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The Show That Never Ends

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by David Weigel

Aphrodite’s Child, 137, 151–52

  Apocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra), 116

  “Apotheosis of the Necromancer,” 281

  “Appena un po,” 153

  Aqualung (Jethro Tull), 98

  A & R Club (London, England), 65

  “Are You Ready, Eddy?,” 76

  Arnison, John, 251

  Arnold, P. P., 20

  “Arriving Somewhere but Not Here,” 277

  Ars Longa Vita Brevis (The Nice), 36–38, 55

  “Ars Longa Vita Brevis,” 36–38

  Asia

  Bill Bruford on, 250

  Roger Dean’s artwork for, 280

  formation of, 212–14

  and Brian Lane, 208

  MTV and popularity of, 233–35

  and Greg Palmer, 285

  Asia (Asia), 233

  Asia in Asia (film), 234–35

  “Assassing,” 243

  “Astronomy Domine,” 264

  Atlantic Records

  and Buggles-Yes hybrid, 202, 205

  and Roger Dean, 93

  ELP Works album, 189, 190

  and founding of Asia, 211

  It Is and It Isn’t album for, 62

  “Owner of a Lonely Heart” for, 237

  and recording of 90125 album, 235–36, 237

  The Yes Album promotion by, 72–73

  Yes at, 54

  Atomic Rooster, 64–65, 75, 86

  Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda), 113

  Awake (Dream Theater), 271

  “Awakening,” 37

  Ayers, Kevin

  1980s albums of, 239–40

  2007 return of, 283

  after Soft Machine, 26, 45, 118–19

  on George Gurdjieff, 172

  and Mike Oldfield, 128, 130, 142–43

  Rainbow Takeaway album of, 179–80

  in Soft Machine, 20, 24

  in Wilde Flowers, 15–17

  and Robert Wyatt, 8, 131

  B. Bumble and the Stingers, 87

  Babbington, Roy, xix

  Bach, Johann Sebastian

  Jan Akkerman on music of, 152, 153

  and “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” 21, 22

  and “Brandenburger,” 36–38, 66

  as influence for Mike Oldfield, 144

  and Franz Liszt, 1

  Bag O’Nails (London, England), 24

  Baker, Roy Thomas, 202–3

  Banco Mutuo Soccorso, 154–55

  Banco Mutuo Soccorso (Banco Mutuo Soccorso), 154–55

  Band Aid, 232

  Bangs, Lester, 171

  Banks, Peter (Peter Brockbanks), 20

  after Yes, 95–96

  and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 263

  on In the Court of the Crimson King, 55

  departure from Yes, 69–71

  early life, 11

  and formation of Yes, 30–32

  and Genesis, 34

  on psychedelia, 25

  in Yes, 102, 105

  on Yes and King Crimson, 54

  Banks, Tony

  on . . . And Then There Were Three, 200

  early life and influences, 11, 12

  on Peter Gabriel vs. Genesis, 224–26

  on Genesis and Phil Collins, 215–17, 231–33

  on Genesis as three-piece group, 199

  Melody Maker interview with, 176

  and rise of Genesis, 79–83

  on A Trick of the Tail, 177

  Banton, Hugh, 46, 279

  Barbieri, Richard, 258

  Barclay James Harvest, xvii

  Barre, Martin, 99

  Bartók, Béla, 153

  Basie, William James “Count,” 5

  “Bastille Day,” 149, 260

  Bates, Charlotte, 52

  Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, 225

  BBC, See British Broadcasting Corporation

  BBC Court Orchestra, 287

  BBC Proms, 83–85

  Beach Boys, 44, 79, 146, 154

  Bears, The, 249–50, 266

  Beat (King Crimson), 248

  Beatles, The

  and American/British youth music, 44

  break up of, 69

  and Deram Records, 78

  and Fish’s musical influences, 243

  Robert Fripp on, xiv, 60

  Ian Grandy on, 147

  and Ian McDonald–Michael Giles collaboration, 57

  mellotron use by, 28

  and Procol Harum, 23–24

  and progressive rock, xi

  psychedelia for, 19

  and Rush, 164

  Robert Wyatt on, 132

  Yes’s use of “Every Little Thing” by, 54

  “Beauty and the Beast,” 182

  Beck, Jeff, 152

  Bedford, David, 120, 130

  Belew, Adrian, 220–22, 245–50, 266–67

  Belew, Audie, 266–67

  Bell, Max, 160

  Bell, Phil, 227–28, 242

  Bennett, Graham, 16, 26

  Bennett, Greg “Jack the Riffer,” xx

  Bennett, J. G., 172

  “Benny the Bouncer,” 135

  Berkhamsted Civic Center, 255

  Berklee College of Music, 259–60

  Berlin, Jeff, 209, 221

  Berlioz, Hector, 3

  Bernstein, Leonard, 35, 98

  Berry, Chuck, 146

  “Beyond and Before,” 54

  Big Generator (Yes), 262

  Big Train (television series), 282–83

  Billboard charts, 32, 154, 190, 237, 264

  “Birdman,” 57

  Bixler-Zavala, Cedric, 273

  Black Moon (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 275

  Black Noise (FM), 161

  Black Sabbath, 108, 160, 162

  Blackwater Park (Opeth), 273

  Blackwell, Chris, 20, 220

  Blade Runner, 215

  Blake, William, 134

  “Blind Man,” 78

  Blodwyn Pig, 95–96

  Blondie, xi

  “Blues Variation,” 86

  Blum, Jean-Gilles, 184

  Bodast, 70, 71

  Boffomundo (interview series), 197

  Boléro (Maurice Ravel), 5

  Bonham, John, 225

  “Book of Saturday,” 124

  “Border Crossing,” 161

  Bostock, Gerald, 100

  Boswell, Paul, xii–xiii

  Bowie, David, 181–83, 185, 193, 220, 266

  Brahms, Johannes, 92, 186

  Brain Salad Surgery (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 134–37, 185

