And, it features a link to more modern prog. One of the members in this lineup of King Crimson is the drummer in one of my favorite "new" prog band - although it's leader has put the band on hold as he is focusing on his solo career. The musician I am looking for also released a cd with big band arrangements of this band's music last year. So we are looking for a progressive rock band that ventured a little bit towards progressive metal, although it never got too heavy, who is currently on hiatus (may or may not be a permanent hiatus). The song I am looking for was recorded twice, once with this band's previous member in this spot of the line-up (the only line-up change in this band's history from when it first was assembled to be a full band and not just a name for the front-man's musical project) and once more on the American edition of an album where this member in particular plays. It is this last version I am looking for. Who is this musician that is shared between King Crimson and this band, what is the name of the band, what is the song I am looking for, and what is the album and year?
Friday, December 16, 2016
December 16 - Easy Money
I might have been cryptic, but it seems like the answer was possible to find... The shared musician was Tony Levin, the bass player with the well groomed mustache, also referred to (by himself) as Papa Bear. He is one of the hardest working musicians I know of, and he has lately been on tour with King Crimson, which is a band he has played with pretty much in every incarnation since the 80s. The album was Larks Tongues In Aspic (which always makes me think of the Larks Vomit flavor of chocolate in Monty Python's Crunchy Frog skit) from 1973, and the song was Easy Money, which I here am including from the video accompanying their latest live release, Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind, which simply is mind blowing. Watching the interplay between the three drummers up front is alone worth the entire set, but the playing throughout is superb - I would go so far as to say that this is the ultimate King Crimson.
And, it features a link to more modern prog. One of the members in this lineup of King Crimson is the drummer in one of my favorite "new" prog band - although it's leader has put the band on hold as he is focusing on his solo career. The musician I am looking for also released a cd with big band arrangements of this band's music last year. So we are looking for a progressive rock band that ventured a little bit towards progressive metal, although it never got too heavy, who is currently on hiatus (may or may not be a permanent hiatus). The song I am looking for was recorded twice, once with this band's previous member in this spot of the line-up (the only line-up change in this band's history from when it first was assembled to be a full band and not just a name for the front-man's musical project) and once more on the American edition of an album where this member in particular plays. It is this last version I am looking for. Who is this musician that is shared between King Crimson and this band, what is the name of the band, what is the song I am looking for, and what is the album and year?
And, it features a link to more modern prog. One of the members in this lineup of King Crimson is the drummer in one of my favorite "new" prog band - although it's leader has put the band on hold as he is focusing on his solo career. The musician I am looking for also released a cd with big band arrangements of this band's music last year. So we are looking for a progressive rock band that ventured a little bit towards progressive metal, although it never got too heavy, who is currently on hiatus (may or may not be a permanent hiatus). The song I am looking for was recorded twice, once with this band's previous member in this spot of the line-up (the only line-up change in this band's history from when it first was assembled to be a full band and not just a name for the front-man's musical project) and once more on the American edition of an album where this member in particular plays. It is this last version I am looking for. Who is this musician that is shared between King Crimson and this band, what is the name of the band, what is the song I am looking for, and what is the album and year?
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