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       Greg Lake (1947-2016)
       By: Mac Date: December 9, 2016, 7:47 am
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       One of the greatest voices in rock history. I loved his work.
       Great artist and performer all around.
       [glow=red,2,300]Greg Lake[/glow]
       Greg Lake passed away Wednesday at the age of 69 after a battle
       with cancer. In his heyday, he had a monumental voice. It sat
       staunch atop the frenetic keyboards of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's
       Keith Emerson (who took his own life earlier this year) and
       managed a delicate balance in the surreal, uncharted territory
       of those first two King Crimson records back in 1969 and 1970.
       Those albums grew out of the imaginings of his mate from Dorset,
       England, guitarist Robert Fripp. And though Greg Lake mostly
       didn't write the words he would sing with King Crimson, the tone
       conveyed was magnificence and majesty.
       Greg Lake spent much of his musical life as the "L" in ELP. He
       was the band's singer, played guitar (both acoustic and
       electric) and bass, and wrote lyrics for the beloved 1970s
       progressive rock band. He often acted as the quiet,
       contemplative counterpoint to the thunder of drummer Carl Palmer
       and keyboardist Keith Emerson.
       Most people came to know Greg Lake through ELP's first "hit"
       song "Lucky Man," with its images of white horses, white lace
       and feathers, and (somewhere in there) the tale of a king and a
       man who goes off to war to die for his country. These
       phantasmagoric songs were a pleasant shift in rock music, from
       the often literal tales and endless songs of love that streamed
       across the airwaves. The world of wild song structures Greg Lake
       and his bandmates pioneered was liberating and literate — and it
       was his sonorous tones that led the charge.
       Greg Lake's longtime friend Carl Palmer released a statement
       Thursday morning about his former bandmate:
       "It is with great sadness that I must now say goodbye to my
       friend and fellow band-mate, Greg Lake. Greg's soaring voice and
       skill as a musician will be remembered by all who knew his music
       and recordings he made with ELP and King Crimson. I have fond
       memories of those great years we had in the 1970s and many
       memorable shows we performed together. Having lost Keith this
       year as well, has made this particularly hard for all of us. As
       Greg sang at the end of Pictures At An Exhibition, 'death is
       life.' His music can now live forever in the hearts of all who
       loved him."
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