ELP Digest Friday, 28 March 1997 Volume 7 : Issue 5 The "Moved By The Word" Edition Today's Topics: Greg Lake in The Artist Shop Thought you might be interested (Keith Emerson on MSN) Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Emerson synth patches) ELP 1997 (and Impressions magazine) Carl Does Surfboards elp stuff (Zoukra, etc.) Turn of the Wheel Greg Lake Q Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Carl's stainless steel drums) Re: Palmers Stainless Kit Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Carl's stainless steel drums) Re: Zoukra GoodVibes Ribbon Controller ELPV7#4 Ribbon Controller Carl Palmer drum clinic 4/1/97 Carl Palmer to conduct Wisconsin Clinic Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Per Lindh Project) Ribbon Controller Carl PALMER's Unpublished Interview Sweet Songs (ELP fan doing a benefit concert) Prelude ======= Hello again. Please note that near the end of this Digest, there's a Carl Palmer interview from a few years that has graciously been made available to us. Thanks, Alex! Also, a number of poeple have started to ask about the possibilities of a South American and/or European ELP tour this year. All I have heard at this point is that ELP's management is considering these seriously. When anything about the tour has been finalized, I'll let you know as soon as I know! Happy Reading, - John - ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Otherroad@aol.com Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:10:40 -0500 (EST) To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Greg Lake in The Artist Shop Hello, Friends: Boy, things seem to be moving at a fast and furious pace with The Artist Shop these days. I can hardly put web pages together fast enough for all our incoming members! But anyway, here goes! The big news this week is that Greg Lake is now a member of The Artist Shop! You'll find him on our New Label page . Not too long ago King Biscuit Flower Hour released a live performance of Greg's that included his solo material as well as ELP material and King Crimson, too! Now Greg and his manager, Bruce Pilato, are proud to announce a very special limited edition of the King Biscuit Flower Hour CD. It has received the 20 bit remastering treatment, the booklet has been expanded and is in English and French, there are now two extra tracks previously unavailable and every CD is numbered and personally autographed by Greg Lake! This CD is not available in any store. So you better check it out here! I've also put up a couple long RealAudio soundbites including one from "21st Century Schizoid Man." Hope you'll stop by for a visit. Gary ************************************************************** Gary Davis The Artist Shop The Other Road http://www.artist-shop.com OtherRoad@aol.com SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST!!! ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 22:25:27 UT From: "Rita Hardman" To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Thought you might be interested (Keith Emerson on MSN) Greetings, I stopped by your website and enjoyed it very much! I thought you might be interested in the following: There is a guest chat with Keith Emerson on MSN in a show called Rifff April 10th, 6pm PST If you have a links area, please feel free to list Rifff and the chat. If you're an MSN member stop by channel 3 in Rifff! If not here is a way to get a free trial membership and the CD. http://promotions.msn.com/public/cdorder/cdorder.htm. Questions about Rifff? What is Rifff? An Improvisational Studio Show. What do I do to enjoy the ImproVision experience? Be adventurous with your mouse, listen hard, and tap your feet. Remember that objects and backgrounds will respond to clicking more than once. There are two awesome things you will find here in Rifff where the music is real and the place is "as if." First there's a thing that we call ImproVision that's purely a fun thing, no trig or division, that makes music and pictures enfold and entwine while you play with your mouse and your toes keep the time. You can change the whole scene with a click here and there make a fast song a slow song or color the air. How do I get to Rifff? You can access Rifff with the Program Viewer for MSN 2.0. Click Onstage, then select channel 3, then Rifff. Or you can use the latest Internet Explorer and set your browser address for: http://rifff.msn.com/ Cheers, Rita Rifff Forum Manager Rita_MSN@msn.com ------------------------------ From: Cirwhip@aol.com Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:44:00 -0500 (EST) To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Emerson synth patches) In response to Cassandra's question, official Keith Emerson MIDI synth patches are available from EAST/WEST, the world's largest collection of sampled sounds on CD/CD-ROM. They can be reached at US 800-833-8339. The cost is $249, and includes the AWESOME Lucky Man solo patch. Anyone who's seen ELP live in the last few years can attest to the incredible ballsiness of this patch's bass. aAlso included is Abaddon's Bolero Major 3rd