Spock's Beard - Live @ Progfest '97 (Raw and Uncut)

Spock's Beard performing live at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA on May 24th, 1997 for Progfest '97. Complete show, raw and uncut (sorry about the time stamp).
Setlist:
Beware of Darkness
Happy Birthday to You
Walking on the Wind
Go the Way You Go
Thoughts
June
In the Mouth of Madness
The Doorway
The Light
Waste Away

[@JukkaTarvonen]

1997-05-25 Spock's Beard @ Progfest '97, Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 01 Beware of Darkness (George Harrison cover ) 0:00:00 02 Happy Birthday to You (... Ryo) (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill) 0:05:27 03 Walking on the Wind 0:06:38 04 Go the Way You Go 0:16:34 05 Thoughts 0:28:35 06 June 0:37:32 07 In the Mouth of Madness 0:44:10 08 The Doorway 0:49:28 09 The Light 1:03:26 (+ drum solo 1:15:56) Encore: 10 Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover) 1:25:23 11 Waste Away 1:27:10 ● Neal Morse - lead vocals, keyboards, guitar ● Alan Morse - lead guitar, backing vocals ● Ryo Okumoto - keyboards ● Dave Meros - bass, backing vocals ● Nick D'Virgillio - drums, lead & backing vocals Setlist: www.setlist.fm/setlist/spocks-beard/1997/variety-arts-center-los-angeles-ca-23d23817.html ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AllMusic: www.allmusic.com/artist/spocks-beard-mn0000790513/biography Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/277060-Spocks-Beard ProgArchives: www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=320#discography Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1HN6EhIK1fRYk5gtXHclZv Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock%27s_Beard KZbin Studio Albums Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLoRNXsrOuZ-XH8AWslxb5KfdUOdTCkp3C KZbin Live Albums & Concerts Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLoRNXsrOuZ-XFduRgr7Pt_-mBIm77SeJh KZbin Topic: kzbin.info ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[@NothingIncarnate]

Thank you, sir.

[@normanperkel139]

Thanks!!!

[@calvintristen9384]

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[@deanroy1747]

@Calvin Tristen Instablaster =)

[@calvintristen9384]

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[@markjones4403]

This is a true gem maybe the only video footage from this time period of the band! Thank you!!

[@octaviobokel7674]

The audio quality is actually way better than I expected based on the quality of the video. What a amazing show, thanks for uploading this treasure!

[@georgecoulter1935]

Magical band and a magical time. Got to hang with these guys back in the day. Great people, fantastic band!

[@jrbird7571]

Wow ... what a treat! I was surprised by the quality of the audio.

[@Squarebulb]

Alan Morse was hotter than a freshly baked pizza roll.

[@justsupersteve]

53:33 "ladies and gentlemen I forgot to tune my guitar up... Hold on a second..." That was priceless but the best part "Can't wait to read about that on the internet" That was in 1997 and Neal was already here in the comment section!!! Holy cooowww!!! 😱😱😱

[@jupaar8907]

XD

[@chemacastellongarcia3912]

Over the years, Neal has improved his voice and haircut 😂

[@compy9123]

Most Awesome!

[@jeffreyhansen350]

I LOVED Dave Meros’s Rick tone back then!!!

[@callerydberg729]

Great one! At the beginning of The Doorway I thought to myself "Did Neal really tune is guitar back up again after June?" And nope, clearly he forgot (or didn't have time). :D You can see him trying to tune it up fast somewhere in the beginning of the song but later on has to stop and do it properly. I love it when these kinds of things happen, it's show being raw and imperfect in all it's musical magic. No instrument tech assistants that early on in their career I guess, no computers, only hardware synths, mellotron, hammond and quite simple technical setup over all. And it sounds effin great!

[@timwhite5647]

Great post, time stamp forgiven. Great to see Neal with long hair! ah...early live stuff is always appreciated, kinda sorry Neal left...haven't really followed them since then.

[@zachsmith1443]

You've been missing out. He has made some timeless stuff in recent years. Don't be off put by his conversion to Christianity. I consider myself undeclared in the religion department and I get so much out of his music. One of his best efforts recently is the double album Similitude of a Dream. Its based on the book Pilgrims Progress and is absolutely a tour de force of progressive rock.

[@timwhite5647]

@@zachsmith1443 Yeah Zach, I bought his first 2 "religious" albums, and you're right about the quality. I think "Testify" has some really good stuff on it. I guess I've just lost interest in being preached at. Being raised Catholic, I've got some issues with religion in general, as I grow older, I alternate between believing and being agnostic...I guess we'll never really know if there's a God or not, but I'm still willing to give "him" the benefit of the doubt.

[@prosoloist]

@@zachsmith1443 The Great Adventure is more memorable for me. My wife seems to prefer Similitude

[@ethericlimerick2992]

Always an impressive show with these guys... If I had to pick a band to see before I leave this earth it would be (in Dweezil's case again) .Dweezil Zappa , Liquid Tension Experiment, or Spock's Beard... just sayin'... (OK... maybe Snarky Puppy)....

[@relativetimeworx8459]

Consider me lucky... Saw Dweezil at Club Lingerie in Hollywood way back when... LTE at NearFest and Spock's multiple times, twice in Philly clubs so small you couldn't imagine the experience. All time shows.

[@prosoloist]

2 real Mellotrons, a Hammond, Leslie, Tightness galore, harmonies, great songwriting, Nick D, Ryo, Neal, Alan, Dave... the original Spocks. And we have about 10% thumbs down? How can it be? Some jealousy? Some people searching for Star Trek and stumbled on this? lol

[@charlesnolan7602]

I attended this great gig! L'Orme, FLOWERKINGS, Arena, Sinkadus, Big Elf, John Wetton, and... Spock's Beard! The Variety Arts theater was excellent, in the Civic center area of Los Angeles !!

[@rickvenlo1362]

Nice⭐️

[@tonymason6686]

That hair tho

[@clairwilliams5982]

Who is on vocals here? My first time seeing anything of this band. Wow.

[@NothingIncarnate]

Neal Morse

[@MMosher2112]

How long has this been online. OMG.

[@prosoloist]

APPARENTLY SINCE Mar 26, 2019.

[@SkunkAdelic]

Yeah someone messaged me a while ago I was the person who released the footage of this :)

[@VirtualRiot]

Sooooo gooooood

[@tatsu7821]

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[@pedrodeazevedoconceicaonet2969]

Yes?

[@kamas74able]

bless you

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