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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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Stones At Hyde Park
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Apr 4, 2013
The world of rock was, er, rocked to its foundations with the news that they are playing Hyde Park once again. The original gig in 1969 was of course a tremendous boost to a fledgling King Crimson who wowed the vast crowd with the likes of 21st Century Schizoid Man which, in the words of Ed Vulliamy, "threatened to blow the Stones offstage."
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Interlocking Larks
:: Posted by Stormy on Mon., Apr 1, 2013
Adrian and Robert split the licks here
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Crimson PhD PDF
:: Posted by Sid on Sat., Mar 30, 2013
Our thanks to RichardRJ for sending this link (which opens a pdf) to a graduate degree thesis by Christopher Bohling on the role of improvisations in King Crimson's music.
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Songwriters & Streaming
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 28, 2013
Here's a perspective on the rise of streaming services as seen from the songwriter's point of view.
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Boz & Bad Company
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 28, 2013
Thanks to EmperorNobody for letting us know that Boz Burrell is interviewed in VH-1's Behind The Music special on Bad Company. Boz speaks in not very glowing terms about his time in King Crimson at around 12.00 minutes into the programme. Check it out here.
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Larks' Tats...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Mar 27, 2013
My thanks to Mark Ferraro for sending these pictures of his pal Vinny Carriero of East Meadow.
Mark writes "Vinny and I have been sharing and experiencing "Crimson moments"
together for decades.He had his LTIA tatoo done in 1982, possibly just
prior to seeing Crimson live at Pier 82 in NYC. When asked how he
decided to get a KC tatoo Vinny states that "I always wanted a tatoo and
the first thing that scorched my brain was the LTIA album art'".
He continued to tell me that his first visit to a tatoo parlour to watch a cousin get his resulted in himself passing out. However he was determined to wear his heart on his sleeve(no pun intended) chuckles ....for the rest of his life so he sucked it up and went right back to the parlour.
Cheers, Mark. Any more tat takes out there?
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Three To Get Redy...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Mar 26, 2013
As can be seen test pressings and sleeve proofs show Red en
route to being ready for
200g vinyl...
The new edition of Red can be pre-ordered here.
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Tool's Top Ten
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Mar 26, 2013
Tool's Adam Jones lists ten guitarists he feels you should know about - the first three will be terribly familiar to visitors to this site.
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It Was 28 Years Ago Today...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 25, 2013
Today marks the 28th anniversary of the first Guitar Craft course.
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