chord, Hammond organ, percussion, Welcome Back sample, Tarkus saw lead, etc.! --Jim Cirile ------------------------------ From: estazz99@intonet.co.uk Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:09:18 -0800 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: ELP 1997 (and Impressions magazine) Dear John, I had a very enjoyable meeting with Keith Emerson last Friday, when I interviewed him for the fourth issue of Impressions (due out in the summer). Just to give you an update on the tour rumours:- Stewart Young, ELP's manager, is presently trying to organise a tour of Europe and South America. If it goes ahead (and it looks promising), ELP will play festivals in UK/Europe, starting in June. Then they will play in South America in September. I won't go into anything else that was said during the interview, but it sure will be a good read when it is published in Impressions! The third issue of Impressions is at the printing company and will be sent out shortly. This is a Carl Palmer issue, with an exclusive CP interview and extensive tour reports from U.S.A. and Japan. Our address: Impressions, P.O. Box 304, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 2YT, England. Liv G. Whetmore Editor - Impressions ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 18:12:09 -0500 To: John Arnold , dave@clo.com From: Karen Elizabeth Stober Subject: Carl Does Surfboards Hi, I spoke with my good friend and pro keyboardist Tom Salyers today. "What's ELP been up to, hear anything? "Have you got the Greg Lake newsletter?" And so it went. I told him I don't know what Carl is up to, never hear much about him. "Darlin', Carl may be really busy with his new business, making surfboards." "What?!?!" I replied. Tom had the good fortune to spend fifteen minutes chatting with Carl Palmer after the Hershey, PA show last year. Carl spoke at length about the new business he is investing in. One day, Carl was looking at the soft cases his cymbals are stored in. "Wouldn't that make a great material to top surfboards?", Carl thought. So, Carl is now in the surfboard business. Does Carl surf, too? Sounds like it. Does he "hang ten"? Need a graphics artist to make design for those surfboard tops? I can do it! Best, Karen E. Stober karen1@mail.idt.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:43:37 +0000 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com From: brianj@saturn.ndirect.co.uk (BRIAN JOHNSTONE) Subject: elp stuff (Zoukra, etc.) John After reading the digest for a few months I now have the chance to have an input at last.Some of the following are responses to comments I have read in some of the digests (I don't remember exactly which ones and from when but hopefully the other subscribers will recognise the context.Other things I say are general anecdotes,stories or comments.Ido intend to contribute regularly so that applies to all my stuff FWIW.Also I'm happy to have all my comments published in the digest (if you think it is of interest or relevant of course) Someone recently asked what a zoukra is (the instrument played on The Endless Enigma).It is a reed insrument - on the song it's the bagpipey sort of sound close to the beginning of the song.I read an interview with KE somewhere and he says that the band were in Morocco or Tunisia or somewhere in North Africa and he bought it for a bit of a laugh and took it home to use it somewhere in a recording.He actually played the part too.Not bad for a keyboard player eh? If you look up a musical encyclopedia look under "Shawm" - Ithink it's kind of similar to that. I had to laugh at one comment.Someone was complaining that ELP didn't play in their state in the US and it made it difficult to get to the gig.At least they play on your continent!:I have made several trips to five different countries to see this band!In 1992 Itravelled from Scotland to the US to see the tour because I could'nt wait till they came to the UK.I saw three gigs (Great Woods MA,Syracuse NY and Albany NY).In 1996 I saw the first three dates of the US tour (Darien Lake,Toronto and Scranton PA).I did have the good fortune of getting backstage to meet the guys again as I did in 1992.They even remembered this crazy Scotsman who keeps popping up in various countries to see the band. After a fairly nervous first show I managed to get a brief chat with Keith.He was clearly on a big high after the show and said he was releived to get the first show over with.He said his arm was feeling good but I could see he was visibly releived. At Scranton Keith had problems with his gear:every time he touched something it all went wrong.Being a keyboard player myself I know what MIDI hell is like on a stage.But in true professional style they played on. In general they sounded great but,in common with most complaints,I felt it was way too short at 1 hour.Itravelled half way round the world to see 1 hour! Yes folks theres only one band in the world would do that to see. More stories and opinions next time cheers Brian Johnstone - the Flying Scotsman ------------------------------ From: "Don Woodard" To: "John