Remembering Greg Lake

Posted by Sid Smith
9 Dec 2016

Remembering Greg Lake

The last 24 hours has been dominated with the news of Greg Lake’s death which was announced yesterday.



Ex-Crim, John Wetton, who has himself been fighting cancer, shared his thoughts on Twitter.



Elsewhere on social media, Jakko Jakszyk, who remixed ELP’s Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery, offered his perspective on Greg’s passing via Facebook.  

I didn't know Greg
I've been in the same room as him on numerous occasions
I'd met him once, very briefly
In a recently published interview he was asked what he thought of my mixes of 'Brain Salad' and 'Trilogy' and, the interviewer pointed out, wasn't it interesting that records made by the former vocalist of King Crimson had been mixed by the current vocalist of King crimson?
He was, much to my amazement, very gracious about both
I first heard him when I was 11 when my pal played me Schizoid Man.
His unique vocal was part of what blew me away
He helped shaped the singer I became
He was a rock singer with an English accent at a time when that was rare
I lived with that voice then
I live with it now
The sound of his voice and guitar filled my studio as I mixed, arguably one of his finest moments, 'From the Beginning'
I felt like he was right there in the room.
I've just finished a tour where I sang my version of 4 of the songs he originally brought to life, on a nightly basis
It's a privilege I don't take lightly
The best tribute I can pay is to continue performing them to best of my ability
As 2016 draws to a close, we hear yet again, the sound of era's ending
RIP Greg

Greg’s passing was noted in all the news outlets both in the UK and around the globe. The sheer numbers of news stories and tributes means it’s not possible to link to them all but here’s a few.

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