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Deadwood Forest: Mellodramatic
by Michael Askounes
Houston, Texas is knows for a lot of things (oil, big hats, cowboy boots, mechanical bulls, etc.), but nowhere on the list is progressive rock - it just doesn't fit the mental profile of the city. However, if music industry mavens have any brains in their head at all, a little known Houston band by the name of Deadwood Forest will be on the modern progressive A-list sometime in the near future. While listening to their latest release, Mellodramatic, I ...
read morePrism: Live 75-77
by John W. Patterson
Here is pre-Hands aka Prism in an earliest 1975-76 incarnation and the 1976-77 near-Hands form that finally coalesced into Hands. Get a sneek peak at the raw and true life of a band struggling to be heard through noisy nite club chatter, apathetic ping pong ball echoes, local Texas radio shows, live and in the studio.Prism plays mostly original tunes but does cover Gentle Giant’s “Plain Truth” and King Crimson’s “Great Deceiver”. Their Crimson cover is impressive, even ...
read moreHands: Hands
by John W. Patterson
Richard “Cool Beans” Patz should be considered the “T Rex” of dinosaur hunters at Shroom. He has dedicated his tireless energies to unearthing, rediscovering, and offering the waiting-for-cool-stuff, world lost “dinosaurs” of treasures of ‘70s fusion, prog rock, and other such eclectica. Having first reviewed Hands’ Palm Mystery which followed this release, I was eager to hear more of this exceptional band’s music.I was not to be let down — plenty of quality musicianship here! I again heard ...
read moreAurora: Aurora
by AAJ Staff
Naming themselves after a favorite Jean-Luc Ponty album, Aurora comes across quickly and clearly as a very capable jazz fusion group. Shroom Productions presents us with yet more of little-known, late ‘70s fusion gems right out of Texas, USA. Aurora’s Martin McCall (drums) and Mark Menikos (violin) both gigged briefly with the fusion group Hands. Add talented guitarist, Skip Sorelle, highly adept bassist Roy Vogt, and John Sharp on keys and you have Aurora.22 years ago this group ...
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