Arnold" Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 21:18:41 -0500 Subject: Turn of the Wheel Hi John, I was checking out the Music Central store on MSN, ( http://musiccentral.msn.com/MC24/Find.htm ), and I did a search for Keith Emerson, and it listed the titles he's made, and there was this one "Turn of the Wheel", it says he plays keyboards, and some of the songs are: 1. The Barrow Man 8. For Three Of Us 10. Cat In The Corner Is this actually something Emerson did, or is this just a missprint? If not a missprint, could someone please give me any information on this? Thanks Woody... [ Editor's Note: I think these are songs on an album on which Keith made a guest appearance last year. The album was on the Magna Carta label, I think, but I can't recall the band name. I'm sure someone will write in to remind me or correct me. - John - ] ------------------------------ Subject: Greg Lake Q Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:23:09 -0500 From: Colin Madine , on 3/7/97 1:39 AM: John, I have this question that is just burning me up! One of the reason I began playing bass was Lake's playing. He has had a tremendous influence on me. Do you know what instruments he has played throughout the ELP glory days? I am talking about 70's. Now he plays a japanese bass I believe. I know for a fact that he used Alembic basses during at least BSS. They are distinctive and beautiful basses, and several of the pictures on the website show him playing one. When did he begin playing Alembic basses, and what did he play before that? Thanks for any help you can give! Colin Madine ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 13:21:13 -0800 To: John Arnold From: John Cornicello Subject: Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Carl's stainless steel drums) To Cassandra Payne, As far as I know, Ringo Starr now has the custom-built metal drum kit. JohnC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:17:26 -0500 (EST) From: Steven Dubofsky To: John Arnold Subject: Re: Palmers Stainless Kit I remember reading that Ringo Starr purchaced Palmers beautiful stainless steel drum kit at auction. I wish I could remember where I read this. it's not the cure for cancer...it's just music - skullsaw http://www.gti.net/skullsaw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:37:51 -0500 From: Michael Beck To: John Arnold Subject: Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Carl's stainless steel drums) > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:11:53 -0800 > From: mspayne@in2nett.com (mspayne - Cassandra Payne) > To: John Arnold > Subject: Zoukra > > Couple of points: > > According to my 'informed sources, a Zoukra is an Eastern Mediterranian > Zither, which kind of makes sense as an instrument Keith would want to > play. > > Additionally, I've heard a couple of strong rumors recently about > official band endorsed MIDI files being available. Can anyone confirm or > deny? > > Finally, does anyone know the final resting place of the legendary > 'Works' stainless steel Drumset (Ludwig, I believe)? > > Cassandra Payne On the "Welcome Back" video, Palmer states that Ringo Starr purchased the stainless drumset at an auction. The set was not a Ludwig. It was a custom set built by an English Steel manufacturer who was not a drum maker. The set was engraved with hunting scenes that were copied from many of the pieces in Palmer's gun collection. Most of the hardware was custom (stands, etc.) with the exception of the heads which were Remo CS and Remo Ambassadors, and the rims which I believe were Gretch (I could be wrong on that one). The cymbals (and gongs) were of course Paiste. ------------------------------ From: "Rainer Boettchers" To: mspayne@in2nett.com Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 08:36:44 +0000 Subject: Re: Zoukra CC: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:11:53 -0800 > From: mspayne@in2nett.com (mspayne - Cassandra Payne) > To: John Arnold > Subject: Zoukra > According to my 'informed sources, a Zoukra is an Eastern Mediterranian > Zither, which kind of makes sense as an instrument Keith would want to > play. Could be :-) But AFAIR the Zoukra 4D was the Moog sythesizer model that Keith used in the Tarkus/Trilogy area. The reason why I remember this so well is that I was trying to build sythesizers in these years. However, I knew I would never make something like THIS Moog Zoukra 4D. I think in the liner notes of the Trilogy LP you can find this model name. Rainer ====================================================================== Rainer Boettchers Paderborn/Germany mailto:boettchers.pad@sni.de Siemens Nixdorf AG LoB OEC SAM TS1 March 13, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What key is "Exploring The Cave With No Flashlight" written in? C sharp or B flat.. ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:43:14 -0700 From: Mike Northrop To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: GoodVibes Ribbon Controller ELPV7#4 I read the article about the ribbon controller KE often uses and abuses and it reminded me of a video I saw years ago of the Beachboys performing Good Vibrations(1966). I believe Carl Wilson used a ribbon contoller to get that psychedelic surf sound that made that song such a huge hit. I wonder if that song inspired KE at all. ------------------------------ From: video3@ix.netcom.com Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 21:21:00 -0600 (CST) To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Ribbon Controller John, The ribbon controller on Keith's Modular Moog can be used to control either pitch, filter cut off (i.e. you can do filter sweeps with it) or any other voltage controlled function. Other Moogs that came with a built in ribbon where the Polymoog and Polymoog Keyboard, the Micro Moog and the Prodigy. The Mini Moog and any other synth for that matter that have patacvhable inputs for filter pitch etc. can accept a ribbon controller "patched" into interface jacks the instrument has. A few other instruments had ribbon controllers built in such as the Yamaha GX1 and CS80. Today Korg, Kurzweil and Roland are incorporating ribbon controllers in their instruments. Keith's controller has been modified to perform several "theatrical" effects, the most famous being the flash paper launcher. Hope this helps shed a little more light on the subject. Brian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 14:09 CST From: Janell Duxbury Subject: Carl Palmer drum clinic 4/1/97 To: ARNOLD@DARTMOUTH.COORDINATE.COM From wepage (http://www.drums-n-moore.com) and music newspaper ad in MAXIMUM INK (Madison, WI): >Upcoming Clinics > >April 1, 1997 -- Carl Palmer >Paiste America & Drums n' Moore are proud to present Carl Palmer's first >ever clinic appearance in Madison [WI]. Besides being one of "the" most >important drummers in the history of Rock Music, Carl is uniquely >cited as a clinician. His intense interest in the tradition and heritage >of modern drumset and advanced snare drum technique always comes across >in the clinic setting. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from >an elite member of Modern Drummer's "Hall of Fame." > >Tickets are $5 in advance and $7.50 at the door. In addition, Drums n' >Moore is proud to offer a special student group rate of $4 each for groups >of 12 or more. This great presentation will be held at the McFarland [WI] >High School Auditorium. Please call the store at 608-222-3786 for times, >details and ticket reservations. Janell Duxbury ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 18:57:23 -0600 From: "Harry T. Stone" To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Carl Palmer to conduct Wisconsin Clinic This copy was taken from an advertisment in "The Happenings" TV magazine from Kenosha, Wisconsin. THe Music Center PRESENTS Carl Palmer legendary drummer from "Emerson, Lake and Palmer" This is Carl Palmer's first ever clinic apperance in Wisconsin. Besides being one of the most important drummers in the history of rock music, Carl is uniquely gifted as a clinician. His intense interest in the tradition and heritage of modern drumset, and advanced snare drum technique. Always comes across in the clinic setting. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from an elite member of the "MODERN DRUMMERS HALL OF FAME" Tickets $5.00 in advance, $7.50 at the door When: Monday March 31, 1997 @7:00 pm University of Wisconsin-Parkside in U.W. Parkside Union Cinema in the Union club For more in formation call: Music Center Kenosha, Wisconsin 414-697-9393 Thought I would pass this along to you Harry T. Stone ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:47:53 +0900 From: Shin_ENDO@jft.com Subject: Re: ELP Digest V7 #4 (Per Lindh Project) To: John Arnold After reading ELP Digest V7, I rushed to one of the local prog CD shop in Tokyo and found two PLP CDs: Bilbo and Rondo. My initial impression was not so bad, but listening to 65min CD I was convinced that I have to throw them into a rubbish bin. Boring melody. Repeating the same thing. Simple rythm pattern. No powerful. I just don't understand why it's good. >>> .......And, just curious if anyone shares this choice with me, but MY >>> choice for their best song ever is "Karn Evil 9 SECOND Impression." I >>> love the jazz piano and I LOVE that mysterious piano-bass duet in the >>> middle. Now THAT'S innovative and inventive music! >> You're choice is almost the same as mine: I would have to count KE9 1st >> impression (all of it), AND the second impression, as a tie for their >> best ever recorded material. With "Toccatta" running a very close >> second. I have been listening to ELP over 24 years. My choice is definetely KE9 1&2 impression. Maybe next one is The Endless Enigma. I really wish ELP could play full KE9 and Endless Enigma again in their concert. Another guy mentioned that "'Love Beach' is a GREAT album. Now, only a true ELP fan could say that!". I choose to disagree. It's a clap just like Asia. I can listen to other CDs everyday, but not this album. BTW, my father is a music teacher. When I was a senior high school student, I asked him what is the best masterpiece