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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Sep 22, 2006 |
Details are now coming in surrounding the untimely death of ex-King Crimson singer and bassist, Boz Burrell who passed away yesterday.
I spoke to guitarist Neil Warden who told me that Boz had died at his Spanish home in Puerto Banus, Marbella, and not Edinburgh as had previously been reported. Singer Tam White with friend Billy had been visiting Boz, and all three were ready to go out to a small party to play a few tunes with some friends.
Neil went on to say “Tam was sitting in Boz’s apartment singing when Boz picked up a guitar and sat back in his seat, and slumped over and passed away. Efforts were made to revive him before the emergency services arrived but no luck.” Neil went on to pay tribute to his fellow musician and friend. "Very sad, I’m very upset to say the least. Boz was one of the good guys, I’ll never forget that impish smile and crazy humor, a sad loss indeed. I used to stand next to him on stage in ’The Groove Connection’ and have a great laugh.
He was a great musician and a cool guy to say the least. He was like a long lost older brother to me; we were both into the same music and hit it off from first meeting. A sad loss indeed. I can’t stop thinking of him at present; my heart goes out to Kath his wife.” Neil understands that the funeral will be held in Edinburgh although clearly no date has been set. We’ve set up a tribute page on the site where people can offer their thoughts and memories of Boz, and where you can download a free remix of the studio version of Ladies of the Road that was done at the time of the FxF box set but unused.
 Boz on stage with Mel and Ian - their final gig with Crimson on April 1st, 1972 at the Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, Alabama
(photo by Chuck Bryant)
I’ve added my own thoughts on Boz and his passing over on the blog.
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Stick Men Track Available
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Oct 5, 2012
You can hear and download a track by Stick Men from their forthcoming album right here.
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When In Doubt, Roll!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 4, 2012
Bill Bruford’s long out of print book is now available again to have, hold and generally fondle to within in of its life. You can find out more about the book at Bill’s site and the publisher, Foruli Classics - where you can also find out about how to get a personalised edition inscribed by Bill himself. However you’ll need to get your skates on if you want a signed copy as it’s last orders by October 15th. You can also take a sneaky peek at the book here (US customers) and here (UK and European).
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Crimson Chronicles
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 4, 2012
Tony Levin's Crimson Chronicles for iPad is available to buy and download to your iPad right now. Check out the promo here and details on how to order. Meanwhile, Tony is currently treading the boards with Peter Gabriel as you can see over on Tony's website.
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In Case You Missed It Dept.
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Oct 3, 2012
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox were one of the couples featured in BBC4's series, Love And Marriage. The show, which featured clips of KC and the RFSQ, is available on the BBC's iPlayer for the next seven days.
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Quietly Spectacular
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
My thanks to Albemuth for this link to this article in which RF gets a mention. Albemuth writes "In the article "Purveyors of Office Space and Lively Arts," John
Schaefer comments that the Winter Garden in NYC uses a high-quality
sound system "which the guitarist Robert Fripp described as ’quietly
spectacular.’"
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OMG It's UMG At Primark
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
My thanks to Petitwazoo for this link carrying the news that the clothes chain Primark stocking CDs. "I’m off to my local store, to see if I can locate the LTIA boxset lurking amongst the cheap semmits........." writes Mr. P.
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Crimso's Got A Brand New Bag
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
I'm grateful to Chocoholic for sending in this picture posted on Facebook by Hiroki Takeda who (I think) also did the work.
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