Tonight I picked up the book "In The Court of King Crimson" from the coffee table and delved into it. It's a book about one of my all time favourite groups, King Crimson (as you might guess from the title). It was written by Mr Sid Smith (real name Colin).
The book tells the entire history of this band and includes a track by track analysis of every composition from their official studio and live LPs. Just the job for a list man like me....
I posted something recently about Roy Wood and it turned out this self same Crimso Book writing Sid was visiting at precisely that moment and he left some very kind comments.
Of course I rushed for the book and showed it to Anne and said something like "the guy that wrote this book has left a comment on the blog". She was mightily impressed as you might imagine....and that's why the book happened to be on the coffee table tonight.
I got caught up in it, in particular the period in the late nineties when the group split into smaller groups and started improvising everything in the search for a new direction. During this period, guitarist Robert Fripp and bass/stick player Trey Gunn were in Seattle visiting ex Ministry drummer Bill Rieflin and recorded some improvisational stuff which wasn't intended for release but turned out so well it just had to be....
Sid's recommendation of this session led me to select the CD by Rieflin/Fripp/Gunn, "The Repercussions of Angelic Behaviour", in fact one of my top ten CDs obtained in November 2004 (check My Monthly Top Ten CDs link) and put it on the CD player....
It's a cracking CD containing some wild Fripp guitaring...
Fripp is my favourite guitarist...and Allan Holdsworth comes in a close second...
To round off the night, I put on "A Blessing of Tears" which I consider to be Fripp's best Soundscape album. It was recorded live in California in Jan/Feb 2005 and is dedicated to his mum...
So thanks Sid, for providing me with some much needed entertainment on a quiet Thursday night at Crispycat Towers...
2 comments:
Cool. Nice entry this evening. You couldn't do me up a CD of King Crimson/Fripp music could you, i don't think i've ever heard them. I know you might find this hard to believe but 'tis true.
Cheers Stu - wil mail you privately...
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