Progman Cometh Music Festivals were two Canterbury scene music concerts held at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington, USA, in 2002 and 2003.
Gordon Beck was scheduled to appear but had to cancel at the last minute due to illness. Akinetón Retard (from Chile) were also scheduled but were prevented from leaving Chile by customs. The "friends" appearing with Glass were William Kopecky, Joe Kopecky and Elton Dean. Soft Works (billed as "Software" before their name change) consisted of Hugh Hopper, Allan Holdsworth, Elton Dean and John Marshall.
Artist / Song | Bass | Guitar | Keys | 2nd Keys | 2nd Guitar | 2nd Bass | Horn | Vocals | Drums | 2nd Drums |
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Jeff Sherman & Friends / Big Sur 9-14-2000 | Jeff Sherman | Greg Sherman | Jim Smiley | Hugh Hopper | Richard Sinclair | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Glass / Give The Man A Hand | Jeff Sherman | Greg Sherman | Jerry Cook | |||||||
Fred Baker / For Birgit | Fred Baker | |||||||||
Fred Baker / Seattle Samba | Fred Baker | |||||||||
Johann Sebastian Bach / Toccata in D Minor | Fred Baker | |||||||||
Fred Baker / Bonneville Blues | Fred Baker | |||||||||
Fred Baker / unidentified loop bass piece | Fred Baker | |||||||||
Phil Miller / Underdub | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Fred Baker | |||||||
Phil Miller, Robert Wyatt / God Song | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Fred Baker | Richard Sinclair | ||||||
Phil Miller / Eastern Region | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Fred Baker | |||||||
Elton Dean / Willy The Knee | Alex Maguire | Elton Dean | ||||||||
Hugh Hopper / Kings and Queens | Hugh Hopper | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Fred Baker | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Hugh Hopper / Wanglosaxon | Hugh Hopper | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Fred Baker | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Richard Sinclair / Share It | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Greg Sherman | Richard Sinclair | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Phil Miller / Calyx | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Greg Sherman | Elton Dean | Richard Sinclair | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | ||
Hugh Hopper / First Trane | Hugh Hopper | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Fred Baker | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Hugh Hopper, D C Seager / Long Lingers Autumn Time | Hugh Hopper | Fred Baker | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | ||||||
Alex Maguire / John's Fragment | Hugh Hopper | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Fred Baker | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Alex Maguire / Psychic Warrior | Hugh Hopper | Phil Miller | Alex Maguire | Fred Baker | Elton Dean | Richard Sinclair | Jerry Cook | Paul Black |
Artist / Song | Bass | Guitar | Keys | 2nd Bass | 2nd Guitar | Horn | Vocals | Drums | 2nd Drums |
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Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair / In The Land of Grey and Pink | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | |||||||
Richard Sinclair / Going For A Song | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | |||||||
Richard Sinclair / Keep On Caring | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | |||||||
Richard Sinclair / What's Rattlin' | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | Paul Black | ||||||
Richard Sinclair / Latiny Tune | Richard Sinclair | Greg Sherman | Richard Sinclair | Paul Black | |||||
Richard Sinclair / Oh What A Lonely Lifetime / Disassociation | Richard Sinclair | Richard Sinclair | |||||||
Phil Miller / Out There | Fred Baker | Phil Miller | |||||||
Phil Miller / Upside | Fred Baker | Phil Miller | |||||||
Glass / Europa | Jeff Sherman | Greg Sherman | Jerry Cook | ||||||
Fred Baker / Baker's Treat | Hugh Hopper | Fred Baker | Phil Miller | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black | |||
Hugh Hopper, Phil Miller / Facelift / Nan True's Hole / Green and Purple | Hugh Hopper | Fred Baker | Alex Maguire | Richard Sinclair | Phil Miller | Elton Dean | Jerry Cook | Paul Black |
Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues, R&B, and soul.
Hugh Colin Hopper was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and other bands.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. In the years since, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" has become an enduring classic, with more than 1,000 known cover versions by other artists.
Hatfield and the North were an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, with some reunions thereafter.
Gary Brooker was an English singer and pianist, and the founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum.
Phillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France. He is best known for his work in the progressive rock Canterbury scene bands Gong, Hatfield and the North and National Health.
Richard Stephen Sinclair is an English progressive rock bassist, guitarist, and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.
Delivery was a British blues/progressive rock musical group, formed in the late 1960s. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene.
Soft Heap was a Canterbury scene and jazz-rock supergroup founded in January 1978 and active throughout the eighties.
In Cahoots was a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer.
Live 1990 is a 1993 live album released by a reformed line-up of Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North. This marked the band's first manifestation since its 1975 break-up. Original keyboard player Dave Stewart declined to take part and was replaced by French jazz pianist Sophia Domancich, at the time a member of drummer Pip Pyle's band Equip'Out. This line-up's activity was limited to this one appearance on Central TV's "Bedrock" series. In addition to a number of tracks from the band's classic repertoire, a large part of the concert was devoted to more recent material. This was to be Hatfield's swan song until the 2005–06 reformation.
The Atlantic City Pop Festival took place in 1969 on August 1, 2 and 3rd at the Atlantic City race track, two weeks before Woodstock Festival. It actually took place in Hamilton Township at the Atlantic City Race Course. There was heavy security at the festival, and the stage the acts performed on was created by Buckminster Fuller. A ticket for the entire 3-day weekend was $15.00 to see all of the performers listed. Attended by some 100,000+ people.
Glass is a progressive rock trio from the Pacific Northwest. The group consists of Greg Sherman on keyboards, vibes & Mellotron, his brother Jeff Sherman on bass guitar, guitar, bass pedals and keyboards, and their childhood friend Jerry Cook on drums and percussion.
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2000 - 2009.
Jeffrey Edward Sherman is an American musician. He is a founding member of the band Glass and several other bands, as well as a solo artist who has released both under his own name and under the pseudonym Jeff Joad.
Hamster Theatre is an American avant-rock, experimental and folk jazz music group based in Boulder, Colorado, and led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Willey. They have released three albums, and have performed at several festivals, including Progman Cometh and ProgDay.
Dave Willey is an American experimental musician and composer, best known as the co-founder and member of the Boulder, Colorado-based avant-rock group Hamster Theatre. He is also a member of Thinking Plague and 3 Mice. He has released two solo albums and has performed with Hamster Theatre and Thinking Plague in the United States and Europe.
The Public Execution of Mister Personality / Quasi Day Room: Live at the Moore Theatre is a 2006 double album by Boulder, Colorado-based avant-rock, experimental and folk jazz music group Hamster Theatre, led by Dave Willey. It was released in the United States by Cuneiform Records, and consists of a studio CD and a live CD, the latter recorded at the 2002 Progman Cometh Festival in Seattle, Washington.
Patrice Meyer is a French electric guitarist active in Jazz, Jazz rock, Progressive rock and Canterbury scene bands.
Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (2015) is the third in a series of feature-length documentaries about Progressive rock written and directed by Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder. This one focuses on the music of the Canterbury scene.