Bandcamp’s Prog Is a State of Mind pours one out for Dave Greenslade and keeps the deep end open

Bandcamp Daily’s Prog Is a State of Mind #2 gives 2 July a welcome dose of long-form music nerdery with actual historical muscle. The column opens by remembering Dave Greenslade, who died on 14 June at 83, and frames him as a first-generation prog innovator through his work with Colosseum, Greenslade and later solo releases. The feature is useful because it resists the cheap cartoon version of prog as only cape-wearing excess. Greenslade’s importance sits in jazz-inflected organ, piano grit, dual-keyboard audacity and music that expanded rock’s vocabulary without needing every solo to arrive wearing a crown. A recurring prog column on Bandcamp is also a smart editorial signal. Progressive music has always lived outside simple fashion cycles, and this kind of coverage treats it as a living ecosystem rather than a museum wing full of expensive sleeves.

Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/prog-state-mind/prog-is-a-state-of-mind-2