Prog-Watch 706
This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Frank Wyatt of Happy The Man, Oblivion Sun, and Frank Wyatt and Friends! Frank and I will be chatting about all of his projects through the years and I will of course be spinning lots of great music along the way!
Composer, keyboardist, saxophonist, engineer and producer, a founding member of the progressive rock groups Happy The Man, Oblivion Sun and Pedal Giant Animals, Frank Wyatt has worn many hats. From his home based project studio, Crafty Hands, he continues to create innovative and fresh new music. His latest effort is a new album Zeitgeist, credited to Frank Wyatt and Friends. The “Friends” include nearly every musician Frank has played with over his 45+ years in the music industry!
Music with some meat to it!
Prog-Watch is a weekly podcast and internet radio program dedicated to bringing the listener contemporary Progressive Rock music from around the world. Your big, hairy host, the “Prog-Squatch” wanders the woods of the world, beats the bushes, and digs in the dirt to bring the best Prog back for YOU! Sometimes solo and sometimes with a guest host, the Prog-Squatch will bring you new and interesting artists in each episode, and give you some background info and a taste of their music.
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What a lucky man I’ve been to have been listening to this music since before the first Happy the Man album when Rick Kennell brought over a pre-release of the Arista vinyl. I was also proud to have played music with Rick, Cliff Fortney, and Mike Beck for four years before Happy the Man were formed in a teenage band we had called Gritt, then later Zelda. The new music Frank has written I find remarkable, and so glad that he was able to bring together these great musicians for a reunion of sorts. He might (or might not) remember us meeting in Ft Wayne when he was there before Cliff Fortney had moved to Harrisonburg and joined the first evolution of HTM along with Rick, Mike, and another musician from Ft Wayne, Dan Owen. I remember Frank sitting down at my Ivers & Pond grand at a house Cliff, Brad Stevens, and Tom Cooley had been rehearsing at and playing it for a few minutes. I asked him if what he played had a name and he said, “Passions’ Passing”.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!