I don't know why they don't call it prog rock...
I've never been to The Cats before. I got there about 7:15pm. They started at 7pm, but since this is prog rock, I only missed one song: Scatterbrain by Jeff Beck. I used to be able to play that one a long time ago. I remember is was in some gnarly time signature. Sad to have missed it. I did catch the middle of some Allan Holdsworth song. This band is very tight. All reading sheet music. They had no singer and instead relied on a very good violin player to cover the vocal melody. They reminded me a bit of a high school jazz band. It was all very complicated stuff and tended towards the Jazz side of things which I like less, but they did play a medley that started with Firth of Fifth by Genesis and then ended up in a Rush medley. They played some Yes, some ELP, and some King Crimson.
When I got there, the place was packed with diners and I had to stand for about 30min. I finally got a table and ordered some pulled pork tacos (meh) and a drink. The staff was very nice. The bartenders were a couple of cute young girls and I have to say I've never seen anybody dancing to prog rock (Red & 21st Century Schizoid Man) before...
https://www.jazzrockrevue.com
--tg
Ps - getting out of The Cats is a bitch. You have to drive up to Lexington, cross at Bear Creek Rd and the get back on 17 in the opposite direction...
I've never been to The Cats before. I got there about 7:15pm. They started at 7pm, but since this is prog rock, I only missed one song: Scatterbrain by Jeff Beck. I used to be able to play that one a long time ago. I remember is was in some gnarly time signature. Sad to have missed it. I did catch the middle of some Allan Holdsworth song. This band is very tight. All reading sheet music. They had no singer and instead relied on a very good violin player to cover the vocal melody. They reminded me a bit of a high school jazz band. It was all very complicated stuff and tended towards the Jazz side of things which I like less, but they did play a medley that started with Firth of Fifth by Genesis and then ended up in a Rush medley. They played some Yes, some ELP, and some King Crimson.
When I got there, the place was packed with diners and I had to stand for about 30min. I finally got a table and ordered some pulled pork tacos (meh) and a drink. The staff was very nice. The bartenders were a couple of cute young girls and I have to say I've never seen anybody dancing to prog rock (Red & 21st Century Schizoid Man) before...
https://www.jazzrockrevue.com
--tg
Ps - getting out of The Cats is a bitch. You have to drive up to Lexington, cross at Bear Creek Rd and the get back on 17 in the opposite direction...