The music of the band ranges from quite conventional folk songs to innovative “art song” and hybrid forms that were a precursor to World Music. In 1967-8 they were sometimes described as part of pop music's "avant-garde", which had emerged in the wake of the more adventurous work of The Beatles, with whom they were compared. Indeed, founding member Rob Williamson claimed that, as both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones used to come to see them play before they recorded Sgt.
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Incredible String Band
The music of the band ranges from quite conventional folk songs to innovative “art song” and hybrid forms that were a precursor to World Music. In 1967-8 they were sometimes described as part of pop music's "avant-garde", which had emerged in the wake of the more adventurous work of The Beatles, with whom they were compared. Indeed, founding member Rob Williamson claimed that, as both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones used to come to see them play before they recorded Sgt.
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Summer Groove. Sit in the garden on a warm sunny day with a glass of Pom’s and lie back and listen to the birds and water tinkling into the pond. Heaven. Nothing to do but wait for a refill.more
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