Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed and Delivered

I don't think I've ever listened to this record, despite the fact it has been in my possesion for 13(ish) years?!! My best friend growing up, Mark, had brought this over to my house (along with the Star Wars record) and left it behind. Well, I've had it for a long time, and I'm listening to it for the first time. I didn't realize this came out in 1970, and it has a funky cover of We Can Work it Out by the Beatles.

I "Wonder" why I've waited so long to give this one a spin...

Lenny White - Big City

Nice outfit on the front cover, cartoonized Lenny White.

Lenny White - Venusian Summer

My one-time favorite drummer. Drummed with Chick Corea and Return To Forever. Drummed open handed. Very cool dude.

Played drums on Red Clay

This record has Larry Coryell and Al Di Meola on the same track.

Lenny played drums on Bitches Brew.

Favorite Lenny White album is Adventure of Astral Pirates (I have it on CD)

Love his production on RTF's Romantic Warrior.

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin'

W/ Alphonso Johnson on Bass. I have NO Weather Report records with Jaco... interesting...

Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric

Umphrey's McGee - Safety in Numbers

In high school, all my friends loved jam bands. Mainly, Umphrey's McGee. This was my gateway into prog, which led to jazz fusion, which led to straight ahead jazz, which led to free improvisation, which brings us back to free improvisation, which is a unique thing that Umphrey's tries to incorporate into all of their sets. There is such a nostalgic push to this LP.

I could write forever and ever about this, but the main details I should get are this: This album came out in 2006. I bought the CD at Sam Goody when it came out, and later bought the RECORD at Best Buy (?). I rarely will buy a record if I already own the CD, but I guess I just was that into Umphrey's McGee at the time.

Storm Thorgerson (of Hipgnosis... i.e. Pink Floyd album artwork, some Zeppelin, others too) designed the album cover, which I guess flipped the role of a sleeping/counting sheep/ sleep?

I think Partyin' Sheeps would do it, no?

U.K. - U.K.

PROG PROG PROG PROG pop PROG PROG PROGGY MCPROGGERSON PROGRESSIVE ROCK PROG ROCK PROG POGS PROGPROGPROG PROG PROG prog PROG.

Billy Bruford - Alan Holdsworth - John Wetton - Eddie Jacobs.

Supergroup.

Kinda poppy, but true to prog. IS THIS WHAT THE BAND ASIA WAS TRYING TO DO????

U.K. What a band...


AND I FOUND THIS RECORD IN MARQUETTE MI. When I was in college, I was still riding high in the Prog Rock Helicopter.