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ONCE STOOD A MAN
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THE OFFICIAL STUDIO VERSION
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HEAVY PROGRESSIVE ROCK, SYMPHONIC, MELODIC, SOUNDSCAPES!
AVALON USA started in 1989, when Jeff Kalmar and Joel Pirard agreed to start a new band together. After having played in ORION, (with John Curtin) they had a good idea of what they could come up with. "We scouted around searching for the people that would eventually make up the band." Ultimately, Bruce Henninger, was recruited from an advertisement in a musicians' journal, and the search for a bassist continued. For a short time that spot was filled but the demands of the music soon brought about more change. John Curtin had been sitting in from time to time and eventually came aboard as bassist/lead guitarist, soon followed by Dan Bonadeo. Thus the birth of the band. AVALON USA even devoted time to a YES tribute set, all the while writing new powerful material, and re-doing a number of ORION songs. AVALON USA disbanded in 1992, In 2001 a CD was recorded , featuring JEFF KALMAR, JOEL PIRARD, BRUCE HENNINGER, and of course, DAN BONADEO. JOHN CURTIN has been consulted on the project, but due to other commitments was not available for the reunion, with the noteable exception that he did play on his own song, "Once Stood A Man" with the band, and contributed a bonus track. "It was now or never", it was said recently, We didn't want to proceed for the longest time WITHOUT all the members, but eventually it became apparent that the only way it was going to happen was to be proactive and MAKE it happen". Joel Pirard has said "I had broached the idea to the guys of a resumption of working together, at least to finish some unfinished music, and record them for posterity. At first everyone seemed into it, but time commitments being what they are, things dragged on. Eventually Dan took over the reins of this, to the extent of engineering it and scheduling sessions, etc. It soon became obvious that John couldn't be an active participant, although he is there in spirit". John Curtin eventually appeared on several tracks, notably playing lead guitar on Once Stood A Man and with his composition Exploring the Deep, with former ORion drummer Roger Schnur, as well as the live track archives, AVALON USA's CDs, ONCE STOOD A BAND and ALTERNATE TUNES ares available on Bandcamp.
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Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
Peak #114
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
words Bruce, music John, with Dan, Joel & Jeff
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2001
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January 03, 2024
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MP3 22.7 MB • 256 kbps • 12:22
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Once Stood a Man lyrics by Bruce Henninger, Music by John Curtin, Joel Pirard, Dan Bonadeo, Jeff Kalmar & Bruce Henninger Once stood a man, on the doorway of time dreams of a future where our destinies would shine he showed us a Utopia where we would rest at last and our achievements would eclipse the errors of the past (chorus) Where will be humanity a hundred years from now? reaching for the heavens, or one beneath the plow? Will people place their futile faith in leaders who are blind? Will Man put an end to war, or will war put an end to mankind? Saw his world around him, and he knew that it must change Fancied that he knew the way society would rearrange A dissolution of the old to make way for the new A better bread of humankind, and all that they could do (chorus) Where will be humanity, a million years from now? spinning with the Gods, or still asking ourselves how? Wise men ask which will it be? Everything or nought? Will we ever be free of the bands which we're not? Who can know the unseen currents,in the river of time The ebb and flow of human tides leave the prophets far behind There is no great final solution, to raise ourselves from our confusion pinnacle is just illusion dream us all of some grand conclusion But it isn't all so easy, this dream of absolutes the notion that we may someday, attain the highest truth For we are merely human, and sometimes bound to fail Leave perfection to the Gods, while we work out our travails! So let us keep on trying, to be the best that we can be The restlessness inside us all, will never give us peace but this struggle is what we crave, the need to be unsure humanity will always change, in that humanity endures!
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