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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Besides not being called a Prog Folk band, I really haven't seen Traffic described by any one as Progressive Rock, even though their exploration into other music areas is just as strong as other Prog bands. Maybe the reasons for this is that started in the Psychedelia era and then later tend to have a stronger Jazz & R&B influence. I'm not too hung up on tagging bands by genres, because a lot of time they cover a wide range of styles. I much prefer what the artists think of their music. Pentangle called their music "Thirteenth Century Rock and Roll," and Traffic called their music the "Headless Horseman Sound."  |
^"Headless Horseman Sound" is a suitably psychedelic description all right! I agree, that labelling
John Barleycorn as Prog Folk is pretty misleading.
Low Spark is a good album, though my stand-out fave is the title track, rather than
Hidden Treasure.
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Other book related songs in Acid Folk/Prog Folk would be Aslan (C.S. Lewis) and Magician in the Mountain (J. R. R. Tolkien).
Caedmon - Aslan
There are two bass players that are credit on the album The Sound Of Sunforest, Joe Mudele and Herbie Flowers. The latter played bass for David Bowie and Lou Reed, and played bass on Walk on the Wild Side ... believe it or not. Herbie Flowers was only paid £17 for his contribution on the song. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sunforest - Magician In The Mountain
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^ I didn't expect "Book-related Acid/Prog Folk" to turn into a sub-sub-sub genre, but so it appears to be! My first impression is that they shared a nice line in album-cover art, but I haven't been won over by the music yet. I really liked the Caedemon song because of its elec guitar, though that touch seems to be the exception for Caedemon rather than the rule.
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Still looking bands in the Acid Folk/Prog Folk vein, among other genres. Here's a random band. I don't know, you might like this band, with a name like "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard" how can you go wrong? Judging by the album cover it look like it's straight from 1970, but they actually released the album last year.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters! (2015)
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^ Yes, That's a great name, and ditto pastiche album cover! I'll give them a proper listen soon, along with Sunforest.
I'm also looking for music to keep this thread going, though I don't have any new material to offer just now. Instead, in the pedantic way I have, I'm dredging up an old link, in this case because you mentioned Pentangle:-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...pentangle.html
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Originally Posted by Buffo
Their other lp, "Sorcerors", is terrible boring though.
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^ This is a little-known piece of information that I wouldn't disagree with, although the title track at least has slowly grown on me.