed it on to Didier Lockwood. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: May 17 2019 at 09:39
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Not much of a Kansas fan. David Cross is excellent but I'm going with Jerry Goodman of Mahavishnu Orchestra. Awesome violin work! ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 06:53
I chose Curved Air even before I saw who was included in the poll. 
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 07:04
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Voted Jerry Goodman and Jean-Luc Ponty but would've had to think harder if you'd have included ASTURIAS, BELIEVE, and, especially, KBB. Akihisa Tsuboy is AMAZING!!!! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 07:11
| I'm going with Bent Knee. I've been really enjoying their music lately. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 07:38
| Il Castello Di Atlante |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: October 21 2019 at 18:42
| Not impossible for me to choose: Curved Air. I didn't vote again so as not to dilute my vote for them. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: October 22 2019 at 23:07
| Curved Air, not that they're any better than the other bands named, but because the violin is so fundamental to their style of music. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 19:02
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Dregs Yeeeeeee haw! ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: HarryAngel746
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 03:54
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Of these bands, I think I'm the closest to Mahavishnu. With others I will mention the wonderful early English band East of Eden. The music is wonderfully rude and the violin of Dave Arbus has a very rustic character. I mean mainly the first 2 albums, the hit "Jig-a-Jig" and the more polished 3 album. The first album definitely opens the door to the past, forgotten times. Waterways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVktYcUsWA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVktYcUsWA Bathers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VNCBndqPE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VNCBndqPE An additional curiosity is the American band Streetdancer, whose 1976 album Rising is a cool (maybe not so heavy) trip towards the Mahavishnu style, but with a large dose of originality (e.g. oriental elements). Violin may not dominate, but it's a coherent element of the whole and show off when needed. Rising 1976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwqHzAjbm4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwqHzAjbm4
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 04:59
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giving it to the other.. ELO.. and especially to Wilf Gibson.. the Keith Emerson of prog violin. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 06:02
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Gentle Giant with brother Ray Shulman is quite tallanted violinist -------------
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Posted By: scruffydragon
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 12:51
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PFM. But if it's Curved Air related then Darryl Way's Wolf is a good option and often forgotten about.
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