{"id":2955,"date":"2010-09-27T22:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-09-27T22:30:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T22:30:30","slug":"once-and-for-all-john-wetton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/once-and-for-all-john-wetton\/","title":{"rendered":"Once and For All: John Wetton Is…Coming to Rock Town Hall!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Wetton Interview Coming Friday, October 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe us, we care what the groundbreaking popular vote said regarding a poll that resulted from an analysis<\/a> and discussion<\/a> to determine – once and for all<\/em> – The Sexiest Man in Prog-Rock<\/strong>. We care what the humble<\/a> subject at the root of this heretofore-unexamined topic ultimately may have felt about all the attention he received. We cherish<\/em> the new friends we’ve made in the last couple of weeks, and we welcome you to our daily gatherings and passionate discussions of rock-related topics, both serious and inane. We’re not sure how the other finalists<\/a> in our quest to determine – once and for all<\/em> – The Sexiest Man in Prog-Rock<\/strong> may have felt, but among those we attempted to contact, only go-to bassist\/vocalist of the Progressive and Art Rock scene (Asia, King Crimson, Roxy Music, UK, Family, and many more) John Wetton<\/strong> responded to the ardent support of his fan base, summing up the consideration for this honor as follows: <\/p>\n

“I’m delighted to be deemed a cute pig in the litter.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We should all feel delighted to have finally established for all the world’s rock snobs, who have long considered prog-rock the sole domain of stoners and Dungeons & Dragons dudes, that the ladies dig prog-rockers on their own terms<\/em>, including reasons as earthy as the music may be cerebral or ethereal. Just as cool, a number of Townsmen<\/em>, regardless of their sexual preferences, felt comfortable discussing the importance of prog-rock bands containing a couple of good-looking guys to pull off those 17\/8 time signatures. That’s what I call progressive rock music discussion! Most of all, however, we should feel delighted at the announcement that John Wetton has graciously agreed to subject himself to a Rock Town Hall Interview!<\/em><\/p>\n

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John Wetton: The Rock Town Hall Interview<\/em>, Coming Friday, October 1.<\/big><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The interview will cover John’s unique career and, hopefully, stimulate thought and discussion about the inner workings of some of the most-distinctive bands of the 1970s, the difference between “Prog Rock” and “Art Rock,” and the possible threat posed by Punk and New Wave bands. John also gives us a few additional seconds to answer the hard-hitting, rapid-fire questions of Rock Town Hall’s patented Dugout Chatter.<\/p>\n

Thanks, John, and congratulations to leading popular vote-getter Carl Palmer<\/strong> and other runners-up Greg Lake<\/strong>, Keith Emerson<\/strong> (yes, the band should have been named PLE!), Chris Squire<\/strong>, and David Gilmour<\/strong>! Finally, thanks to the loyal and enthusiastic followers of one of rock’s most ambitious music scenes for making this silly notion turn into something of lasting value!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Wetton Interview Coming Friday, October 1 Believe us, we care what the groundbreaking popular vote said regarding a poll that resulted from an analysis and discussion to determine – once and for all – The Sexiest Man in Prog-Rock. We care what the humble subject at the root of this heretofore-unexamined topic ultimately may […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[106,319,320,88,76,96,1014,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}