Back in the early 1980's I discovered an independent recording label based out of Palo Alto, California. Originally a folk music studio founded by Will Akerman and his wife at the time Anne Robinson the label would evolve into what came to be labeled New Age. I immediately fell in love with many of the artists such as Mark Isham, Michael Hedges, The Turtle Island String Quartet and tonight's featured group Shadowfax.
Named after Gandalf's horse from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the band was founded in 1972. Lead by Chuck Greenberg on Lyricon and other woodwinds they blended numerous musical genres into their signature sound. Over the years, until Chuck's death from a heart attack in 1995, they released a number of albums and gave numerous concerts to there fans.
Tonight I start with a half dozen live performances, opening with a short introduction by Chuck Greenberg and then follow with a number of fan generated slide shows with backed by album tracks. So sit back, relax and let the music take you to another place...
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DeleteThanks for this this; I'm a huge fan of this band - it's been a big musical influence in my life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind attention. Very nice to know there may still be a few folks out there diggin on what all went down with us back in the day. Always a surprise.
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Hey Joel and Phil - I guess I need to check the comments more regularly.
ReplyDeleteJoel - I'm glad I was able to bring them to you. This site started as a labor of love about six years ago. After numerous formats all disintegrated along with my hours of work I found myself having to use the YouTube playlist format. Now with all of the copyright bullshit going on it has been very discouraging to put four or five hours into a show only to have it all fall apart in the following weeks or months.
I don't understand how they think that posting videos on YouTube is stealing their business. If anything it is bringing them new business. I've found many performers I had never heard of through YouTube and have gone out and purchased their music.
Needless to say I have not paid much attention here lately. I apologize for that. (I also hate what they have done with my YouTube channel!)
Phil - Wow, great to hear from you. This is the first time I've had one of the performers comment here. Excellent! Are you still in the music scene these days?
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