Do you ever feel sorry for "Prog" fans who just do

Many prog fans that I've met don't appreciate the blues genre and it confuses the H out of me. aLL the jazz improv in blues, the boogie woogie piano, slide guitar, opening tunings. They are so ignorant to blues that they can't tell the difference when someone is singing blues and sounding too like Frank Sinatra or Davy Jones on the "Head" film where Zappa says it sounds real .....W..........then when someone is really complimenting the blues with a glorious voice. Many British Blues Boom singers sounded to me as if they were trying too hard and it's real distasteful sounding to the core. They can't even understand a point like that, due to their reality which says that blues is basically garbage.

The broad range of ideas and musical directions that a "progressive" definition could lead to, that it would actually bring you to almost any musical form is something to ponder over. I mean they are just snobs about it and it would be a difficult  feat to try and changed or re-direct their minds. My church is better than yours kind of attitude is what we are dealing with. A person like me was more drawn into the blues due to my interest in the lyricism and the folklore. That is another point to make, proggers I've met don't seem to comprehend that old blues lyrics are written in puzzles. Sorry, I've been drinking and I'm talking in circles.

 

Collections of sounds and words that have broad appeal is unfortunately something for proggers to ridicule for an evening of what they would consider simply a good time. I don't know technically the percentage of proggers that would feel this way but, after reading your thread I get the impression that the percentage is high. There are many blues artist like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy or Willie Dixon, British Blues Boom era, that crossover into progressive territory especially due to their expanding on an instrument. The care or concern for that to be put on the judgement stand is not entered into too often at a prog concert. Muddy Waters name is not mentioned along with Steve Howe's or Magma for the most part. 
  

Better introduce myself!

I'm all new here, I'm not a diehard progger by decision, I just "am what I am," what ever it turns out to be, to quote the pipe smokin' philosopher Popeyecrotes.

I'm a cartoonist/illustrator by trade but that's just work.

For me a good bit of music (whatever the genre) is like a good novel or a recollection of a damn good dream!

Hopefully it uncovers the bits that I forgot when I woke up.

I'm spending half my time on some hammond forums where I'm pimping my road rig.

Cheers lads and lasses, pleased to be here!

-Brendooon