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Old 01-25-2016, 09:47 PM   #20 (permalink)
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The singer in Audience sounds like Chris Cornell or vice a versa. Perry Leopold's singing reminds me of Leo Kottke, when he sings.

Seals and Crofts are described as Soft Rock, and Pop Rock. I'm not really familiar with all of their music, but I think the one song they do, Hummingbird, is pretty close to Progressive Rock territory. It's not the typical verse/chorus song. It has a minute intro, which builds before the whole band joins in, and the bridge is amazing. The bass is very Proggy. It came out in '72 a little later than most Prog-Folk. Maybe S&C marks Folk transitioning from mixing with Hard Rock & Prog (Acid Folk/Folk Prog) to mixing with Rock & Pop.

I had to include both live and album versions.

Hummingbird (live)

Seals and Crofts Hummingbird (Album Version)
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