Flash headline ProgDay 2010
Colin Carter,Flash,music,News,Ray Bennett | Friday July 23 2010
Flash confirmed to play the 2010 ProgDay in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 4th. ProgDay is an annual outdoor festival of progressive music featuring artists from all over the world. ProgDay has been held every year since it’s birth in 1995, making it the longest running progressive rock event in the world.
from ProgDay site:
In 1971, COLIN CARTER, formerly lead singer with PETER BARDEN’S CAMEL, initiated an idea with PETER BANKS, recently the first ex-YES guitarist, to form a new band. Musician RAY BENNETT had previously met Banks while staying with BILL BRUFORD, Bennett’s former bandmate from THE BREED. Recently returned to London, Bennett arrived right on time to fill the bass spot. MIKE HOUGH, a hard working drummer with a jazz, rock and big band background, was discovered by Carter and Banks playing in a ballroom in London. Together they formed FLASH.
In the early 70s FLASH put out three albums on EMI/Capitol Records, had the hit single “Small Beginnings” (#28 Billboard), and toured Europe and the USA four times. They even made it to Australia. But after two and a half years, FLASH disbanded. All four members later reunited in various combinations during the late 70′s and early 80′s. But by 1982 the FLASH members had gone their separate ways.
In 2002 all four original members made contact again and were initially enthusiastic about a FLASH reunion. Now spread out across the globe, plans to get together were discussed over several months. However, in the end, Banks and Hough failed to commit. In late 2004 it was FLASH songwriters Ray Bennett and Colin Carter who began working together again. They discovered that the old chemistry was still there and in 2005 they officially re-launched their musical partnership as FLASH.
2009 saw the almost miraculous resurrection of the fully realized FLASH. Gibson Guitars listed FLASH’s “In the Can” as one of their top 10 vintage classic prog-rock albums. Also in 2009, all of their albums were reissued. Now, with a spectacular new 5 piece line-up and a studio album of new material in the works, these prog-rock pioneers set sail again with renewed vigor and their hallmark originality, ready to continue their saga. Advance copies of the new album should be available in September at Progday.
More info: http://www.progday.net/Bands-Flash.html
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Fabulous!
Saw your set at ProgDay. Fantastic! Loved every note. Looking forward to the new album.
Lou B.