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SteveG 
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Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20604 |
 Posted: August 06 2014 at 15:35 |
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Most British hardrock bands before 1971. Not really sure what happened after that. It was probably Progs fault or Jethro Tull's, or both.
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hollyweird
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Posted: August 06 2014 at 18:20 |
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If it hasn't been mentioned yet, Jumbo (the Italian band) embodies Prog Blues as much as Captain Beefheart.
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rocknrollcola
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Joined: August 06 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 07 2014 at 01:25 |
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I was trying to figure this out and fixed my post. I am new to this board.
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JohnnySauliN
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Joined: August 10 2014 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 2 |
Posted: August 11 2014 at 02:20 |
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Progressive rock combines a lot of different elements and blues certainly is one influence among others, so I find that happens something on a song or a part of a song bluesy on classic prog rock albums.
I don't know if Colosseum was already mentioned, 'cause I didn't read to all 8 pages of the thread, but it came instantanealy to my mind when I saw the topic title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN_SGtc7dpM |
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PrognosticMind
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Joined: August 02 2014 Location: New Hampshire Status: Offline Points: 1195 |
Posted: August 13 2014 at 05:33 |
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I swear that the term "progressive blues" has crossed my mind on several occasions; now if I could only remember the bands I was referencing with said term...
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musitron
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Joined: March 10 2014 Location: Gatineau Canada Status: Offline Points: 142 |
Posted: August 19 2014 at 12:36 |
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“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
Dark Side Radio - Best new Prog 2015 mixed with good old stuff. - www.live365.com/stations/young_gun |
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AreYouHuman
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Joined: April 12 2013 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 470 |
Posted: October 01 2014 at 21:01 |
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Blodwyn Pig, esp. It’s Only Love and Dear Jill.
Electric Flag’s first album, “A Long Time Comin’” |
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |
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Svetonio
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Posted: October 01 2014 at 21:17 |
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Svetonio
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Posted: October 01 2014 at 21:31 |
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Jazabell Gables (Flyin' High, 1978 LP) by Joey Long is an excellent example of progressive blues-rock, i.e. prog that came from blues-rock. Prog can come from almost any sub-genre of rock & pop music, especially today.
Edited by Svetonio - October 01 2014 at 21:38 |
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zwordser
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Posted: October 21 2014 at 17:21 |
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How about Bullet, by Renaissance? Bluesy to start, but moves into experimental/psychedelic territory.
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aapatsos
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Posted: October 21 2014 at 17:28 |
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Recently added Anabasi Road who fall in this category (ish) - check them out
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 21 2014 at 22:50 |
2 good choices.....  |
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TODDLER
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 08:06 |
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Probably mentioned before and I haven't read each page of this thread...but Spooky Tooth would be ideal candidates for a touch of Prog Blues. Also the band Juicy Lucy seemed to enter progressive areas throughout their first 3 albums.
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TODDLER
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 08:10 |
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Johnny Winter , (RIP), played a progressive Blues style when he improvised and actually more than most guitarists on the planet. Check out "Second Winter" the remastered issue which features a live cd. He plays over a 4 chord, 4 bar Blues progression, producing some technical Jazzy riffs and extensive note passages to boot. A real master on the electric guitar.
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SteveG
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 09:40 |
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Robin Trower: Bridge Of Sighs. If the title track isn't prog blues, then I don't know what is.
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 09:47 |
They are listed here as proto prog /prog rock so it makes sense they would have some elements of prog blues in their music also.
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 09:47 |
That works for me. |
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TODDLER
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 12:06 |
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Maybe some people haven't noticed, but Todd Rundgren played Blues riffs along with Blues oriented string bending for many years and added that element into many of his more progressive songs/pieces.
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TODDLER
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 13:48 |
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But then there is the existence of a crowd of people who feel that Blues could never be connected to the style of Prog. Their opinion always points out that 4 bar Blues is boring and that there is only so much you can do with 4 chords repeatedly. That you can only focus on the pentatonic scale and never play outside the chords with chromatic passages and that alone makes Blues a limited style of music and specifically in the improvisation department. This is totally incorrect. The reason they feel this way is because their exposure to the Blues was probably played by lame musicians that refused to go outside the melody or chord structure. If you pay more close attention to some of the female pianist's from the 30's and 40's, you might make a connection to the style you're missing. There are thousands of Blues recordings in the world and many important ones still haven't made it on to cd, but investigating the more obscure ones may prove to be worthwhile when considering that many people feel this way.
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ghost_of_morphy
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Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755 |
Posted: October 23 2014 at 15:38 |
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Much of what is going on in this post stems from ignorance as to what the blues is and a depressing trend of labeling everything that we like as progressive.
Start by remembering that rock and roll grew out of the blues originally. There will always be an echo of the blues in prog rock as long as the rock is still in it. I have seen several posters cite the resurgence of interest in the blues in the late '60's early '70's as examples of "blues prog," based probably on the most unfortunate idea that this website has promoted Led Zeppelin as a prog act in order to increase web traffic. Clapton, The Rolling Stones, LZ and all did rehabilitate rock by going back to the well of blues. Rock, people, not prog. I could make a better case that Jimi Hendrix made progressive blues in his few proggish experiments. As for groups that specifically integrated blues and progressive rock, Captain Beefheart is the obvious one, especially since the good Captain takes at least as much inspiration from the Delta as from Chicago. As for the mainstream popular prog bands, Jethro Tull probably came closest to integrating blues and prog on a couple albums.
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