A Royal Affair Concert Event (2019)

Two of the latter day descendants of progressive rock royalty, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy and Yes, perform at A Royal Affair.  Other acts on this bill included the John (Moody Blues) Lodge Band and Asia.  This event was held in Saratoga, California at the Mountain Winery concert venue.  Lovely afternoon concert. 

Roger Dean Was At "A Royal Affair"!

Genius artist Roger Dean had a booth at "A Royal Affair" music event at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California.

 Classic progressive music reigned on July 28th, 2019 at the Mountain Winery music venue.  Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy, Arthur Brown, the John Lodge Band, Asia and Yes all performed.

It was great to see Roger and his magnificent paintings and artwork.  Dean has designed album covers for the likes of Greenslade, Budgie, Asia and Yes.  A beautiful thing indeed!  It was an honor to see him there.

Greg Lake, "I Believe In Father Christmas"

A sad farewell was bid to Greg Lake, a talented and influential musician, who passed away this week.  Lake was a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.  He also held a stint in Asia, as well.  Here is the popular Christmas tune he penned years ago.  I will miss Lake's distinctive vocal delivery, his impassioned playing and his memorable recorded work.  A true progressive rock luminary and a very iconic performer.

Adventures in HD Music Selections

We got a 1080p plasma for the house. I was watching Comcast HD music channel. Regrouped Asia and Yes - Pathetic. Steve Howe is basically a skeleton holding a guitar. Also carried Royal Albert Hall clips of the Who in 2007. Roger's voice is godawful. The Seeker is already sounding well tired. Bright spot in group is Simon Townsend. Handling the high vocal parts and looking like he is actually enjoying being onstage. The rest are stiffs. Pete Townsend,too. Deep Purple - a train wreck. Only decent sounding band is Rush in a Frankfurt concert. But they are obviously only going through the motions. Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart are middle aged in appearance and spiritually fat. Geedy Lee always looked bad and that is nothing new here. Bryan Adams doing some solo guitar performance at some peace festival. Looks like hell but has a surprisingly strong and decent voice. Haven't watched old Joe Strummer video yet. More ugh for sure.