Re: Any Writer's out their if so...
Posted by:
Absquatch (IP Logged)
Date: 24 August, 2011 11:07AM
K_A_:
Last round for me here on music, as it is too tangential to the forum... but...
Gryphon's first two albums are the best, for my taste. The first will leave you in crumhorn heaven. I like Red Queen, but the wheels were starting to come off the wagon, by then.
By the way, Gryphon reunited for a one-off live show in 2009, I believe. It was strictly acoustic, as apparently Richard Harvey refuses to have anything to do with electricity, these days--in music, at least!
Yes, I am a progressive rock aficionado (and musician) of long standing. I am not very fond of jazz-fusion, though. That said, if you like Mahavishnu, then you might want to try to find a 1973 album by an obscure German band, Dzyan. It's called Time Machine. Though clearly influenced by The Inner Mounting Flame, Dzyan outdoes McLaughlin and co. on every level, in my view. Even if you disagree, I think that you'll still like the music.
The King Crimson book is print on demand, I believe; check the author's Web site again. I don't doubt you can handle the heavy musicology, but I just wanted to warn you. You'll find the author's emphasis on "occult" elements in Larks' Tongues (Golden Mean, etc.) interesting as well, I suspect. Robert Fripp had a lively interest in magic, in those days. Pity, I feel, he didn't stick with that, instead of migrating to the Gurdjieff folks.