Steve Petch
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Aug 16 2022
HRH Prog a sad disappointment.
What i know about HRH Prog you could write on the back of a postage stamp. I remember with fondness attending one of their events in Sheffield a few years back using a one of their now infamous free tickets won by my good friend Johnny Blakey which for some strange reason you paid for. …
Jun 02 2022
The Progmeister in a world of his own.
Depressing times with the state of the economy and the war waged on Ukraine by Russia. 2022 is proving to be a real bummer in so many ways for so many people. I attended the funeral of a fiend and joined the legions of hip pain sufferers sleeping even less than I was a year …
May 28 2022
Dreaming David K | Dreams Of Progress
Dreams Of Progress is the second album by Dreaming David K arriving at Progmeister towers some weeks ago and received a fair bit of play before I set about reviewing it. A quick reminder for those who missed my review of the first album or those new to Dreaming David K the nucleus of the …
May 12 2022
The Tangent | Songs From The Hard Shoulder.
I was with the Tangent from the get go all those years ago despite in a totally inappropriate way. I was given the bands first album The Music That Died Alone By a then friend who to my horror had downloaded it from a site called Bit Torrent. I say horror because this is …
Apr 23 2022
The shrinking world of The Progmeister.
Talented? Hell no, good at anything? Well, I would have to think about that. I have struggled academically all my life one way or another. However, I was born with compassion, love and the want to be liked in my soul. It is a very frustrating thing indeed to lack the numerical prowess and mental …
Dec 28 2021
The Progmeister’s top 20 2021.
As the terminal frost of 2021 bites at our windshields and attacks our fingers, toes and temperaments it makes it all the easier to say good bye to what has been a trial for many and a chance to make good for the few. In our own little Prog community and music in general …
Dec 14 2021
On a positive note
2021 has been a difficult year for so many people myself included. However, as the year creeks and groans like an old galleon towards its demise, I care to reflect on the more positive things that got me through perhaps one of the most difficult years I’ve had personally in recent times. I have also …
Nov 21 2021
RIP David Longdon
Many years ago, I was sent a disc to listen to by a friend. I remember commenting at the time how much like Phil Collins the singer sounded. Fast forwards a couple of years having listened to the disc only once I was visiting Andy Tillison at his then home in Otley who played …
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- December 2024 Progmeister Show1. Something Very Strange – Spock’s Beard 2. The Rotter’s Club Is Closing \Down – Jakko Jakszyk 3. Torrential Downpour – Beardfish 4. Earthsong (live at Rosfest 2012) – Sanguine Hum 5. Blakey Jones – Back Door 6. Dream Kitchen – Frazier Chorus 7. Heavy Pencil – Rosalie Cunningham 8. It Ain’t Cool – […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla November 241. Heathrow- Level 42 2. In My Life-Barclay James Harvest 3. The Way Back Home-Unity 4. Flight Behaviour-Haze 5. Take Your Shot-Pineapple Thief 6. Telling The Bees (live)-Big Big Train 7. Tureg’s Dance-Madfellaz 8. Coffee In New York-The Korgi’s 9. Bermuda Triangle-Bob Walsh 10. Sweet Dreams (live)-Jethro Tull 11.Philadelphia-Neil Young 12. Tony Patterson @ Doug […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla | October 24 Show1. Water From A Vine Leaf – William Orbit 2. The North Sky – The Tangent (4 one) 3. Between Two Points David Gilmour featuring Romany Gilmour 4. Digging In The Dirt – Peter Gabriel 5. For You And I – Glorious Wolf 6. Back Seat Driver – Emily Francis Trio * 7. Gordon’s Gin […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla September 2024 show.1. Crazy – Supertramp 2. Do You Know – Jadis 3. Transylvanian Dances – Mandoki Soulmates 4. Pigs Might Fly – Doris Brendel 5. Sand Castles – Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne 6. The Good Old Days Of The Cold War – The Korgis 7. Bats In The Belfry – Big Big Train 8. Heart […]
- The Progmeister At Progzilla 11th August 20241. Night Train – Boris Blank 2. Chased By Wolves And Burned By The Sun – Kaipa 3. Soul Spark – Yosef Gutman Levitt 4. After The War – Asia 5. King Of The World – Steely Dan 6. A Volte Un Instante Di Quite – Locanda Del Fate 7. Don’t Lose Your Soul – […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla 14th July 20241. Mount Ephraim – Solstice 2. White City – Thomas Dolby 3. Spellmaker – Spriggen Mist 4. The Ghost Efterklang 5. Your Gone – Marillion 6. Cloak And Dagger Man – Camel 7. Dancing A War Dance – Outstation 8. Tinseltown In The Rain – The Blue Nile 9. Only Happy When It Rains – […]
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