of classic music for him. He didn't tell me even a name of composer, but what he told was very impressive. He said if you can find music which you can listen everyday and never get bored, probably it's the best for you. I can say KE9 1&2 and Heart of Sunrise (sorry it's YES) are one of my best song. Shin Endo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:15:30 -0700 From: David Kowalski To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Ribbon Controller In v7#4 of the ELP Digest, Andy Buelow asked about Ribbon controllers. Here's a little bit of what I can add: The ribbon controller was a pretty standard accessory on most (all?) the early modular systems from Moog (Emo's main synth from the early days was one of these...heavily customized). In case anyone's NOT familiar with those beasts, they were basically a whole bunch of seperate electronic circuits in a single case which were manually connected by patch-cords (there were some ways around the patch-cord mess but they limited your flexibility). Sound was made by controlling the frequency of electronic oscillators and routing them through things like voltage-controlled amplifiers and voltage-controlled filters which in turn were usually controlled by either envelope generators or low-frequency oscillators (for various types of tremelo and/or vibrato effects). The frequency of the osciallators was most often controlled by a keyboard but this was by no means required...anything that could generate a control voltage could be hooked up to these things. Since the days of the early 20th century, avant garde musicians have been searching for alternatives to the regular "black-and-white" keyboard and the ribbon controller was just such a thing. It was, quite simply, a long ribbon attached to a wooden base which would generate a control voltage when you pressed your finger to it. The further to the right you pressed, the higher the voltage (which USUALLY meant a higher pitch although it was very easy to make a higher voltage do something else (including LOWER the pitch!)). A few other keyboard synthesizers adopted ribbon controllers (as I recall, the early Synclaviers had one built-in to the case) but they seemed to be used more as modulation devices (like a pitch-bend wheel) than to control pitch. Although I never saw Emo do much more than wipe his ass with the controller, you could (at least in theory), use it to play clean, recognizable melodies with the ability to perform whatever microtonal inflections you wanted (sort of like an electronic, single-string violin). As for the Theremin, that's another (long) story. But in addition to the web-site you mentioned in your response to Andy, Digest readers may be interested in a film that came out in late 1995 called "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey." This is a biographical documentary of Leon Theremin, the once very famous/once highly persecuted Russian scientist who invented the instrument. It's a bit hard to find this on video tape but the better shops should have it. Some of it's a bit slow but if you're interested in either Theremin the man or Theremin the instrument (or simply the history of electronic musical instruments), it's a bit of a must-see. ------------------------------ From: "Naloev A." Subject: Carl PALMER's Unpublished Interview To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 10:00:12 WST Hi, all the contributors to the ELP Digest! My name is Alex NALOEV, and I'm a professional journalist from Russia, and one of the few rock-and-not-only writers still living in this country. Plus, I am the Founder of the first (and only) All-Rus- sia Western Pop & Rock Information Agency - ASTRO NEWS International (existing since 1990), which is registered in Moscow as one of the Russian mass media. So, in November of 1990 two free-lance journalists contributing at the time to the ASTRO NEWS, Mrs. Nadia SAUL (later she became my wife) and Mr. Alex O'CONNOISSEUR (it was his official nom de plume, and he was half a Pole and half a Russian), - these two had an interview with all the four members of ASIA group that gave two concerts in Moscow's Sports & Concert Hall "Olympiyskiy" ("Olimpic") on the 17th and 18th of November, 1990. ASIA was back at the moment - with a new attitude, a new guitarist (Pat THRALL of the American origin - Oakland, California, native) and a new intensity in its music, according to the Geffen Records press release. The group was on the promotion tour after releasing "Then & Now" compilation/new tracks album (1990, Geffen Rec.; //ASTRO NEWS Data-Bank: [not in succession on the album] 1. Heat Of The Moment; 2. Only Time Will Tell; 3. Wildest Dreams - all three from the debut "Asia" album, 1982, Geffen; 4. Don't Cry; 5. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - both from the second "Alpha" album, 1983, Geffen; 6. Voice Of America - from the third "Astra" album, 1985, Geffen; and four new tracks [in succession on the album]: 7. Days Like These; 8. Prayin' 4 A Miracle; 9. Am I In Love?; 10. Summer (Can't Last Too Long)//). The tour dates included Moscow, and ASIA was the first Western superg- roup to visit the ex-"evil empire" capital. The group had (and still has) a lot of fans here, but the most popular musician of the 1990 li- ne-up (John WETTON - lead vocals and bass, Geoff DOWNES - keyboards, Pat THRALL - guitar, and Carl PALMER - drums) was Mr. PALMER - natu- rally, because of his tremendous ELP fame. So, I've sent my correspon- dents to interview the foursome, and especially Carl PALMER. My personal interest in PALMER's views on the ASIA story was ins- pired by his statement quoted in the Geffen Records press release: "We broke up too soon. We were unique then and we still are: English rock with a technical side, sophisticated rock mixed in with melodies and singles. It was taboo in those days. And you very rarely hear that to- day either". O.K., but much more I was interested in his views on the ELP story - as the trio announced its break-up on the 30th of Decem- ber, 1979, according to "The Rolling Stone Rock Almanac - The Chronic- les of Rock & Roll" (Copyright (c) 1983, 1984, by Rolling Stone Press, a division of Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.), and since then EMERSON and LAKE made an attempt to revive their ELP-days glory, that time with Cozy POWELL on drums ("Emerson, Lake & Powell" album, 1986, Po- lyGram/Polydor International GmbH), but in vain, as I know (I mean not the music: it's a good example of "clever" art-rock - Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 8, and not only art-rock - songs "Touch And Go", "Step Aside" and "Lay Down Your Guns", but I mean the sought-for glory); and then EMER- SON and PALMER made another attempt - with Robert BERRY on bass and vocals ("...To The Power Of Three" album, 1988, Geffen), and it was also in vain, or half in vain, as I can hear, though Tracks 1, 2, 4 and 5 are not bad, especially "Desde La Vida" and cover version of "Eight Miles High", originally recorded by The BYRDS in 1966... You must have in mind that my correspondents met with Carl PALMER a year and a half prior to really Great ELP Reunion, when on the 9th of June, 1992, "Black Moon" album was released by Victory Music, Inc. But in November of 1990 Mr. PALMER told Nadia SAUL: "There is a new record coming out in the year '92. And this is an album of old songs, two new songs from Greg LAKE, one from Keith EMERSON, and one from me. But there are no new songs of the three of us playing together... May- be later". Fortunately, we had two songs from Keith, Greg and Carl ("Black Moon" and "Paper Blood"), two songs from Keith and Greg ("Fa- rewell To Arms" and "Better Days"), two instrumental pieces from Keith ("Changing States" and "Close To Home"), two songs from Greg ("Affairs Of The Heart" with Geoff Downes and "Footprints In The Snow"), and even more - a wonderful instrumental track (in some way a cover versi- on arranged by Keith) "Romeo & Juliet", and a song "Burning Bridges" by the producer Mark Mancina. And the last thing I'd like to add to this preface: the following interview was never published neither in Russian nor in English, and not because it is worthless or something like this. The situation was like this: for a year or so Nadia SAUL had been planning to write a book about the Life and Creative Activities of Mr. EMERSON, but at the moment she had no chance to meet with him in order to make some facts more accurate. And Mrs. SAUL decided to speak with EMERSON's compani- on... When the Russian printed version of Carl PALMER's part of inter- view was ready, she made a decision not to publish it for a while, and later it became ill-timed since ASIA concerts were far away. As for Mr. Alex O'CONNOISSEUR's material, it was ready for publication on the 20th of November, 1990. But alas: it was me who really didn't "give INTERVIEW a chance" to be published at the right moment (now I even don't remember why), and later it also became ill-timed. But nevertheless, here it is (only part of it, without WETTON-DOW- NES-THRALL's participation) - in the ELP Digest. So - "seek [read] and ye shall find". - Alex NALOEV - Worldwide Copyright (c) 1997 by Lic NALO Press/ASTRO NEWS AGENCY (Moscow, Russia). Internet E-mail: Moscow Tel+Fax: (095) 442 30 09. ********************************************************* CARL PALMER's UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW ********************************************************* We had only half an hour for interviewing these supergrouppers, - John WETTON, the band's third original member and the main founder, warned us: the foursome were going to rehearse. And Carl PALMER was absent at all - at the moment he tried to control the setting of his drums kit and cymbals set. So Alex was just going to say his usual: "Well, guys...", when the door was opened by someone's kick... Yes, it was Carl himself, greeting us with a smile: "Well, guys... and a lady! Here you are! And here am I!.. And do you know whom you are speaking with? Thus, let me introduce the guys: Mister Geoff DOW- NES, the second part of "The Buggles" duet. A very famous person! A star! The "Yes" conributor!.. And this is Mister John WETTON himself - the one from "The Mogul Thrash"; oh no! - from "Family"; or maybe from "King Crimson"? Or from "Uriah Heep"? Or "U.K."