Gryphon is tagged as: progressive rock, folk rock, folk, progressive folk, progressive Gryphon were progressive rock band from the UK formed in 1973, notable for their unusual sound and instrumentation. Multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey and his fellow Royal Academy of Music graduate Brian Gulland, a woodwind player, began the group as an all-acoustic ensemble that mixed traditional English folk music with medieval and Renaissance influences. After their self-titled debut, they expanded their sound to include electric guitars and keyboards as well as wind instruments, such as bassoons and crumhorns, not often found in rock music. Gryphon’s music often sounded as much like rural English folk or Renaissance chansons as it did rock, at least on their early recordings. After their third album (Red Queen to Gryphon Three) and the subsequent tour as a supporting act for Yes, their instrumentation became more conventional and the use of non-standard instruments was reduced. Fans and critics generally regard Midnight Mushrumps and the all-instrumental Red Queen to Gryphon Three as their finest albums. In 1974, the group’s publicist Martin Lewis arranged for the band to be commissioned to write and record the music for a major stage production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Britain’s National Theatre directed by Sir Peter Hall. It opened at ... Read More About Gryphon Biography...  Send Gryphon ringtones to your cell
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