  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach), 38, 66

  Brandenburg Concertos (Johann Sebastian Bach), 36–38, 66

  “Brandenburger,” 37, 38, 66

  Brand X, 199

  Branson, Richard, 120, 122, 127–30, 145

  “Brazilian, The,” 232

  “Breathe,” 118

  Breslaw, Jody, 87

  “Bringing It Back,” 159

  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

  Colour Me Pop on, 40

  Aaron Copland interview with, 190

  Steve Howe interview with, 113

  on pop groups and orchestras, 84

  Tubular Bells performance, 129

  Robert Wyatt’s Top of the Pops performance, 133

  British High Court, 69

  Brock, Dave, 96, 97

  Brockbanks, Peter, See Banks, Peter

  Brooker, Gary, 21–24, 32

  Brooks, Clive, 78

  Brown, Arthur, 73

  Brown, James, 18, 236

  Brown, John, 160

  Browning, Boo, 213

  Bruce, Jack, 236

  Bruford, Bill

  in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 262–63

  departure from Yes, 101–3, 109

  early life and influences, 11, 12

  in formation of Yes, 30, 31

  on Fragile, 93, 95, 101–3

  with Genesis, 177, 208–10

  with Hatfield and the North, 169–70

  on
Tony Kaye, 90

  in King Crimson, 123–25, 221, 222, 245, 246

  and Patrick Moraz, 267

  on progressive music, xiv

  on Thrak tour, 268

  on Three of a Perfect Pair album, 248–50

  in U.K., 197, 208–10

  Alan White as replacement for, 110

  in Yes, 54, 70–73

  on The Yes Album, 91

  Brunson, Wes, 16–17

  Buddy Rich Big Band, 31

  Buffalo ’66 (film), xi

  Buggles, xviii, 203–6

  “Bungle in the Jungle,” 141

  Burdon, Eric, 23

  “Burning Rope,” 200

  Burroughs, William, 7, 9, 17

  Byrne, David, 218–19, 220

  “By-Tor and the Snow Dog,” 162

  Cale, John, 121–22, 143

  Calvert, Robert, 97

  Camel, 228, 241, 243, 255

  Campbell, Mont, 78, 109

  “Camper Velourium, The,” 272

  “Can I Tell You,” 159

  “Cans and Brahms,” 92

  Canterbury Jazz and Folk Festival, 16

  Canterbury Sound, 107–8, 131, 141, 169–70

  Caravan, 107–8, 141

  Caress of Steel (Rush), 149–50

  Carey, Danny, 269

  Carlos, Walter (Wendy Carlos), 66

  Caroline Records, 120

  “Carry On Wayward Son,” 160

  Cars, The, 203

  Carson, Phil, 235–36, 236–37

  “Cat Food,” 56, 59

  Catherine of Aragon, 110

  “Catherine of Aragon,” 110–11

  Caught in the Crossfire (John Wetton), 211

  “Caught in the Crossfire,” 211

  CBC Records, 161

  “Celebration,” 154

  “Cell 151,” 217

  “Cento mani e cento occhi,” 155

  “Champagne and Valium,” 239

  Chandler, Chas, 24

  Change Is (Newcastle, England), 43–44, 47–48

  Chapman, Emmett, 181

  Chariots of Fire (film), 223

  Charisma (record label), 69, 79, 178, 214, 215

  Charles, Ray, 133

  Charlesworth, Chris, 141

  Charone, Barbara, 189, 191

  Charterhouse School, 33, 200

  “Charting the Single,” 243

  Chasse, La (London), 30

  “Cheyenne Anthem,” 160–61

  “Chicago,” 194

  Child, Desmond, 271

  Chiltern Volcanoes, 255

  Chocolate Kings (Premiata Forneria Marconi), 154

  “Chocolate Kings,” 154

  Chrysalis Records, 44, 98

  Church of England, 11–12

  Cinema, 236–37

  Circus (magazine), 148, 151, 162

  “Cirkus,” 61

  Civilian (Gentle Giant), 201

  “Clap,” 71

  Clapton, Eric, 152, 239