?.. Well, and this young man is Pat... ah... Mister THRALL, and he played with Stomu Ya- mashta and Steve Winwood and Al DiMeola in the "Go" band, and with Na- rada Michael Walden, and with Pat Travers, and with Glen-n-n-n Hughes, and with Little Steven, and with Jack Bruce, and with Meat Loaf, and even with Tina Turner, and with-whom-not, am I right, Pat?.. O.K., the introduction is over, I've something to do on the stage. But I'll be back, just wait for me, O.K.?" And Carl disappeared at once. The guys were laughing, so it took us a couple of minutes to start the threesome interview. (...) He came back in 20 or 25 minutes - when the threesome were ready to leave us. This time Carl was serious enough and tried to pronounce every word as an announcer of the BBC World Service. PALMER: So, be seated, please, and be comfortable. And let's start... NADIA: Well, let us start then from the very end, I mean that day in December of 1979 when E-L-P, the art-rock supergroup "beloved by millions of fans and hated by most rock critics", and this is not mine definition, it is the Rolling Stone Almanac's one, - so, when E-L-P announced their break-up... Who was the first to say: "Well, let us solve our problems this way"? PALMER: First of all, always together we solved the problems. But Greg LAKE wanted to try something different on his own. So he left first... And I have had another group with Keith EMERSON, three years ago [1987. - AstroNews], called "Three". ALEX: And the album you have made with Robert BERRY was a good one. PALMER: I hope so... But it's possible we will play together aga- in, I mean - EMERSON, LAKE and ME. There is a new record coming out in the year '92. And this is an album of old songs, two new songs from Greg LAKE, one from Keith EMERSON, and one from me. But there are no new songs of the three of us playing together... Maybe later. ALEX: I do remember a question of a British journalist from the "Melody Maker" who asked you ten years ago: maybe the reason of the break-up was the similar to the reason why "The Beatles" have broken up. And the problem, or the reason, was - Yoko and Linda. PALMER: And I do remember what I've told him, so I am telling you and everybody, once again, - no, we never had any disagreements becau- se of a lady or ladies. (Looking at NADIA). - As for me, I was a bit old-fashioned gentleman, in a sence, you know, and that's why bonds of wedlock were in some way a serious thing for me. When I have been younger I thought that matrimonial problems were much alike the prob- lems of the group... Well, of any group. NADIA: Have you seen a videofilm "Pictures At An Exhibition" with rather strange visual effects that accompany some tracks?.. PALMER: Ah, yes - I think you are speaking of a German film. They were scrambling eggs, and frying eggs, and doing things like that... NADIA: No, I mean a videofilm by Lindsey Clennell, and it was di- rected by Nicholas Ferguson and presented by the Crown International Productions in association with the Visual and Musical Entertainment Company... PALMER: So?.. NADIA: The visuals of some pieces of the "Pictures" look like a real kaleidoscope of colour and pattern: they have a psychodelic-like colours - those one that we call "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". And the pieces are: "Blues Variation" and "The Hut Of Baba Yaga". While two other pieces, "The Curse Of Baba Yaga" and the second version of "The Hut Of Baba Yaga", the one prior to "The Great Gates Of Kiev", - they were "illustrated" with the help of mixed fragments of adopted animated cartoons. PALMER: Yes, I know this film. It was made in... (mumbling: '71...'72) well, in '73, I think. We were so young and long-haired at the time... ALEX: Not only long-haired. In this film everyone looks as a real longhair person - hippie-like intellectual that prefers classical or avant-guard music, experimental cinematography, abstruse books and things like these... PALMER: And you drew such a conclusion because of the psychodelic colours of some parts of the film? ALEX: A kaleidoscope of colour and pattern in this film - well, that was one of the facts of the early post-Beatles and post-hippies epoch, with its own aesthetics, or, better to say, aestheticism. But today, seventeen years after, we are more interested in authentic do- cumentary films or even news-reels. And "Pictures" is a documentary movie, isn't it? And it is so great to see the E-L-P members in the days of their enormous success. That's why I was a little bit upset about those colour spots on the most expressive and driving sequences of the film. PALMER: And what kind of impressions you've got watching the young E-L-P members in the days of their glory? NADIA: Well, Greg seemed to me a... romantic person. PALMER: Romantic?.. Yes. And what about me? NADIA: You know, there was a kind of radiance around you... PALMER (smiling): I hope it wasn't the