U.K. - In the Dead of Night - Live 1978

One of my all-time favorite "supergroups" in the Progressive genre was the band UK. Formed by Bill Bruford of Yes/King Crimson, John Wetton of King Crimson, plus Eddie Jobeson and Allan Holdsworth.

This is a video of a live performance they gave in 1978 of their biggest song, "In the Dead of Night".

Enjoy.

Bill Bruford - Beelzbub - LIVE with Jeff Berlin and Allan Holdsworth

Speaking of Bill Bruford, I was in Boston back in 1984, coming out of a Bill Bruford / Patrick Moraz concert at the Paradise Rock Club on Commonwealth Avenue, when a guy approached me, imploring me that I give a listen to what was playing on his headphones. I was in a good mood, so I said, "Sure", and proceeded to listed to some really amazing music. It was a live broadcast on WLIR-FM of a Bill Bruford concert from My Father's Place on Long Island. He had taped it off the radio and was selling copies of the tapes for $7.00.

I was so impressed I bought one, and proceeded to listen to it regularly for the next many years.

Long, long, after that, I saw it packaged as "The Bruford Tapes" on CD at a record store. I bought it and have listed to that album many, many times as well.

Now I have the whole thing on my iTunes.

Funny how things work out sometimes, eh?

Check out one of the songs that appeared on that release, Beelzbub. Great live version.

Genesis - Supper's Ready Live with Bill Bruford

When I was 17, I saw this show on TV that blew my mind. I was already a fan of Yes and Genesis and other progressive rock bands, and had seen Yes live at the Boston Garden (Drama Tour), but this was the craziest thing to do with music that I'd ever seen on television. The first Genesis tour sans-Gabriel featured Phil Collins as their new lead singer. When he was doing this, somebody had to play the drums, and the only guy they trusted to do the job was Bill Bruford. This is them playing Supper's Ready in France.

Check it out, it's sweet.