  Clarke, Tony, 27–29, 50

  Cleese, John, 140

  Close to the Edge (Yes), 103–6, 109–10

  “Close to the Edge,” 103, 104

  Clutching at Straws (Marillion), 244–45, 250

  Cobain, Kurt, 264

  Coe, Jonathan, 281–82

  “Cognitive Dissonance,” 219

  Coheed and Cambria, 272

  Coleman, Ray, 216

  Collins, Andrea, 215–16

  Collins, Chris, 260, 261

  Collins, Jon, 250

  Collins, Mel, 58

  Collins, Phil

  on Abacab, 225

  with Brand X, 199

  and Bill Bruford, 208

  early life and influences, 11

  pop tunes by, 215–16

  and rise of Genesis, 80, 81

  as singer for Genesis, 175–78

  songwriting by, 198

  success of, 231, 232

  Colour Me Pop (television series), 40–41

  Coltrane, John, 15

  Complete Organ Works of JS Bach, The, 188, 190

  “conquista della posizione eretta, La,” 155

  Cooper, Alice, 180

  Copland, Aaron, 136, 186, 189, 190

  Cordell, Denny, 23

  “Cotton Fields,” 44

  “Court of the Crimson King, The,” 49, 51, 153

  Cox, Billy, 94

  Cramer, June Campbell, 131

  Crawdaddy! (magazine), 185

  Crawford, Randy, 214

  Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The, 25, 73

  Creation, The, 25

  Creedence Clearwater Revival, 44

  Creem (magazine), 221

  Crest of a Knave (Jethro Tull), 262

  Cross, David, 124, 125, 171

  “Cross-Eyed Mary,” 99

  “Cross/Hole/Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape, The,” 255

  Cruise to the Edge, ix–x, xii–xiii, xvii–xx

  Crystal Palace Bowl, 89

  Curved Air, 77–78, 80, 197

  Cutler, Chris, xvii

  Daevid Allen Trio, 9

  Daily Mail, 253

  Dallas, Karl, 129, 142, 143, 144–45

  Daltrey, Roger, 23, 139, 140

  Damned, The, 199

  D’Amour, Denis “Piggy,” 263

  “Dance on the Volcano,” 177

  “Dancing Through the Light,” 203

  Dandy Fashions, 23–24

  Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), 117–18

  Darwin! (Banco Mutuo Soccorso), 155

  Date, Terry, 261

  Davis, Michael, 219

  Davison, Brian, 36, 55

  Davison, Jon, xviii

  “Dawn: Dawn is a Feeling,” 29

  “Day Begins, The,” 29

  Days of Future Passed (Moody Blues), 30

  “Da zeuhl `wortz mëkanïk,” 157

  Deadwing (Porcupine Tree), 277

  Dean, Roger

  Asia’s album art by, 213

  on Cruise to the Edge, xii

  Drama album art by, 205

  Fragile album art by, 93–95

  NEARfest artwork by, 280

  Tales from Topographic Oceans album art by, 113

  “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,” 12

  “Death of Mother Nature Suite,” 160

  Decca Records, 1, 18, 27–30, 33

  Decca Studio One, 28–29

  Deep Purple, 45, 159, 162

  Def Leppard, 233

  “De futura,” 157

  De La Soul, 114, 280–81

  Delerium Records, 257

  Delius, Frederick, 144

  Deller, Martin, 161

  “Denial,” 37

  Depeche Mode, 280–81

  Deram Records, 23, 28, 44, 78–79

  DeRogatis, Jim, 26

  Desire Caught by the Tail (Adrian Belew), 249

  “Devil’s Triangle, The,” 58

  Diamond, Neil, 132

  Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain (Kevin Ayers), 239

  Di Cioccio, Franz, 153, 154

  Dick, Derek William, See Fish

  Di Giacomo, Francesco, 155

  Direct to Disc (FM), 161–62

  Disc and Music Echo, 23, 108

  Discipline (King Crimson), 247–49, 269

  “Discipline,” 221, 222, 247

