Since I last posted on this thread, I’ve been trying to recall the name of the prog-rock band from the late 70’s who I think was much underrated and never got the attention they deserved. I finely remembered.
Crack The Sky
They got a lot of airplay locally in Baltimore (on 98 Rock) where they were very popular but they never seemed to break though despite touring and opening for bands like Styx, Supertramp, Rush, Foreigner, Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, ZZ Top, Kansas, Edgar Winter, Frank Zappa, and Boston.
The band sort of reminds me a bit of a mixture of Frank Zappa and Rush and The Alan Parsons Project.
Crack The Sky - Crack The Sky - 01 - Hold On-Surf City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCansyY0YUMCrack The Sky - Crack The Sky - 05 – Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph1WHxSHJo8Crack The Sky - Crack The Sky - 03 - She's A Dancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYcJzCcs-QCrack The Sky-Hot Razors In My Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkOwLs7SFwCrack The Sky - Lighten Up McGraw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMFBnNsbato"Nuclear Apathy" in HD - Crack the Sky 3/14/2012 Baltimore, MD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7VzhTueKQI met their lead singer once, John Palumbo back in the late 80’s but I didn’t know who he was, I didn’t recognize him. I was between jobs at the time and was working with my dad and my brother on a bathroom and kitchen renovation project in Towson, MD.
I had the job of scraping off the several layers of old linoleum flooring in the bathroom – and oh, what fun job that was s/
The owner came home and walked into the bathroom where I was on my hands and knees scraping up the old flooring and seeing that I was hot and sweating, he introduced himself as John and offered to get me a cold soda.
My dad, who was in no way a fan of rock music, came in later and said, “Do you know who that was? That’s John Palumbo - he’s a famous musician with the band Crack The Sky.”
“Really dad? You know about Crack the Sky?” “No” he said, “Not really, but the other day when I was here working he was playing on his piano and he’s really talented, plus he’s a nice guy and he pays me on time and in cash - I just thought you would want to know.”
