--- Sez George Erdner to All ---
 GE> Whilst listening to some old music, I stumbled on some songs that
 GE> sound like they fit into the Prog-Rock category, though they are not by
 GE> artists who specialize in Prog-Rock exclusively...
 GE> 1. From "Jesus Christ -- Superstar": As everyone who's heard it knows,
 GE> this work contains a wide variety of musical styles including old Tin
 GE> Pan Alley influences. The song "Gethsemane" uses a non-standard chord
 GE> pattern, and in the bridge, the time signature changes from 4/4 to
 GE> 5/4. I think this is a Prog-Rock surprise.
Sure, why not?  I'm not much of a time signature counter, personally.
Never suspected "Living In The Past" was anything but 4/4 until reading
of Ian's amusement at watching American Teens attempting to dance
to it.  For that matter, it never occurred to me that "Mr. Bojangles"
was in 3/4 until it was mentioned in a review of Brinsley Schwarz's
_Silver Pistol_.
But, as to _JCS_ (which has bounced back from Acute Embarrassment to
Guilty Pleasure in my personal estimation), there ARE a number of
performers with Prog credentials on it.  Ian Gillan, of course...
You may not be aware that John Gustafson was in a band called
Quatermass, whose self-titled one and only LP is well worth seeking
out.  Victor Brox's Prog connections are more tenuous, but he's the
singer on the only Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation album I've heard, _To
Mum From Aynsley And the Boys_, a quite enjoyable set of Chamber Blooz,
not unlike real early Tull, Steamhammer or Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac.
I think there's others, but I don't have the libretto handy...
DM
NP: Jethro Tull _Roots To Branches_
... Factory Sealed For Your Protection.
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