King Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald celebrates his birthday today. While proud of his association with King Crimson Ian also went on to enjoy an extraordinarly successful post-Crimson career with Foreigner. Last week Ian talked about joining Mick Jones for his birthday at a gig. Meanwhile, Ian's current band, Honey West are playing in Pennsylvania next month...
Meanwhile back in 1969 King Crimson were asked to list four tracks or albums that were important to them as part of a series run by journalist Simon Stable for Top Pops magazine. Here's Ian's choices for the piece...
Stravinsky The Rite Of Spring
John Handy Spanish Lady
Maynard Ferguson Messages From Newport
Vanilla Fudge Break Song
