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Tired of Same Old Classic Rock!

#161
socialleper said:
If you like the 70s, classic rock vibe, but want something newer, you are in luck. There is an entire subsection of music right now that hearkens back to that era. Don't let the names rattle you, it is all marketing.
Embrace the new millennia.

Graveyard
Vintage Caravan
Night Flight Orchestra
Opeth (last three albums are straight up prog. Don't go further back than that, you probably won't like what you find.)
Riverside
Elder
Fall of an Empire (Smaller band, look on Bandcamp or a streaming service)
Witchcraft
The Sword (their last two were very classic rock, previously they were pretty heavy)
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This is IMO the torch carrier "genre" of 70's rock.

I'd reiterate Graveyard. They're fantastic. Also look into:

All Them Witches, their deep cuts really dig into americana, bluegrass, and swampy blues. Truly one of the most versatile and gifted bands of this era.

The Muggs, listen to "never know why" and you'll get em.

Hawkwind (from back in the day) Lemmy's work before Motorhead and it's so good it's not even funny. Psychedelic, driving, even occasionally proggy.

You'd probably also really like:

Wolfmother
Blues Pills
Radio Moscow
King Buffalo
J Roddy Walston and the business
Sleep Walkers (relatively unknown, but real funky)
War on Drugs
Lake Street Dive
Vulfpeck (not Volbeat <-awful)

There's so many amazing bands out there that aren't huge. Hopefully they get there though.
 
#164
I've been listening to Jeff Beck's two George Martin masterpieces, Blow By Blow and Wired.
I guess I was busy listening to the collapse of prog rock and the Beatles legacy when these came out though I was in a band that tried to play, "You Know What I Mean" back in the mid 70s. We played it very badly.
Both albums sound really fresh and current, better than the Mahavishnu and Return To Forever Stuff that may have inspired them.
I also think that both albums have aged better than mid 70s Genesis or ELP or Band On The Run or Mind Games or Gone Troppo.

 
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#165
Pauly 4001 said:
I've been listening to Jeff Beck's two George Martin masterpieces, Blow By Blow and Wired.
I guess I was busy listening to the collapse of prog rock and the Beatles legacy when these came out though I was in a band that tried to play, "You Know What I Mean" back in the mid 70s. We played it very badly.
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I can still vividly recall the Saturday morning the self-proclaimed Clapton down the street bought this LP...and invited us noobs to share in his initial listen.
The 1st tune, "You Know What I Mean"...turned my world upsidedown. You mean the bass doesn't have to play on the "1"?!?
After "She's A Woman", he tossed us out. We were over enthusiastic whenever Beck killed us.
 
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#168
Richland123 said:
When I saw Gentle Giant live and had no idea who they were, I was blown away at the intricacies of their music and became an instant fan in the early 1970s.







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one of my fav instrumentals....'The Boys In The Band'
Octopus had alternate cover art with an Octopus in a jar.
 
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#170
B-Mac said:
one of my fav instrumentals....'The Boys In The Band'
Octopus had alternate cover art with an Octopus in a jar.
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Yes, I have the album with the octopus in the jar.

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#172
2112 said:
Get up on YouTube and find Chicago's 1970 concert at Tanglewood. Watch the whole thing. Just plain awesome.
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Yes, yes, yes!

Just saw this a few weeks ago. Crazy good.

I cracked up at the little impromptu jam they threw together when the techs were fiddling with the drum kit - and then seamlessly blended it into "25 or 6 to 4". Staged? Maybe, but it was still a great presentation. And the complex deeper cuts were spot on - the kind of stuff I assumed took take after take after take to get right in the studio - and they just nailed it.

Man I miss those guys, and to paraphrase Lamb: "It's really not Chicago without Terry.."
 
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mrcbass said:
Yes, yes, yes!

Just saw this a few weeks ago. Crazy good.

I cracked up at the little impromptu jam they threw together when the techs were fiddling with the drum kit - and then seamlessly blended it into "25 or 6 to 4". Staged? Maybe, but it was still a great presentation. And the complex deeper cuts were spot on - the kind of stuff I assumed took take after take after take to get right in the studio - and they just nailed it.

Man I miss those guys, and to paraphrase Lamb: "It's really not Chicago without Terry.."
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+2

Sounds like Lee was having some trouble that night too lol.

I also play sax, and have longer than I've played bass... I was turned on to Chicago decades ago lolol. Love them dearly... but indeed the very heart & soul of Chicago died with Terry. :( I don't play guitar, but he remains one of my very favorite musicians ever.
 
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We're pro
2112 said:
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Sounds like Lee was having some trouble that night too lol.

I also play sax, and have longer than I've played bass... I was turned on to Chicago decades ago lolol. Love them dearly... but indeed the very heart & soul of Chicago died with Terry. :( I don't play guitar, but he remains one of my very favorite musicians ever.
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We're probably jacking the thread, but oh well. I grew up playing brass and Chicago was the first R&R group that I started going deep with. The timing of Kath's death was so ironic...

I was hangin' with a bud that very night, wearing out his copy of VII and we were both going on and on specifically about Kath and just how incredible and soulful he was. The next morning the sad news was in the papers. It was very surreal.
 
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