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ASIA to reform for a 25th anniversary Tour !!!
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:13 pm
by turlu
Sorry guys but I had to put it here as I just learned ASIA will reform ( Downes, Howe, Palmer and Wetton ) !!!
John Wetton has always had great Tone and I admire his playing style. I hope these concerts will be recorded cause I think they will not come to Canada anytime soon.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:20 pm
by jps
I saw them the first time round.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:26 pm
by rictified
I saw UK in 1977 with Bill Bruford, Allen Holdworth, Eddie Jobson and Wetton, unbelievable band live. Still have the album.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:42 pm
by jwr2
I saw King Crimson with Bruford and Wetton about 74/75 ... awesome ...and Robin Trower opened for them ...
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:53 pm
by ajish4
I don't remember the time frame, but when I saw ASIA at a little place called Chevy's on Long Island, Steve Howe was with them.
I'd wouldn't mind seeing Carl Palmer live.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 6:20 pm
by atomic_punk
I saw them AND GTR. Seperate shows, of course.
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:31 am
by henny
John Wetton has always had great Tone and I admire his playing style.
Er, don't expect the Fender Precision days of the 70s and 80s.
He'll be playing one of his awful Fernandes basses, which he unfortunately endorses - they sound rubbish.
Just watch his latest DVDs...
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 3:12 am
by turlu
His Tone with UK is absolutely fantastic !!!! I hope he will bring the P Bass and same rig with him and not the Fernandes, which in my opinion are not to the level of the P Bass or any Rickenbacker out there.
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:20 am
by bobcat
Aw man, four of my favorite musicians, all together at one show! I so hope I'll be able to make it to one of the concert . . .
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 10:09 am
by wayang
Jeff, I saw that same tour in Phoenix...where'd you see 'em? Or have I asked you that three times in the past year...
It was Strawbs, Robin Tower, Crimso and (last-'n'-least) Ten Years After when I saw 'em...105 degrees outdoors in June '74...
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 10:22 am
by wayang
By the way, a brilliant young keyboard nerd I know caught wind of my Suburban Prog band, "Englewood, Lakewood and Parker", and told me he'll be Keith Englewood...now I just gotta ask my friend John Henry to be the testosterone-addled tempo-rushing Carl Parker, and we're practically ready to book gigs. I'm currently honing my Greg Lakewood 'playing, drinking sherry and cursing at the drummer' chops...and practicing phrases like "ties a rope to a tree and 'angs the u-u-u-niverse" in the most Spinal Tap cockney I can muster...(note to self: hit thrift stores and find oriental carpet)...I'm dead serious about this...
"Welcome back, my friends..."
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:28 pm
by jwr2
I saw them in Chicago ...
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:08 pm
by rictified
Yes he did have great tone back then, I have all the King Crimson albums with him and I think they're the best, the tone on those albums is awesome.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:50 am
by jwr2
Yep ... Wetton really got some great mids out of that p-bass ... and he knew how to get a grinding distortion as well ... great player with great tone ...
http://www.3dentourage.com/425/kc.mp3