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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:20 am 
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I just heard Greg Lake has died from cancer

I'm absolutely gutted, very sad, we have lost so many in 2016


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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:42 am 
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RIP - what a great voice.

Geoff Downes truly summed it up best...

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"2016 has truly been an annus horribilis in musical history."

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:44 am 
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upon the instruments of death
the sunlight brightly gleams.
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will no one lay the laurel wreath
as silence drowns the screams.
Between the iron gates of fate,
the seeds of time were sown,
and watered by the deeds of those
who know and who are known;
knowledge is a deadly friend
when no one sets the rules.
the fate of all mankind i see
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Confusion will be my epitaph.
as i crawl a cracked and broken path
if we make it we can all sit back and laugh,
but i fear tomorrow i'll be crying,
yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:06 am 
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R.I.P. to one of the greatest musicians of his generation.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:51 am 
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Wow. Very sad news. Thanks for a lot of great music Greg.


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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:52 am 
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this year will finally be over soon...RIP......lost another one.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:42 am 
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Sad to hear this.. So much talent has been lost in 2016. This year can't end too soon.

R.I.P.


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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:43 am 
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JohnG wrote:
The wall on which the prophets wrote
is cracking at the seams.
upon the instruments of death
the sunlight brightly gleams.
when every man is torn apart
with nightmares and with dreams,
will no one lay the laurel wreath
as silence drowns the screams.
Between the iron gates of fate,
the seeds of time were sown,
and watered by the deeds of those
who know and who are known;
knowledge is a deadly friend
when no one sets the rules.
the fate of all mankind i see
is in the hands of fools.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
as i crawl a cracked and broken path
if we make it we can all sit back and laugh,
but i fear tomorrow i'll be crying,
yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.

This is the song that's been playing in my head since I heard the news this morning. RIP, Mr. Lake.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:00 pm 
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I hate this fuck'in year. First David, then Keith and now Greg.

I have seen ELP about 15 times throughout the decades and last saw Greg Lake Saturday, April 28, 2012 for his "Songs Of A Lifetime" tour.

I hadn't known he was sick. When I saw Carl Palmer just very recently I had asked him how Greg was and he didn't respond. I thought maybe he didn't hear me but now most likely didn't want to relay anything out of respect for his privacy.

His work is without question some of the best in Rock history. May he now jam with Keith in heaven as they once did here on earth.

Thank you Greg for the countless hours of emotional replenishment throughout my life. I would not be anything that I am today as a person without yours and Keith's music.

Love you so much my friend. RIP.

Rick A.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:06 pm 
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I'm so glad I caught the very personal tour a few years ago with Greg and Keith together at Westbury. We got to hear more personal stories as it was just two guys, none of the bombast of ELP. Greg was in good spirits that night but you could see that aging was not agreeing with him.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:13 pm 
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When ELP started touring again in the 90s, I was stunned by the change in Greg's voice, the register was so much deeper it sounded like a different person. But the trio will always be a favorite of mine.

The beautiful lullaby from Works Vol. 2 seems to take on a special poignancy now.


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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:53 pm 
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JohnG wrote:
I'm so glad I caught the very personal tour a few years ago with Greg and Keith together at Westbury. We got to hear more personal stories as it was just two guys, none of the bombast of ELP. Greg was in good spirits that night but you could see that aging was not agreeing with him.

I was going to fly up to New York for this show and catch up with an old buddy but it didn't work out. I should have gone by myself anyway.

My understanding that one or more of these shows were filmed. Let's hope for a release some day.

John and others who play guitar, I saw this posting on the Hoffman page, you guys might like it.

A guitar lesson video for "From The Beginning" and studied it. Truly a great guitar piece from Mr. Lake



Rick A.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:58 pm 
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Rest well, Greg. :(

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:42 pm 
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RIP. I was into ELP when I was in secondary school. :cry:

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:02 pm 
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I'd like to say, "this has got to stop"; but for most of us our heroes are at that age. Doesn't make all the deaths any less awful, though.

Yes, Lake was a great one. Thanks for the music, Greg.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:41 pm 
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Geff R. wrote:
I'd like to say, "this has got to stop"; but for most of us our heroes are at that age. Doesn't make all the deaths any less awful, though.

Sorry to be morbid, but it's only going to get worse as time goes on. Dylan, McCartney, Starr, Wonder, Allman, Jagger, Richards, Aretha, Townshend, Simon, Young, Page, Plant, Springsteen, Winwood, Taylor, Wilson, etc., etc. Depressing to think about it.


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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:15 pm 
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I am so saddened by this news.

ELP are one of my favorite bands and Greg was also in King Crimson and Asia.

I've seen ELP around 5 or 6 times live.

"I Believe In Father Christmas" which I just heard yesterday will take on a more melancholy feeling this season.

Goodbye Greg, say hi to Keith up there for me...

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:32 pm 
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Rick A wrote:
JohnG wrote:
I'm so glad I caught the very personal tour a few years ago with Greg and Keith together at Westbury. We got to hear more personal stories as it was just two guys, none of the bombast of ELP. Greg was in good spirits that night but you could see that aging was not agreeing with him.

I was going to fly up to New York for this show and catch up with an old buddy but it didn't work out. I should have gone by myself anyway.

My understanding that one or more of these shows were filmed. Let's hope for a release some day.

John and others who play guitar, I saw this posting on the Hoffman page, you guys might like it.

A guitar lesson video for "From The Beginning" and studied it. Truly a great guitar piece from Mr. Lake



Rick A.


I remember as a teenaged budding guitarist, it was a big deal to learn the intros to From The Beginning & Roundabout.

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:32 pm 
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A prog legend.

Damn!

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:51 pm 
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I just wrote elsewhere: I know it's popular to blame 2016 for all the musicians who have passed away this year, but I fear the next 15 years are going to be brutal for those of us who like "artists of a certain age" (60 & up). It's just beginning... :(

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 Post subject: RIP Greg Lake
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:57 pm 
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Greg was a great one.
He was a part of so much music that I love.

Rest In Peace.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:34 pm 
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Jim Wilkin wrote:
Geff R. wrote:
I'd like to say, "this has got to stop"; but for most of us our heroes are at that age. Doesn't make all the deaths any less awful, though.

Sorry to be morbid, but it's only going to get worse as time goes on. Dylan, McCartney, Starr, Wonder, Allman, Jagger, Richards, Aretha, Townshend, Simon, Young, Page, Plant, Springsteen, Winwood, Taylor, Wilson, etc., etc. Depressing to think about it.

I started out collecting baseball cards in the late 50's...most of those guys have already met their maker. There are just a handful of rock n roll stars left from the 50's and it seems that every week there is a musical talent from the last 50 years that is checking out.

Someday there will only be two left, Jerry Lee Lewis and Keith Richards. Either they have made a deal with the devil (how else can you explain why they are still alive after living life the way they did) or the are truly the living dead.

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