david sancious

[alocispepraluger102]

do any david sancious fans visit?

[Man with the Golden Arm]

i have only "The Bridge" and it being vinyl have not listened to it for a looong time.

however, i do wonder what might have been had he stayed in the E Street Band with Mad Dog Lopez and kept their boss closer to them jazzier roots he had. when i watched the 'Making of BTR' on DVD Springsteen said something to the affect of how good his previous band really was and how their improvisational abilities really broadened his early interests.

his playing on "The Wild ... " is just great.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

yes, he played keyboards on jon anderson's 1982 "annimation" tour....

[ep1str0phy]

He was a part of one of Jack Bruce's 80's combos with (Colosseum guitarist) Clem Clempson and Billy Cobham. That band had a penchant for the histrionic, but they were as fine a group of rock improvisers as was to be had in that era. That group was actually my introduction to Bruce, so Sancious's raging guitar/keyboard work is burned into my mind...

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

and in summer '82, he played keyboards on jon's ANNIMATION lp & tour and he played 'state of independence' real well among others too

[Guest the mommy]

his 70s albums are pretty decent (forest of feeling and what is the other one?). well the first two, with carboy and boom boom carter. that dude was an awesome drummer. sancious himself also played a mean guitar.

his albums after that i have heard are decent (tone or whatever it was called and then the other one which i can't remember either) but have vocals i didn't care for.

he backed up other musicians i don't really know much about in the 80s like peter gabriel and even sting.

[Guest the mommy]

the first two-recollecting in more depth-are a little too proggy (chops-ey). kind of unrelenting riffing raging technical stuff.

and then the next two are a little cheesy. the first one in a proggie cheesy shorter song way (i think the label ruined that one-at least sancious meant well and had a good message-the album is pretty spiritually uplifiting lyrically) and the next one is sort of smooth like a late 70s billy cobham album.

Edited December 11, 2006 by the mommy

[ep1str0phy]

If you like those, then you've got the check out the band with Bruce. It's documented virtually everywhere, and it smokes in a very prog/jazz-rock sense.