Upon Further Review: Happy The Man
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- The band that almost got hired as Peter Gabriel’s backup band (after he left Genesis) instead recorded two stone cold classics for Arista Records. We take a look at that great American Prog band - Happy The Man.
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Hello Scott, My name is LeeAnne Whitaker (wife of Stanley Whitaker guitarist vocalist from Happy The Man) I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your exuberance and some of the story of HTM. It is always great to hear their music being shared. Feel welcome to be in touch. Stay healthy and happy.
Thanks, LeeAnn!!! That is so appreciated. Stan is a serious talent and I wanted to spotlight HTM in a respectful way!!!
Hooray. 'Happy The Man' finally get some recognition. THE most overlooked progressive band of that era.
England was another one!!! But HTM was one of my formative bands being 15 when it came out!!!
I recently discovered this channel on Just JP and wanted to thank you for highlighting Happy The Man. There are a top 10 or 20 bands that most prog fans know about but HTM somehow eludes a lot of prog fans. You really have a fun informed take the prog world. Good luck with your channel!
Thanks, Mark. Yeah, I am new to TH-cam and JP is a big reason I started my channel. I adore Happy The Man!!! What a great band!!!
Oblivion Sun (2 Happy The Man members) is a fantastic band from this century!
I should have mentioned them!!!
Blessed to DC native progfan 🙏 when HTM appeared locally. Saw them at THE CELLAR DOOR and fell DEEPLY in 🥰 love. Stunning pure Prog with all-star lineups. I agree that the 2 Debuts are the MASTERPIECES any Proglivwr must have BUT I don't diminished a tbe other releases at all. There's just something innately blissful about their style! MUSE is Wonderful! 3rd is Incredible too where lots of Kit's songs recorded also on his Solo and one with 🐫 CAMEL. Still wish MORE so-called Proggers would hear them snd appreciate their underappreciated BEAUTY. THANK TOU for mentioning the other American bands esp. HANDS, CATHEDRAL etc..more hidden gems from the heydey of the genre 😀
I would have loved to have seen them live. It just seems like people have forgot about them and that’s not right!!!
Great band. Their debut is IMHO the best US prog rock record ever!
It’s a three way tie for first in my mind: the first Kansas, the first Utopia and the first Happy The Man!!!
@@TheProgCorner The first Utopia is great!!! Kansas are the US kings of classic prog of course, but I've always found their albums to be sort of uneven. Happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Lots of great stuff, and I'm discovering some obscure US prog acts that I've never come across before. All the best!
Prog On!!!
Yeah! Bought the first lp, loved it!! Bought the second... Then lost track of them.... Nice video... Need to track down the two again.... Thanks... Live the Camel connection.....
Andy could always spot talent. He scooped Kit up in a heartbeat!!!
The greatest amercian prog band IMHO.
Kit Watkins is the most underrated keyboard vituoso of the prog era with Alan Gowen (Gilgamesh, National Health) and David Sancious (Tone).
Keep up the good work Scot!
Crafty Hands is in my all time top 100 albums...
I love it!!!
I have all 4 albums in my cd collection. All recommended in my opinion. A lot of prog people don't know this band.
But they should!!!
Great band, thanks for the video!
Thank you, Juan!!!
Great band. 2 More American prog (ish) bands to add Phil Keaggy's Glass Harp and Gypsy. Looking forward to more Upon Further Review.
I was just listening to that Gypsy album!!! Yeah and I love Phil Keaggy also!!!
Check out Kit & Coco "In Time" with Kit Watkins. I think it's a awesome album.
It’s been recommended to me before. Maybe it’s time to check it out!!!
I've got the CD version as well as the album. but for Service with a Smile, I've found the CD but no download. Side one of Service with a Smile is nothing but pure genius. I also have a lot of Dregs love them
Two great American Prog bands there!!!!
Hi Scott , need to check these guys out , I have Labyrinth by Kit Watkins which is great , fantastic Moog player and loved his work with Camel .
Kit is a monster. His pitch knob work is the best!!! Labyrinth is the only solo stuff of his I know…and I love it!!!
Awesome man!!
Thank you!!!
Like this section. Carry on!
Thank you, sir!!! 🤘
finally happy man great music
Amazing band!!!
1st 2 albums ordered
Thank you
Awesome!!!!!
Re-Watched, WHAT A BAND !!!!!!!!!! They are supposedly in the process of remixing or remastering their 2 Arista albums !
So good!!! I love those two albums!!!
@@TheProgCorner same here, and even the archival "Beginnings" "Deaths Crown" are Amazing
They are!!! And The Muse Awakens was amazing.
@@TheProgCorner Teah "Muse..:" was also good, as was the stuff after as "Oblivion Sun" s 2 cds and the two albums released under Wyatt (and Stan) name ..... Zeitgeist and Pedal Animals !!!
Yes indeed!!!!
I know a couple of unknown jazz fusion gems that you might know: John Lee and Gerry Brown "Chaser" and Jukka Tolonen "JTB"
I am not familiar with either. Must investigate!!!! That’s all I do. All day. Every day. Check out music I don’t know!!!
@@TheProgCorner I really hope you do. JTB and Chaser are available on eBay and JTB on eBay only. Both only available on vinyl. Good luck and please let me know what you think.
@@TheProgCorner Make sure you get "JTB" and not "Just Those Boys"
I’ll let you know what I think!!! Thanks for the recommendation.
@@TheProgCorner Awesome!
Well I didn't know HTM had a shot at Gabriel back up band. That was the worst mistake in history for them not to go that way
Apparently PG came to visit them and they actually rehearsed a couple songs that ended up on his debut. Boggles the mind what HTM+PG would sound like!!!
don't blame them for taking their shot
needed a vocalist. should have taken the Gabriel gig.
Imagine HTM with PG as a full time vocalist. Wow!!! Just wow.
Happy the Man is what Stanley called his brother. From the horse's mouth
Was that because he was Christian? I knew his brother had something to do with the name. Thanks for that cool factoid!!!
Yes, those first two records are awesome. I would have been happy (the man) if they would have just skipped having any vocals because the music is the best.
They were smart to keep the vocals to a minimum. Very smart indeed.
@@TheProgCorner I feel that many Prog bands are let down by less-than-stellar vocals. The lead vocals often seem to be an afterthought to the magnificent musical arrangements and performances. This is why Kansas is one of my favourites. Steve Walsh was a fantastic vocalist/keyboardist. They had it all!
Agree 100% with that. That’s why new bands like Evership excite me: excellent vocalist.
@@chukrock Good call. I like a lot of primarily instrumental bands for that reason. If a band has a vocalist it is worth time to find a good one rather than just let one of the instrumentalists do it which is what I think frequently happens.
Modern Prog is littered with bad singing. That’s why when a new band comes along with a strong vocalist it’s pretty exciting!!! Drifting Sun’s new album with Jargon on vocals is a good example. Also Evership!!!
Is Bartock still alive ?
He died in 1945.
@@TheProgCorner Bartock (the bird) was alive in 1979-80 "bad bird, baaad bird - beam me up Scotty" - Lexington NY on the mountain and then Patterson across from girls out camp.
Girl scout camp.