  Discotronics, 218–19

  Discreet Music (Brian Eno), 170

  “Discreet Music,” 170

  Djivas, Patrick, 154

  Dominici, Charlie, 261

  “Domino,” 233

  Donegan, Lonnie, 11

  Donovan, 36

  Donovan, Pete, 178

  “Don’t Cry,” 233–34

  Doors, The, 160

  “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” 232

  Downes, Geoff, xviii, 203–8, 211–14, 233

  “Down the Tubes Tour,” 150

  Drama (Yes), 205

  Dream Theater, 261–62, 269–73

  Dreggs, Dixie, 261

  “Drive to 1981,” 197, 218, 221, 246

  “Drop In,”
42

  Drury, Ian, 199

  Duke (Genesis), 215

  Duran Duran, 233

  “Dust in the Wind,” 161

  Dvořák, Antonín, 28, 36

  Dylan, Bob, 36, 44, 132

  Eagles, The, 108, 190, 268

  Earthworks, 268

  “Easter,” 251

  Eastman, Linda, 23

  Eclipse (Pink Floyd), 118

  Edge, Graeme, 28, 30

  Edinburgh College of Art, 123

  “È festa,” 154

  Egg, xvii, 78, 109

  EG Records, 56, 65

  801 (band), 258

  Electric Gypsy, 228

  Electric Light Orchestra, 255

  Elektra Records, 269–71

  “Elephant Talk,” 246–47

  Ellidge, George, 11

  Ellington, Duke, 15

  Ellis, Terry, 44–45, 98, 111–12

  ELP, See Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP)

  ELP Legacy, 286

  El Rey Club (Los Angeles, California), 288–89

  Emerson, Keith

  in 1990s, 275

  on Big Train’s ELP sketch, 282–83

  on Brain Salad Surgery album, 134–37

  concerto solo project of, 186–87

  death of, 287–89

  early experimental playing by, 18–19

  early life, 10

  and ELP reunion, 285–86

  in Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237–39

  equipment of, 14–15, 66–69

  and founding of ELP, 55–56, 64–65

  Peter Gabriel on, 80

  and Lemmy Kilmister, 97

  in The Nice, 35–39

  NME interview with, 155

  and Carl Palmer, 73–74

  on Pictures at an Exhibition, 85–87

  and Trevor Rabin, 236

  on Tarkus, 75–77

  in V.I.P.s, 20–21

  and Rick Wakeman, 91, 116

  on Works, 188–90

  Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), 64–69

  in 1990s, 275

  2010 reunion of, 285–86

  Asia vs., 214

  Big Train sketch on, 282

  Brain Salad Surgery album, 134–37

  Richard Branson on, 127

  and Dream Theater, 261, 270

  and Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237, 238

  founding of, 64–65

  friction in, 73–74

  and Robert Fripp, 169, 194

  hiatus of, 197

  Mark Kelly on Marillion vs., 241

  Moog synthesizer in sound of, 66–69

  music press on, xii, 199

  and Carl Palmer in Asia, 212

  Pictures at an Exhibition album, 85–88

  and Premiata Forneria Marconi, 153

  and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, xi

  and Rush, 149

  and Peter Sinfield, xv

  solo projects and Works album, 185–93

  Tarkus album, 75–77

  Yes, Genesis, and, 96

  Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69

  Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237–39, 275

  EMI Records, 45, 229, 240, 244, 252

  “End of the World,” 151

  “Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits, The,” 189

  English Chamber Orchestra, 36

  Eno, Brian

  and Kevin Ayers, 143

  and Discotronics, 219

  and 801, 258

 

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