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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm a Robert Fripp fan. But the thing he touched me the most with was an interview he conducted. Back in the 1980's he conducted an interview with John McLaughlin that was fucking intense. Here was Mr. Analytical guitarist Fripp interviewing probably one of the greatest pure improvisational guitarists ever. The conversation was deep. You could tell that Fripp was a big fan of McLaughlin and it was one of the best guitar conversations I've ever read.
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Well that would sure be worth listening.
Been a huge fan of John McLaughlin ever since his early days - have all his stuff with Mahavishnu Orchestra / Santana / Shakti / acoustic with De Lucia /Di Meola / Solo.
I remember when I was like 13 or 14 and found a "greatest hits" from John McLaughlin - It was something I never heard before and it just amazed me, the compositions / arrangements / incredible technique combined with a very intense feeling - most probably one of the things that ignited the passion to explore fusion and different branches of jazz later on.
Sure have listened to a lot of music from King Crimson, yet I still need to order it in my head, don't have the names associated wih the songs and records, apart from the most well known compositions (I sure wouldn't use the word "tunes" in their case) such as "Red" or 21st century schizoid man (what a brilliant theme).
Needless to mention Tony Levin is one of my all time bass heroes - seriously recommending his solo records and the Bozzio / Levin / Stevens cooperation.