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If you are pulling my leg about this..........

Tony, I think you and me an da boyz shu go ova and have a little tooawk widdim...maybe ruff 'im up....jus a li'l bit.

I'm in!

LOL!

There you go Dane, you took "da wourds" right out of my mouth!

Fogetaboutit !

Christopher: I know what it's like to be starstruck ... Back in 1972, I got to meet Emerson, Lake & Palmer right after a concert on their first tour of the U.S. I mean, one-on-one, not in a meet & greet. It was just me & my drummer, hanging out with them after everyone else left. So, what's the first thing I ask Greg Lake? "How do you set your fuzztone?" Surprisingly, he didn't hit me with his fuzztone (which was a Marshall Supafuzz, BTW, and said "Flat out.") It got better after that. All three were very nice and not the least bit snooty. Palmer spent at leat 30 minutes with my drummer, talking drums and letting him play his kit.

Great video. Thanks for posting it!

Palmer spent at leat 30 minutes with my drummer, talking drums and letting him play his kit.

It was very generous of your drummer to let Carl play his set!

Yeah...Carl was starstruck.

"What I'd like to see... If you ever watched a Steve Howe video called "Careful with that axe", it's just Steve, at his home, playing guitars and discussing quite casually his influences and music throughout his career - very informal and personal. I think it would be great if Chris did something similar."

Absolutely! That would be fantastic.

And cool ELP story, Dave.

I think the difference between you and the Starlicks interviewer is that you weren't necessarily prepared for what was to happen, whereas he should've been, I'd think. I'm not saying it was all horrible - I did enjoy it for what it was (and there was *nothing* available before it). It's just things like "Roundabout is, like, a classic. Could you, um, play a bit of that for us?" made me shake my head. He could've still referenced the song, but maybe asked how the line developed, or something.

BTW - I think the interviewer is Bob Birch, and he played with Elton John among others later on, so he ended doing a helluva lot better than I.

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Chris: I agree that interviewers seldom ask questions that we all want to have answered. Sometimes it's just that they are assigned the interview without having any real interest or expertise. Case in point: I once worked as the entertainment editor for a small newspaper. I usually did concert reviews, but when Little Feat came to town, the publisher's daughter snapped up the tickets. The rule was, whoever took the freebies had to write the story. Which she did, giving Lowell George a rave review. Only problem was, George had died three years previously.

RIP Lowell. That guy was great. I love to hear his name pop up in conversation once in awhile!

Actually, for those who maybe interested, the guy (bob birch) who interviews Chris on the starlicks video is Elton John's bass player these days. It really should be transferred to DVD with some bonus features maybe? I have worn this video tape out, but i managed to get Chris to sign the cover for me back at HMV on Oxford Street back in 2000. That particular evening, i watches Yes perform their 2nd night at The Royal Albert Hall.

There's a copy on eBay now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0216939337