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Greg Lake 1947-2016

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ELP's wonderful guitarist, song writer and vocalist, died today after a long fight with some form of cancer. His most famous song he wrote as a 12 year old studying guitar. He was 69. Few singers in rock could match a young Greg Lake's voice. RIP


 
He was also in King Crimson. RIP
 
 
coldjoint said:
He was also in King Crimson. RIP
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True, he and Fripp were good friends but he left after their first or second album to create ELP
 
Two of my all time favorite artists together for a past Christmas


 
Rest in peace, Greg Lake.
 
And, almost 50 years ago


Ground breaking stuff
 
maybe the R&R HOF will finally put him in the hall along with Keith Emerson who died earlier this year, and Carl Palmer and KC

awful year for rock fans

Keith Emerson
Paul Kantner
David Bowie
Greg Lake
Leon Russell
Prince
Glen Frey

all lost this year
 
TurtleDude said:
maybe the R&R HOF will finally put him in the hall along with Keith Emerson who died earlier this year, and Carl Palmer and KC

awful year for rock fans

Keith Emerson
Paul Kantner
David Bowie
Greg Lake
Leon Russell
Prince
Glen Frey

all lost this year
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You left out quite a few:

Merle Haggard
Lemmy (if we're counting a 365 year and not just the calendar year)
Sharon Jones
Leonard Cohen
Maurice White
Mose Allison
Juan Gabriel
Toots Thielmans
Bobby Hutcherson
Guy Clark
Richard Lyons
Billy Paul
Dan Hicks
 
Tanngrisnir said:
You left out quite a few:

Merle Haggard
Lemmy (if we're counting a 365 year and not just the calendar year)
Sharon Jones
Leonard Cohen
Maurice White
Mose Allison
Juan Gabriel
Toots Thielmans
Bobby Hutcherson
Guy Clark
Richard Lyons
Billy Paul
Dan Hicks
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Yeah I listed the ones I knew for sure and followed. as a Kid, ELP was one of the bands I really followed and I have been a big fan of Bowie for 40+ years as well. Prince probably got the most publicity and a guy from my hometown and old HS used to play with Kantner for decades. Leon Russell and Frey-not that much but I was pretty familiar with those two. The people you mentioned, not so much
 
TurtleDude said:
ELP's wonderful guitarist, song writer and vocalist, died today after a long fight with some form of cancer. His most famous song he wrote as a 12 year old studying guitar. He was 69. Few singers in rock could match a young Greg Lake's voice. RIP


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Yes. I always liked his voice.
 
TurtleDude said:
maybe the R&R HOF will finally put him in the hall along with Keith Emerson who died earlier this year, and Carl Palmer and KC

awful year for rock fans

Keith Emerson
Paul Kantner
David Bowie
Greg Lake
Leon Russell
Prince
Glen Frey

all lost this year
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Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) as well.
 
Kobie said:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) as well.
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Lots more-as I noted above, I listed the people I actually knew of whom died this year. EWF wasn't exactly an act I followed. obviously they were a major league operation. ELP was one of my favorite bands from HS on. Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship (before they got lugubrious) were too and Blows against the Empire-which was Paul Kantner's tour de force with what was essentially of collection of the best of San Francisco-Garcia, Crosby, etc, was one of my favorite records of all time.
 
TurtleDude said:
Lots more-as I noted above, I listed the people I actually knew of whom died this year. EWF wasn't exactly an act I followed. obviously they were a major league operation. ELP was one of my favorite bands from HS on. Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship (before they got lugubrious) were too and Blows against the Empire-which was Paul Kantner's tour de force with what was essentially of collection of the best of San Francisco-Garcia, Crosby, etc, was one of my favorite records of all time.
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Lugubrious! Honestly, I admire the 10-cent vocab on that one. That's a highly underused word.

The late-60s San Francisco sound is an underrated one.
 
Kobie said:
Lugubrious! Honestly, I admire the 10-cent vocab on that one. That's a highly underused word.

The late-60s San Francisco sound is an underrated one.
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I remember a tribute to the clash that went something like

Disco sucked and Led Zep had become Lugubrious and out of that morass sprang Punk Rock and more importantly, the only band that mattered-the clash

The term also fit the attempt at Pop-video rock that Grace did that lead to such gems (sarcasm off) Like "we built this city"

now stuff like this-maybe Marty Balin's greatest vocal effort-this was REALLY GOOD


 
TurtleDude said:
ELP's wonderful guitarist, song writer and vocalist, died today after a long fight with some form of cancer. His most famous song he wrote as a 12 year old studying guitar. He was 69. Few singers in rock could match a young Greg Lake's voice. RIP


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R.I.P.

Would have loved to see how things worked if the planets had aligned and a collaboration with Hendrix post Band of Gypsies could have happened - however short lived.
 
Sorry to hear about this. Lake and ELP were a major influence to take rock music beyond the teen grade band sound and elevate it to higher levels approaching symphonic sound. It took what Phil Spector and others did and went even further in its complexity and ground breaking new sounds. It was the opposite of the punk trend in rock.

I always loved many of their songs and albums but never quite developed a love for the group itself like my absolute favorites.

Lake had a good run in the game and his talent and work will be appreciated by many for long after he is gone. At least I hope it is.
 
TurtleDude said:
Yeah I listed the ones I knew for sure and followed. as a Kid, ELP was one of the bands I really followed and I have been a big fan of Bowie for 40+ years as well. Prince probably got the most publicity and a guy from my hometown and old HS used to play with Kantner for decades. Leon Russell and Frey-not that much but I was pretty familiar with those two. The people you mentioned, not so much
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As a lifelong musician, I've always listened to every last possible thing I could get my ears around. I always respected the musical ability of the guys in ELP, but I can barely stand the music they created, w/a few exceptions. Some of the guys I work with older by a generation, hear that and question my sanity: "WAT?!?! Have you ever hear Brain Salad Surgery?!?!?!?!"

I loved King Crimson, as well, but only after the old gaurd left and albums like "Three of a Perfect Pair" came out.

Mose Allison is the one I'd recommend to most people for general excellence without having to like any genre in particular. He wrote the "Young Man's Blues" the the Who covered at Leeds. Subtle, understated and biting.
 
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