Remembering John Wetton

Posted by Sid Smith
2 Feb 2017

Remembering John Wetton

Eric Clapton has dedicated a new song to John Wetton it was revealed today. The instrumental, entitled For John W, appeared via Clapton’s Facebook page.

You can read more on this story here.

Alongside Robert's diary about John, and his wife, Lisa's deeply poignant thoughts on John's passing, David Cross offered his condolences via Facebook...

As did Bill Bruford...

over the last 48 hours there have been numerous reactions in various sites and publications to John's death.

Rolling Stone described John as a "rock journeyman" in their tribute.

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The BBC carried news of John's passing on their website and on the BBC 6 music station

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Various British newspapers also featured John's passing, including The Daily Mirror

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Which also included Jakko Jakszyk's reaction on Twitter

Prog magazine's Nick Shilton shared his memories of encountering John and his music

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Also on the Prog website, journalist Malcolm Dome chose 12 tracks from John's considerable output, while on my podcast show, I offered

 my own tribute to John with a personal snapshot of John's work...

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