The Basement, Chateau Belewbeloid, Mount Juliet, TN.
The sun is shining, the sky is blue. I awoke at 06.00, the views expressed last night continuing to resonate.
Workstation of Delight…
Elgar & Elgar…
ProjeKct Six is on call for noon.
12.15Ken has arrived and may be twitching gently…
13.10Oh no! Ken had good reason to twitch: the computer has locked. This provided an opportunity for Business Talk upstairs.
17.30A very good day, albeit accompanied by constant computer crashing…
It’s offical: Fripp & Adrian Continue To Rule!
18.56This evening’s post-recording stuff has brought an interesting offer from a major promoter (they don’t come bigger anywhere in the world) to reform King Crimson. It was suggested to me that big money is available.
I asked: which King Crimson? Answer: from the first 10 years. I guess that means the first 6 years. What to say to this?
How about: if we couldn’t tour for 12 weeks as young men in 1969, what is likely to have changed 36 years later?
How about: not many of these men continue to be working players on an ongoing basis, as part of their daily working lives?
How about: what is the musical imperative?
Offers such as this have been coming in since 1991, and if I felt that any of the incarnations would play the music (at least) as well as three decades ago, I’d be the one making the calls.
22.35A most enjoyable Mexican meal with Ade in a new restaurant, not far from the late-lamented Loca Lupes – the food is indifferent but the margaritas are big! This new restaurant will receive my patronage without a hiccup. The mariachi trio came to our table, and invited a request. I asked: if you knew you were going to die in 10 minutes, what would you play?Ade chuckled: he saw this coming as the trio moved closer to our table. The mariachi were well tipped, and sang a second song. Both were well delivered.
Returning to StudioBelew, we through-listened to our work. A beginning of something new. Very exciting.
