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The Web were a British jazz/blues band, with a style simultaneously related to America’s West Coast groove and UK’s proto-prog movement. Hailing from the British psychedelic scene, their style is often described as atmospheric, moody, melancholy, and dark. They were originally fronted by African-American singer John L. Watson, with whom they released two studio efforts, ''Fully Interlocking'' (1968) and ''Theraposa Blondi'' (1970).〔http://www.last.fm/music/The+Web〕 The band increasingly delved into a progressive rock sound with which Watson's vocal style was incompatible, so they set Watson up with a solo career and replaced him with keyboardist/vocalist Dave Lawson. Shortening their name to simply Web, the band fully embraced their new jazz-prog sound on their third LP, ''I Spider'' (1970). Following the departure of saxophonist/flautist Tom Harris, the band changed names again, to Samurai. A final, self-titled album followed in 1971. With the band losing steam due to financial struggles and lack of recognition, Lawson accepted an invitation to join Greenslade. ==Members== *John L. Watson - Vocals (1968-'70) *Dave Lawson - Vocals/Keys (1970-'71). *Tom Harris - Woodwind. *John Eaton - Guitar. *Tony Edwards - Guitar. *Dick Lee-Smtih - Bass. *Lennie Wright - Drums/Percussion. *Kenny Beveridge - Drums/Percussion. 〔Powell, Mark (2008). "Samurai". In ''Samurai'' (pp.3-13) (booklet ). London: Cherry Red Records Group.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Web (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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