Progressive! The Sound of Rock's Mature Side in Ahmet's House

As the show started to come together for tonight, we heard of the passing of bassist John Wetton...another great loss to the music of Atlantic Records. As so much of what John created affected the progressive rock world, the song list took its own way. Tonight, some of the great work of John, and a sampling of the progressive catalog of Atlantic! It's all in Ahmet's House.

John with Asia in 1983...a sliver of his great musical catalog

Song List:

Don't Cry---Asia
Afterglow---Steve Hackett (live)
Starless---King Crimson
Firth of Fifth---Genesis/Steve Hackett/John Wetton
Yours is No Disgrace---Yes
La Villa Strangiato---Rush (live)

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

Ten Years Gone...in Memory of Ahmet Ertegun: 1923-2006

It's been just about ten years...ten long years since we lost "the greatest record man of all time". Many others have fallen since then, as just this week we woke to find that Greg Lake had passed on. So tonight, in memory of Ahmet's passing on December 14, 2006 and in memory of his legacy of music that today is being newly discovered by many around the globe...we look back, we look forward and we say thank you, Mr. Ahmet Ertegun. One dream, so fully lived...

Ahmet at the Lenox Lounge, Harlem. My favorite picture of him.

Song List: 

Ten Years Gone---Led Zeppelin
Just One Man---Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad---Derek and the Dominos
C'est La Vie---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Father Christmas---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Still...You Turn Me On---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Epitaph/March For No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band
Someone to Watch Over Me---Willie Nelson
Shine a Light---The Rolling Stones

"To the memory of Ahmet Ertegun, and the days when Atlantic Records was the most magnificent record company on the planet..."---Robert Plant, at the O2 Celebration

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

Stitcher and TuneIn have also picked us up...as have others...welcome!

Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci