Beat, the supergroup that bring 80s King Crimson to Europe next year, have added a show in Zamek W Ćmielowie in Poland. Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals), Steve Vai (guitar), Tony Levin (bass) and Danny Carey (drums) will be performing @ Stratocastle on July 17.
Beat bring 80s King Crimson to Europe next year, with a lengthy tour in June and July. Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals), Steve Vai (guitar), Tony Levin (bass) and Danny Carey (drums) know their shit, so this will be good.
Bass maestro Tony Levin has worked with a lot of the big guns. He looks back on some of those sessions in an interview with Vulture. On recording The Next Day with David Bowie:
I had to be working on a Sunday, which was the wedding day of a close friend of mine. I was to be the best man at that wedding. This close friend was a David Bowie fan. Here was my conundrum: What do I tell him? Do I turn down the session to be there for the wedding or do I do the opposite? Should I tell him at all? I was sworn to secrecy by the production team, so it was tricky. The compromise I came up with was I did say no to the Sunday session, but I did the Saturday session, which meant I wasn’t there for the rehearsals of the wedding. And I didn’t tell my friend. I had to be like, “I’m sorry, I can’t be your best man. I can only be there at the wedding.” So how’s that for a cryptic compromise? About a year later, I had, frankly, forgotten about this secret session and the album coming out. But the producer, Tony Visconti, emailed me at midnight of the day it could be spoken about. Immediately, I called my friend and said, “Remember when I couldn’t make the rehearsal dinner? I was doing a David Bowie session. I hope you appreciate that and forgive me for not telling you about it.” He did, thank God.
His new solo album Bringing It Down to the Bass is available here.
The Levin Brothers take their adventurous prog jazz on the road in the States. Pete (keyboards) and Tony Levin (bass, vocals) will be joined by their long time drummer Jeff "Siege" Siegle and flutist Ali Ryerson.
They hope to play in Japan in 2023, if Tony can manage to squeeze in those dates between shows with Stickmen and - wait for it - Peter Gabriel.
Drummer Bill Bruford has launched his own YouTube channel. Happily retired as a performing artist he plans to share clips from his days being on the road with Genesis, Yes, AWBH, Earthworks and of course King Crimson. He posted an appearance of the band playing Elephant on the cheesy US TV late night show Fridays in 1982 as well as a couple of tracks performed live in Munich, Germany. The Belew, Bruford, Fripp and Levin line-up almost msde it to the mainstream after they had released the Discipline album in 1981, but the general public shied away pretty quickly.
After playing shows in New Zealand & Australia The Crimson ProjeKCt will return to Europe for another European tour. The band consists of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Tobias Ralph and Julie Slick.
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Want to learn from three great musicians this Summer? Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto are your head masters at the Full Moon Resort, one half hour west of Woodstock, NY:.
Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto return to Music Masters Camps at Full Moon Resort for their Three Of A Perfect Pair Music Camp. The weeklong getaway – starting Monday, August 11 to Friday, August 15 – will feature performances, workshops, social and recreational activities, all set against the idyllic backdrop of the Catskill Mountains.
The Crimson ProjeKCt will go down under for a Summer tour. The shows in January are cancelled. The band consists of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Tobias Ralph and Julie Slick.
Live dates:Guitar player extraordinaire Adrian Belew will be on tour with The Crimson ProjeKCt in Europe in March 2014. He will be playing with Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Tobias Ralph and Julie Slick.
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