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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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Prog Butts!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Mar 9, 2013
My thanks to The Dork Report and Sean Hollenhors for bringing this fine site to our attention. Via Facebook David Myers reminds us of a classic Bruford quote on the topic. KC Butts can be found directly here
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Crimson ProjeKct Official Bootleg
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Mar 8, 2013
Crimson Project have an official bootleg available. Drawn from live dates in 2012 it features the team running through their versions of the Crimson repertoire. The band includes Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto from KC, as well as Stick Men's Markus Reuter and Adrian Belew Power Trio members Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. Nab it now!
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Red Available On Vinyl
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Mar 8, 2013
The heavy-duty vinyl edition of King Crimson’s final studio album of the 1970s Red is now for pre-order from Inner Knot Mail Order and Burning Shed.
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More Pat & Ringo
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
Remember we ran a pic of Pat sitting in with the Ringo Starr band, well here's a blogpost by Mr Mister's Richard Page that tells us how the date came to happen.
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Grooveshark: Where Are We Now?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
Isn't it odd that Grooveshark got the same 'exclusive' stream of David Bowie's forthcoming album, The Next Day, as iTunes. Read all about it here.
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Wetton Performs KC Numbers
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
John Wetton will be appearing as a special guest on four European dates by American outfit District 97 to sing a few Crimson numbers. The dates are happening in May and you check them out by taking a peek at D97s website.
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Tony Talks Stick Men & Bowie
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Mar 6, 2013
There's a brand new interview with Tony Levin which you can read here.
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Greg Talks Crim
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Mar 5, 2013
Greg Lake tells Rolling Stone in this interview that he'd be happy to have KC '69 to reform.
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Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 4, 2013
Have you ever wanted to hear take one of The Night Watch? Well now you can!
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Steven Wilson's Chart Topper
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 4, 2013
Congratulations to Steven Wilson whose new album, The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) is currently residing in the number one slot of the UK’s rock album charts. The album features Theo Travis on flute, sax and clarinet, as well as backing vocals from Jakko Jakszyk amongst the line-up.
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