The late '60s and the early '70s were a most creative time in the Western World. Iconoclasts everywhere were shattering old idols, such as those that have been resussitated by the the squares among the Bushreich. In the arts, in film, in books, in lifestyles, and in music...staid, button-down, conservative bubble-gum music was being nudged out by orchestral rock, art-rock, progressive rock, not to mention the wondrous work by jazz and contemporary composers of "serious music".
Seminal in that vein, that throbbing vein of protean creativity, was a band called "Strawbs" -- who merged midaeval and renaissance music with ballads and progressive rock...among other things. And they did so, beautifully. And, thanks to the god of good things, they still do. And I was privileged to eye and earwitness it last night. I do get lucky sometime.
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But curse the god who causes paragraphs to just vanish, because I just lost 5 good paragraphs which I am too pissed to repeat. Go see the goddam band.
Fri 1 Oct - Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Sat 2 Oct - Redlight Cafe, Atlanta, GA
Tue 5 Oct - Bellville Opera House, Bellville, OH
Thu 7 Oct - The Strand, Lakewood, NJ
Fri 8 Oct - Bodles Opera House, Chester, NY
Sat 9 Oct - Towne Crier, Pawling, NY
Sun 10 Oct - The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
