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Mark

About Me

This site keeps me updated on all of the Progressive Rock bands that I'm passionate about. Anything from concerts,CD's,news, DVD's or anything going on in Progressive Rock. My favorite bands are IQ, Neal Morse, Mostly Autumn, Glass Hammer, Salem Hill, Pendragon & Genesis. I also enjoy Major League Baseball & the National Football League.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

As you can tell by my slide show, I have met quite a few of my music heroes. Below are a few more people I'd like to meet.Peter Gabriel,Tony Banks, Steve Hackett,Iain Jennings, Gary Chandler, Gary West, Kerry Livgren,Greg Lake, Keith Emerson,Ryo Okumoto,Christina Booth, Rob Reed, Ima, Matthew Cohen, Rachel Cohen (Jones),Dylan Thompson, Gareth Jones, John Waite, Clive Nolan, Jem Godfrey, Jon Anderson,Rick Wakeman,Annie Haslam, Simone Rosetti, Denis Gagne, Dean & Jennifer from Farpoint.HOCKEY: Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog, Marty McSorley,Glen Sather, John Muckler, Esa Tikkanen, Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Dave Semenko.FOOTBALL: Kurt Warner BASEBALL: Manny Ramirez,Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Grady Sizemore, Aramis Ramirez.I HAVE MET THE FOLLOWING PROGRESSIVE ROCK ICONS: Neal Morse, Carl Groves, Peter Nicholls, Martin Orford, Mike Holmes, Bryan Josh, Heather Findlay, Nick Barrett,Steve Babb, Fred Schendel, plus many others including John Jowitt, Michael Dearing,Andy Edwards, Liam Davison, Mark Westworth, Andy Smith, Andy Jennings,Chris Johnson, Matt Mendians, Susie Bogdanowicz, Bethany Warren, Flo Paris & Mark Westwood. On 8-23-08 I met the following Prog Rock icons, Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, Dave Meros, Roine Stolt, Kevin Jarvis of Farpoint & Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre. I also met up with Neal Morse again at 3RP-Pittsburgh.

Genesis - The Musical Box , Belgian TV - Six Hours Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35wtfcByIY



Watcher of the skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxExEIgfgNc



THE WATCH - "DNAlien" live in Mexico 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmF3UGKUd8



Firth of fifth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtbLpYBjykg



Firth of fifth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtbLpYBjykg



Earth and Fire - Storm and Thunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFlj1i9LuxE

Drenched in Mellotron.



Neal Morse - The Creation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8EIiT9nEU

The great Neal Morse



Neal Morse Walking on the wind zaandam 2008-10-24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVh6oLLpopQ

My Blog

3RP Prog Fest - Pittsburgh,PA - Reunions etc.

I just had an incredible weekend. I saw Spock's Live, then Neal Morse came on stage on they did 'The Light' and brought down the house. Neal then did his show. It was one of those "nothing but epics" ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:32:00 GMT

Meeting IQ, Mostly Autumn & Nick Barrett

I had the trip of my life in early December when I saw IQ in concert and Mostly Autumn 3 times. In addition, I met every band member. I also met Nick Barrett of Pendragon. I have great pictures on my ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Salem Hill - Live 10-19 & 10-20 (Meeting Carl Groves & Mike Dearing)

The great guys from Salem Hill performed 2 FREE concerts this weekend in Lebanon,TN. They performed Catatonia in it's entirety. It was 2 incredible shows. I had the time to go & actually visit wit...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:38:00 GMT

Meeting the amazing Neal Morse

On Friday 10-19-07, I had the pleasure of meeting probably the nicest guy i've ever met. I met Neal Morse in Tennessee while I was down there for 2 Salem Hill shows. Aside from being a great guy, he i...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:03:00 GMT