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John Simms

A retired Methodist Minister, and life-long lover of progressive music in all its forms. Presenter of two shows on Progzilla Radio: 'Do You Remember...?', which focusses on the formative years of the 60s, 70s and 80s; and 'Flight of the Sky Pilot', where anything goes, but there's usually quite a bit of jazz, fusion, classic rock and prog.

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Podcast 11: Do You Remember…? – 2 April 2023

April 8, 2023

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 11 : 2 April 2023   Disco Suicide/ Algon – Brand X (Live At The Roxy LA, September 23, 1979) Way of Life – Gentle Giant (In A Glass House) You Never Blow Yr Trip […]

Podcast 28: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 19 March 2023

March 19, 2023

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 20, first broadcast 19 March 2023 A Celebration of Women’s ‘voices’ in Progressive music   Dinosaurs – The Far Meadow (Given The Impossible) Undo – Björk (Vespertine) The Man With The Child In His Eyes – Kate Bush (The Kick Inside) Heart of Stone – Judy Dyble (Starcrazy […]

Podcast 10: Do You Remember…? – 5 March 2023

March 5, 2023

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 10 : 5 March 2023   Funeral for a Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding – Elton John (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) Talking to the Sun – Steve Hillage (Open) Don’t Hang Up – 10CC (How Dare […]

Podcast 27: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 19 February 2023

February 19, 2023

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 19, first broadcast 19 February 2023   The Frozen Dead of the Night – Kaipa (Urskog) Mood Swings and Roundabouts – Fearful Symmetry (The Difficult Second) Cycle – Dongyang Gozupa (Kyul) Ashes – Dim Gray (Firmament) More – Wind (Shift) Ignoring The Sounds – Aviram Tzur (Single) Tracks […]

Podcast 9: Do You Remember…? – 5 February 2023

February 5, 2023

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 9 : 5 February 2023   Echoes – Pink Floyd (Meddle) Blue Wind – Jeff Beck (Wired) Eight Miles High – The Byrds (Fifth Dimension) Wooden Ships – Crosby, Stills & Nash (Crosby, Stills & […]

Podcast 26 – Heavy Elements: The Sky Pilot Rides Again!

January 28, 2023

Heavy Elements – The Sky Pilot Rides Again! First broadcast 27 January 2023 The Sky Pilot, John Simms, stands in for Steve Blease again, for two hours of epic noisy Prog…   Playlist: A Change of Seasons – Dream Theater (A Change of Seasons) The Great Unknown – Mother Turtle (MT V) Bystander Effect – […]

Podcast 25: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 15 January 2023

January 15, 2023

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 18, first broadcast 15 January 2023   The Paradox Parts 1 & 2 – Nick Fletcher (The Cloud of Unknowing) The Ones You Left Behind – Retreat From Moscow (The World As We Knew It) The Liner Notes – Rosalie Cunningham (Two-Piece Puzzle) Underwater – Sun’s Signature (Sun’s […]

Podcast 8: Do You Remember…? – 1 January 2023

January 1, 2023

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 8 : 1 January 2023   Child In Time – Deep Purple (In Rock) Hocus Pocus – Focus (Moving Waves) Nantucket Sleighride – Mountain (Nantucket Sleighride) Mr Soul – Buffalo Springfield (Buffalo Springfield Again) Déjà […]

Podcast 24: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 18 December 2022

December 18, 2022

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 17, first broadcast 18 December 2022   Love Supreme – The Flower Kings (Adam & Eve) Mount Ephraim – Solstice (Light Up) Conduit – Lobate Scarp (You Have It All) The Call of the Mountain – Dave Brons (Return To Arda) This Place That Place – Makaya McCraven […]

Podcast 7: Do You Remember…? – 4 December 2022

December 4, 2022

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 7 : 4 December 2022 Silently Falling – Chris Squire (Fish Out Of Water) Heat Of The Moment – Asia (Asia) Living Through Another Cuba – XTC (Black Sea) Invisible Sun – The Police (Ghost […]