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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 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 […]

Podcast 23: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 20 November 2022

November 20, 2022

  Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 16, first broadcast 20 November 2022   Why Should I Lend You Mine… – Brand X (Moroccan Roll) Floating Bodies – Nanot (Nanot) Movement 1 – Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders (Promises) Eternal – Virgil & Steve Howe (Lunar Mist) Avalon – The Round Window (The Round […]

Podcast 6: Do You Remember…? – 6 November 2022

November 6, 2022

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 6 : 6 November 2022   Yours is No Disgrace – Yes (The Yes Album) Glad – Traffic (John Barleycorn Must Die) Fire and Water – Free (Fire and Water) Deadly Nightshade – Brand X […]

Podcast 22: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 16 October 2022

October 23, 2022

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 15, first broadcast 16 October 2022   Dogs (2018 Remix) – Pink Floyd (Animals) Regretful Refrain – Cosmograf (Heroic Materials) Spirit of Man – Red Bazar (Inverted Reality) Dying To Live – The Tirith (Return of The Lydia) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The […]

Podcast 21 – Heavy Elements: The Ride of the Sky Pilot

October 8, 2022

Heavy Elements – The Ride of the Sky Pilot First broadcast 7 October 2022 The Sky Pilot, John Simms, stands in for Steve Blease for one week only, for two hours of noisy Prog…   Playlist: Pilot in The Sky of Dreams – Threshold (European Journey) Escape – Time Grid (Life) The Ascent – Caligula’s […]

Podcast 5: Do You Remember…? – 2 October 2022

October 2, 2022

Do You Remember…? A nostalgic nod to the formative musical years of the mid ’60s to the late ’80s Show 5 : 2 October 2022   Child of Vision – Supertramp (Breakfast in America) Can We Still Be Friends – Todd Rundgren (Hermit of Mink Hollow) Genesis Hall – Fairport Convention (Unhalfbricking) The Rain Song […]

Podcast 20: Flight of The Sky Pilot – 18 September 2022

September 18, 2022

Flight of the Sky Pilot – Show 14, first broadcast 18 September 2022   Lark’s Tongues in Aspic part 2 – King Crimson (Lark’s Tongues in Aspic) Ringing the Changes – John Holden (Kintsugi) Dance the Dark Away – The Pearson Memmott Conspiracy (Freedom, Industry and Providence) Last Eleven – Big Big Train (Single) Xenos […]