PLACE YOUR BETS:  I Need Your Love, Get Off The Stage Living Your Dreams In Silent Rage There Is No Calm before The Storm PLACE YOUR BETS  I Miss Your Love, Come Play My Style Verdict IS IN You Had Your Trial Here Is The Key Cozy And Warm NOT DEAD YET Come See How The Rats Run  I Feel The Cage Your Freedom brings There Is No Hope, No Diamond Rings I Have My Dreams, Safe And Secure PLACE YOUR BETS  How Can I Go, Go On Like This? Nothing Has Changed In Synthesis Torturing Me With Endless Eyes NOT DEAD YET Come See How The Rats Run  There Is A Place Within My Mind Doing The Things I Want In Kind Something Is There I may Not Find.  Take the high road,  Tomorrow.

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A remastered cover of "Hocus Pocus" written by Focus, the Dutch progressive rock band from Amsterdam, performed  live by the  band Parousia, recorded at the Plant-6, Kenmore NY, Sept. 1981.  Musicians: Patt Connolly (vocals/flute), Garth Huels (lead guitar), Barry Cannizzaro (rhythm guitar), Eric Scheda (keyboards), Robert Lowden (bass guitar), and Gerry Cannizzaro (drums).

Parousia (live)- "Hocus Pocus" by Focus

Place Your Bets was recorded at Select Sound Studio on Elmwood Ave in Kenmore NY on 10/22/1985.  This two minute song appeared on Parousia's 1988 EP "Turnaround."

The song has the more produced sound expected from a studio normally out of our budget, with crisp 80s keyboards and rhythm section supporting Robert Stuart Lowden's haunting melodic guitar explorations over Garth's strategic noodling riffs. 

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“The Overture” A progressive-rock instrumental opus by the band Parousia, recorded live at the Plant-6, Kenmore NY, 1985. The band played this musical piece at the start of the show. ‘The Overture’ is a dramatic piece stitched together using select musical passages from other songs in the set.  Musicians: Patt Connolly (keyboards/flute), Garth Huels (guitar), Robert Lowden (bass) and Gerry Cannizzaro (drums

'The Overture' by Parousia (1985)

“A Day In The Life”, a Beatles cover by the band Parousia, recorded live at the  Plant-6, Kenmore NY. 1981.  The song was a challenge to play on stage, attempting to synchronize the effects on a cassette tape and the cheap alarm clock that seldom worked, but when the timing was right, it came together nicely.  Musicians: Patt Connolly (vocal/flute), Garth Huels (vocal/guitar), Barry Cannizzaro (vocal/guitar), Eric Scheda (keyboards), Robert Lowden (bass) and Gerry Cannizzaro (drums).

Parousia (live) "A Day In The Life" by The Beatles

‘SQUONK’, a Genesis cover by the progressive rock band Parousia, recorded live at McVan’s in Buffalo NY on Saturday, August 9, 1980.  With musicians Patt Connolly (vocals/flute), Eric Scheda (keyboards), Garth Huels (lead guitar), Barry Cannizzaro (rhythm guitar), Robert Lowden (bass), Gerry Cannizzaro (drums).  Sound engineers, John McGovern and Gregg Filippone.

Parousia (live) - 'SQUONK' by Genesis (McVans 1980)

The original Parousia hailed from Western New York in the late 70's and blazed a trail of progressive pop rock well into the 80's.  From the 7 member rock show to the scaled down 4 piece group, Parousia was known for their over the top theatrics and experimental blending of multimedia, art and music.  Covering anything from progressive to punk and everything in between, the range of dynamic personalities in the band resulted in music that was difficult to define.  Parousia refused to be pigeon-holed into any particular brand of rock.

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