Larry Gowan
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Topic: Larry Gowan
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Subject: Larry Gowan
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 13:58
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Larry Gowan is a Canadian instrumentalist/vocalist who started off recording on keyboard with members of Peter Gabriel`s band at the time in the early 80`s. His first album was entitled Strange Animal and spawned a monster hit Criminal Mind which was definitely in the vein of prog as was the rest of the album and subsequent material. Anyone out ther ever hear if him? I`ve tried to add him but I just can`t figure out how.
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 13:59
| Isn't this the guy currently in Styx? |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 14:10
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He`s been in Styx since about 2000 but I`m not too crazy about newer Styx material. I don`t know for sure whether or not he `ll be with them on the current tour.
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Posted By: yarstruly
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 15:28
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Yeah that's the guy in Styx....I love him with Styx...never heard his solo material... ------------- Facebook hashtags: #100greatestprogrockchallenge #scottssongbysong #scottsspotlight |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 15:32
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Strange Animal was a huge success in Canada. I remember it sounding like a Supertramp clone to me, mind you I haven't listened to it in 20 years and my memory isn't what it used to be. ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: January 11 2007 at 13:32
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Heh, Gowan. I used to laugh at him when I was a kid in the 80s, but lately I've tapped my toes to his tunes on the radio. That's what nostalgia does.
A friend of mine swears "Cyclorama", or whatever the Styx album with him on it is called, is a really good album. ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: yarstruly
Date Posted: January 11 2007 at 14:36
i agree with your friend  ------------- Facebook hashtags: #100greatestprogrockchallenge #scottssongbysong #scottsspotlight |
Heptade wrote:Posted By: lobster41
Date Posted: January 12 2007 at 14:15
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A few weeks ago, I bought some software to convert my albums to mp3 to put on my iPod. One of the first records I grabbed was "Strange Animal". Now I have that and "Criminal Mind" on the old playlist. In fact, I just shut off Transatlantic to listen to "Criminal Mind"!
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: January 14 2007 at 06:30
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I remember a long time ago I read that he was originally in a prog band but the band just couldn't make a go of it. The same article was how he was a major Yes fan and it was a dream come true when Jon Anderson sang on his song "Moonlight Desires". I think I'll track down my Gowan tape, now that you mention it.
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