Happy The Man - Stumpy Meets the Firecracker in Stencl Fores

[neogen50]

awesome...listened to this growing up...some of my favorite songs come off this album...i belive these cats were just in high school when the wrote this album. they r from alexandria va. where im from :) thanks for the upload ros.

ps. @ 2:53 seconds super fast sic dierreaha guitar playn!!!

[Interst890]

these guys must've been really really high when they came up with titles for their songs.

[neogen50]

@Interst890 no just gay...cool but gay :)

[voidstuff]

i loved this song. it has like Frank Zappa and Gentle Giant

[MrAlpierce]

cool Prog-stuff!!

great musicians,of course!!!



[leoyaus]

we all marveled at how tight they were!

[edlizard]

This makes me smile as much as Zappa does.

[muzrubb]

Pink Floyd, no wait, Uriah Heep, Satriani... no no, Farmer's Market... no, Mike Oldfield... aaeh?

Fantastic!

[Zachfive87]

Could you post some material from the album Better Late? Particularly the song, While Chrome Yellow Shine.

[pmfith]

My roommate in college bought this album based on the instrumentation listed on the cover. He played the first 30 seconds of the first track and immediately left to go buy the other two albums...

[ryanquist1]

i now believe in love at first listen....That is some good music!

[wigginsdesign]

Love these guys... there music was not only innovative but their style fits the name. Very HAPPY, giddy and joyous prog

[neogen50]

one of my fav songs ever!!! my dad used to plays this when i was a kid....i have played jazz guitar for almost 20 yrs now. i like to thank band like this for helping w/ my sense of music...these cats are part of my roots as a musican...thank u rosharris u the sht!!!

[MEPG75]

tiene mucho influencia de gentle giant, principalmente del album free hand

[DanCoxRocks]

Happy The Man, Focus, PFM, Gentle Giant, ELP, Yes...the best musicians at the best time.

[xTjPx]

Great band.

Kit Watkins is a monster!

[neogen50]

awesome! awesome! thank you for posting ...

[yayayair]

what's the name of this album?

[rosharris]

This album is "Happy the man" (1977). It's like the name of band.

[Doobie1975]

Of the albums they've played "Ships in the Night" on the VAULT was a 1976 compilation album from the UK (forgot the name of it) and the other was from progressive rock box set "Best Prog Rock Album in the World Ever" which IMO is a great prog rock box set.

[Doobie1975]

One of my all time favorite prog songs, I've first discovered this song on SIRIUS 16's The Vault which plays deeper classic rock

[JIF882]

WTF! You gotta be kidding me!? I requested some HTM on that channel. Nothing. Was it on the program called Progressions? Had Death's Crown once. Sold it cause of the poor sound quality. Also had the Muse Awakens. Sold that one, too. Get this CD from Amazon more than a year ago. It's awesome! Fav track is Knee Bitten Nymphs in Limbo

[Doobie1975]

I am not kidding you at all, they do play it on Progressions, I always look forward to listening to Progressions on SIRIUS 16 The VAULT, they sometimes play it outside the Progressions hour

[JIF882]

Well, when I would listen to Progressions, they would play the same ol' shit. I don't have sat radio anymore

[Doobie1975]

I've heard this song just the other night on Progressions, it sure is a great song.

[JIF882]

Damn you, Bob! Playing excellent stuff AFTER I cancel Sirius

[Doobie1975]

Unfortunately the VAULT is no more, it is now replaced with "Deep Tracks"

[JIF882]

Yeah. Didn't Sirius and XM merge? Do they still have program for prog rock?

[Doobie1975]

They did merge and Deep Tracks does have a program for prog rock called "For Headphones Only" which unfortunately I don't like it as much as "Progressions" cause they don't play as much uptempo tunes like "Progressions" did and I also like Bob Kranes better than the host for "For Headphones Only", I do feel that "For Headphones Only" is more true to prog rock than "Progressions" cause "Progressions" did play alot of poppy progressive rock tunes.

[JIF882]

Ah. Guess I'm missing out? More true to prog rock, you say? Does that mean no more Be Bop Deluxe? I know of other examples, but I can't think of them right now

[Doobie1975]

Fortunately they do play some Be Bop Deluxe on Deep Tracks, on The VAULT they only played one Be Bop Deluxe tune which almost reminded me of a Todd Rundgren tune.

[JIF882]

Be Bop Deluxe really aren't prog, but they're still good. BTW, was the song Ships in the Night?

[Doobie1975]

It was "Ships in the Night", I noticed they claimed the song was featured on two albums according to the VAULT

[JIF882]

One studio, one live, perhaps? I have Sunburst Finish, the studio album that features that song. Check it out, it's excellent!!

[zildjian66]

cooool! thanks for sharing! Added to my old prog playlist ;)