Re: NZC - for Todd fans..

[Brian <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Utopia without Kasim Sultan and Roger Powell? How will they ever break the 
glass guitar and release the spirit of harmony trapped within?

I'm actually of the age where I consider Road to Utopia to be their best 
work, but I don't think I've ever heard the first two albums with this group 
of musicians. If I was in NYC at the end of the month I think I'd go.

Brian Gardiner
www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon


-----Original Message----- 
From: Nech
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:25 AM
To: zeppelin
Subject: NZC - for Todd fans..

> Todd Rundgren has dipped into his past to reform Utopia. The reunion will 
> take place at a gig in New York on January 29.
>
> The band will feature Rundgren on guitar with the 1974 line-up of Moogy 
> Klingman (keys), Kevin Elfman (drums), Ralph Schuckett (keys) and John 
> Siegler (bass).
>
> This was the line-up that recorded the Utopia debut album Todd Rundgren’s 
> Utopia.
>
> Klingman has been battling cancer for some time and is fighting what he 
> calls his "health battle". "I have found that the best medicine that I 
> take to deal with illness is music," he says in posting at his website. 
> "To play music and work with other musicians, is the most healing thing 
> that I can do. So I plan to be performing at my benefit and healing the 
> audience while the audience heals me."
>
> Rundgren put Utopia together as a prog-rock band after noticing the impact 
> of acts like Genesis, Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
>
> Utopia will perform at the Highline Ballroom in New York on January 29. 
> Money raised on the night will go towards Moogy’s escalating health costs.
>
> Read more: 
> http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2011/01/rundgren-reforms-1974-version-of-utopia.html#ixzz1A5IaAsyH