HAPPY THE MAN - Service with a Smile

The reformed HTM again with another classic tune
Best mid-70's prog

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• happy
• man
• music
• prog
• rock
• live
• classic

[wigginsdesign]

They reunited about 5 years ago for a moment with this new keyboard player but I eleive I heard the guitar player may have had a serious illness since. Hope he's well or it was just a rumor.

[TheTayedrums]

this band is the shit man...those drums fucking crack like lightening-and this is probably not the best recording..but these guys are bad as a fuck...they are bad PERIOD! WHAT PASSION IN THEIR MUSIC AND THEY SEEM SO HUMBLE PUT THESE GUYS ON A TOUR WITH RUSH OR SOME OTHER PROGRESSIVE BAND THESE GUYS DESERVE THE BEST,,,THIS SONG IS SO DRAMATIC IT DRIVES MY HEART AND MY SOUL-THIS IS JUST A GREAT FUCKING CUT!!I HOPE THE BAND READS THIS LOVED U BACK IN 78 I DONT FORGET GOOD MUSIC HTM MAKES MEHAPPY!

[wigginsdesign]

@TheTayedrums

Love your passion for these guys. I feel the same!! 

[wigginsdesign]

Yes HTM was one of the greatest of the mid-70's Prog Bands ever. The name suits them because there music was so very uplifting and emotionally melodic not to mention ther quirky high energy technically advanced tunes. Think we were at the same show in GT. Yes said people don't know and appreciate these guys and this music genre as much as they should. To not know of music like this is a crime!!!

[wigginsdesign]

Yes HTM was one of the greatest of the mid-70's Prog Bands ever. The name suits them because there music was so very uplifting and emotionally melodic not to mention ther quirky high energy technically advanced tunes. Think we were at the same show in GT. Yes said people don't know and appreciate these guys and this music genre as much as they should. To not know of music like this is a crime!!!

[alwaysladyrae]

I have searched everywhere for this song and just thought to pop onto you tube to look! WHAT A GAS as we would say back in the day!!! A good friend of mine back then, Wille Davis, hooked me onto HTM as well as The Grateful Dead, I miss him and the music! Got to see them live in GT back in the 70's, and even tho the drink prices were outrageous (no wonder there was no cover charge lol) it was well worth every penny spent! I LOVE THIS GROUP!!! They sound wonderful live !!! Thank U for sharing!

[wigginsdesign]

So we were both at the GT show!!!!!!

[SoftwareManiacLSM]

Ha @scharlesdecker, I remind my younger brother, Stan, that every chance I can! Ken

[scharlesdecker]

If only that Peter Gabriel thing would have worked out… Bummer.

[ChrisEchoes]

@wigginsdesign Stan Whitaker was indeed quite ill but seems to have battled it against serious odds. HTM is now definetely in the past but Stan & Frank have moved on to a new band called Oblivion Sun. Still the same quality HTM-like music. So far one album released and another in the pipeline.

[streetworm21]

Happy the Man played at the business auditorium at VCU my sophmore year in college, I had purchased their first album cause a friend suggested it to me. They are one of those bands that sounds so good from the studio, and doesn't miss a lick Live! Unbelieveable Band! They are so tight. This music genre does not get the appretiation it deserves! I can still pull those albums out and get the same rush I got from them the first time!

[JoyceFunston]

@Thetaloops

this certainly was not written by anyone else..... this absolutely was written by either Kit or Stanley or Frank or Rick. this is totally Happy The Man's! No question!

[Thetaloops]

Greg Hawkes from The Cars wrote this song. He loves prog and space music, and said Kraftwerk was his favorite band.

[TheTayedrums]

yes there are a few bands out there they could open for for a wider appeal like maybe a Dave Matthews maybe some European progressives still out there doing there thing..thanks also wiggansdesign for the update-they do have a site i found with there management company

[TheTayedrums]

I AM GONNA WRITE TO THERE MANAGEMENT TEAM IN VIRGINA..THESE GUYS COULD OPEN FOR" RUSH" MAN..I THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE THEM..PLUS GIVE THEM NEW NATIONAL EXPOSURE THINK A 40 MINUTE SET OPENING FOR RUSH COULD WORK WELL.. WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM-ESPECIALLY OPENING UP WITH THIS SONG..MAN PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE WTF--THAT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO...

[TheTayedrums]

RON REPLIED TO ME---Hi Ron,(YEAH WOULDN'T YOU KNOW)

Thanks for the beautiful email and so nice to make your virtual acquaintance! Always great to meet a fellow drummer. Sounds like you are doing great things. Keep up the good work. Maybe our paths will cross in person one day!

Best,

Ron Riddle

Composer for Film

wwwronriddlecom