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NFT: RIP Greg Lake (ELP/King Crimson)

rut17 : 12/8/2016 7:34 am
Just 9 months after Keith Emerson passed away.
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RIP  
feelflows : 12/8/2016 8:20 am : link
Some great music put out by him. Let's hope the Atomic Rooster isn't joining them anytime soon.
I still remember the  
Bob from Massachusetts : 12/8/2016 8:29 am : link
"in the court of the Crimson King" line and the way he sang it. I remember the crazy album cover and I thought it was weird until I heard the music. Yeah, and I liked ELP as well, mostly for him. All these old rock people dying off. Kind of sad....
Carl Palmer...  
Chris in Philly : 12/8/2016 9:07 am : link
better make sure he looks both ways crossing the street!
Welcome Back My Friends  
Gman11 : 12/8/2016 9:08 am : link
to the show that never ends.

I liked ELP back in the 70s. I probably still have a couple of their albums on vinyl lying around.
RIP indeed  
pganut : 12/8/2016 9:34 am : link
I also remember his short stint as Asia lead singer after Wetton was fired in time for the "Asia in Asia" tour.
Had the pleasure of seeing ELP  
Steve L : 12/8/2016 9:54 am : link
back in the mid 90s with Dream Theater and Deep Purple. Great show.

RIP
21st Century Schizoid Man  
GiantsUA : 12/8/2016 10:33 am : link
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RIP  
Chip : 12/8/2016 11:08 am : link
Huge fan saw them many times including the orchestra show at olympic stadium
And a Lucky Man he was  
Cruzin : 12/8/2016 11:15 am : link

Very sad.

2/3 of one of my favorite group gone.


I'd be a poorer man if I hadn't seen Pictures at an Exhibition live.

RIP
What a shame.....  
Simms11 : 12/8/2016 12:02 pm : link
another tremendous voice leaves us.
My first concert ever was  
Bill in Del : 12/8/2016 12:15 pm : link
ELP at MSG in the summer of 77 with my cousin. I was still in high school at the time and used to go live my aunt and uncle in Brooklyn during the summer painting apartments with my uncle and cousin. That concert was the high-lite of my summer. Unfortunately, a week later was the blackout of 77.
RIP Greg  
Bill in Del : 12/8/2016 12:16 pm : link
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How Sad  
jpennyva : 12/8/2016 2:15 pm : link
"I Believe in Father Christmas" is my favorite Christmas song so I have been listening to it a lot lately. RIP.
Very sad...  
Vinny from Danbury : 12/8/2016 3:52 pm : link
The guy was such a big influence on the music that I love to listen to, and play. With him and Chris Squires gone, there's only a few of my major bass influences left alive. :(

Fortunately I have a gig this Saturday night, and though we always play a song or two from Greg Lakes catalog, we'll be increasing the number of them that we play this week in tribute to him. I am looking forward to it even more now then I was.

RIP Mr. Lake. You will be missed...
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djm : 12/8/2016 4:13 pm : link
In comment 13254684 GiantsUA said:
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What a kick ass song.
RE: My first concert ever was  
Cruzin : 12/8/2016 8:41 pm : link
In comment 13255014 Bill in Del said:
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ELP at MSG in the summer of 77 with my cousin. I was still in high school at the time and used to go live my aunt and uncle in Brooklyn during the summer painting apartments with my uncle and cousin. That concert was the high-lite of my summer. Unfortunately, a week later was the blackout of 77.


I saw Floyd do Animals/Wish You were Here/ Dark Side of the Moon, July 3rd 1977 in the Garden. Saw ELP the same year. It just will never get as good as that was. I feel bad for the cool people that missed something they would have appreciated.

Note to Phil in LA, your input on the "soul" of ELP has been heard and recognized. Your opinion matters although I could change it with 3 hours of your time.
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Bill in Del : 12/8/2016 9:51 pm : link
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ELP at MSG in the summer of 77 with my cousin. I was still in high school at the time and used to go live my aunt and uncle in Brooklyn during the summer painting apartments with my uncle and cousin. That concert was the high-lite of my summer. Unfortunately, a week later was the blackout of 77.



I saw Floyd do Animals/Wish You were Here/ Dark Side of the Moon, July 3rd 1977 in the Garden. Saw ELP the same year. It just will never get as good as that was. I feel bad for the cool people that missed something they would have appreciated.

Note to Phil in LA, your input on the "soul" of ELP has been heard and recognized. Your opinion matters although I could change it with 3 hours of your time.


So true, the music and concerts back then at the height of the progressive rock era was awesome. I still listen and go see those artists perform when I can recently seeing Steve Hackett doing Genesis revisited. Even took my 9 year old to a Peter Gabriel concert couple years back. In my opinion that era of music was the best, such musicianship.
That's what we lived for Bill  
Cruzin : 12/8/2016 10:19 pm : link

Yes in the Garden, Zappa at the Palladium on Halloween, The Allman Brothers at the Beacon, Springsteen, Zepplin, Floyd, Tull, Grand Funk wherever you could see them.

Bily Joel played so long at The Mid Hudson Civic Center they put a curfew on the next day.

If you didn't live the 70's you can only hear about what it was like.
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