Lost another one...
Greg Lake died at 69 of cancer related illness.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936
Always was great player ELP, King Crimson, ASIA and Ringo Starr's All Star Band.
Greg Lake RIP
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Re: Greg Lake RIP
Sad to hear, RIP.sam wrote:Lost another one...
Greg Lake died at 69 of cancer related illness.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936
Always was great player ELP, King Crimson, ASIA and Ringo Starr's All Star Band.
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FZTNT
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Re: Greg Lake RIP
One of my favorite songs...Still, You Turn Me On.
RIP...Lost my Dad last week, he was also a great musician...
Tom
RIP...Lost my Dad last week, he was also a great musician...
Tom
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Hi Tom,
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Ken
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Ken
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Tom, sorry to hear about your dad. That is a difficult life experience, even though we anticipate it.FZTNT wrote:One of my favorite songs...Still, You Turn Me On.
RIP...Lost my Dad last week, he was also a great musician...
Tom
You can keep his memory alive in your music.
john o
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Re: Greg Lake RIP
Thanks guys. My Dad was indeed an inspiration although a hard ass at the same time. He was a musical genius in that he could hear a song once and sit down at the piano and bang it out almost note for note. Even if he heard the song twenty years ago. It was amazing. He had been ill for quite a while so it was not unexpected.
I will tell you a funny story about a conversation I had with him when I was a teen ager. He played in a band for fun as he was an executive in New York for his real job. The band played at weddings and such at the local country clubs and those type places. As he was walking out the door one Saturday I asked him where he was going and he said he was going to play a gig for a wedding. I then asked, when do you guys ever practice? His response, we are practicing today and getting paid for it. Genius.
Tom
I will tell you a funny story about a conversation I had with him when I was a teen ager. He played in a band for fun as he was an executive in New York for his real job. The band played at weddings and such at the local country clubs and those type places. As he was walking out the door one Saturday I asked him where he was going and he said he was going to play a gig for a wedding. I then asked, when do you guys ever practice? His response, we are practicing today and getting paid for it. Genius.
Tom