radiance of glory? And not the saint's halo? NADIA: Better to say, it was the inner light. PALMER: Nice to hear such a characterization, thank you. ALEX: As for me, Keith EMERSON seemed to be a kind of reticent person. Is he? PALMER: He is a very... ah... he likes to be on his own. But Keith is a very good friend to have, and he is a man's man. NADIA: Was it easy to work with him? PALMER: Yes, easy. No problems. ALEX: And what is he doing now? PALMER: He plays now just for one tour in a group called "The BEST". In this group they have John ENTWISTLE [//ASTRO NEWS Data-Bank: full name - John Alec Entwistle, born Oct. 9, 1944, Chiswick, London; member of The WHO group - bass, keyboards, vo- cals//] playing bass guitar; Simon PHILLIPS [//ASTRO NEWS Data-Bank: ex-The METRO; in 1976 - member of The JACK BRUCE BAND -> LP: "How's Tricks" (1977, RSO Rec.); then - with JUDAS PRIEST as a session musician -> LP: "Sin After Sin" (1977, CBS Rec.); took part in recording "Flesh + Blood" album (1980, Polydor/Atco Rec.) by ROXY MUSIC; from 1980 - member of The MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP -> LP: "The Michael Schenker Group" (1980, Chrysalis Rec.)//] playing drums; Joe WALSH [//ASTRO NEWS Data-Bank: born Nov. 20, 1947; of "The EAGLES" fame with their -> "Hotel California" (1976) and "Hell Freezes Over" (1994) al- bums//] playing guitar; and Jeff ["Skunk"] BAXTER from The DOOBIE BROTHERS, also playing guitar [//ASTRO NEWS Data-Bank: born Dec. 13, 1948; ex-STEELY DAN, 1972-74; became the member of The DOOBIE BROTHERS on August the 3rd of 1974 -> LP: "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" (1974, Warner Bros.)//]. And they make one tour of Japan. NADIA (smiling): Being an ex-longhair person, what are you inte- rested in now - besides music. PALMER: I live in Spain, so I like to be outside a lot. Normally, I run every day - 45 minutes, and in the afternoon swim a little. And maybe - when I'm very happy - I play a little tennis. NADIA: And what about the books or the films? Are they abstruse or experimental? PALMER: I like to read every night, if I can. And I read books on- ly of real things, never - stories. I read books like autobiographies, books on History, and on medicine - I would have liked to be a doctor. I have an idea that maybe if I come back, there would be two things: maybe I'll be a doctor, or maybe I'll be a bull-fighter, and that is - torero! NADIA: By what is Mister EMERSON carried away - in his spare time? PALMER: He likes to ride motor bikes, and he likes to go diving, and he likes... well, drinking. NADIA: He is not a cinema-goer, I think... PALMER: I think he likes the same movies as me. So, we like to watch gangster movies, and about mafia too, and things like that... Is it really the post-Beatles and post-hippies epoch? And what about aesthetics and aestheticism? We don't know. - Nadia SAUL - - Alex O'CONNOISSEUR - Worldwide Copyright (c) 1997 by ASTRO NEWS AGENCY (Moscow, Russia). Internet E-mail: Moscow Tel+Fax: (095) 442 30 09 ********************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 12:43:36 -0800 From: David Simmons To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Sweet Songs <<>> # # # In the healing tradition of community The Luther Seminary Fine Arts Festival of St. Paul, Minnesota, in association with The Confide Project, is proud to announce a benefit concert featuring contemporary Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist David Simmons. This single performance event will take place on Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 pm in the Chapel of the Incarnation on the campus of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, (hiway 280 and Como Avenue). Proceeds from this free-will offering event will benefit Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and The St. Paul Food Bank. Also featured will be performances by contemporary Christian artists Missy Lillie, Emmaus Road and numerous other area and student artists. For further information contact David Simmons; Or call the St. Paul Luther Seminary office at 641-3456. http://www.luthersem.edu/highlights/sweetson.htm And remember; Life is audience participation ...and this is not a dress rehearsal.... :-) # # # Artist Biography = David Simmons; singer/songwriter/guitarist...(child of God, father, son, husband, friend & brother)... Sweet Songs Of Celebration in the neolithic-worldbeat-prog-fusion-folk-jazz-rock-blues-dance-ecumenical tradition... Born in Detroit, raised in Ohio and Montana and currently living in the Twin Cities of St. Paul & Minneapolis MN, David has been embraced by music his entire life. His parents, both educators and musicians, made all styles of music available from an early age. His brother, film and stage actor JK Simmons and his sister, University of Washington English Professor Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill were also instrumental in encouraging David's Musical pursuits; "Liz and Kim, my brother and sister, turned me on to James Taylor, Crosby Stills and Nash, YES, ELP and The Beatles. My parents encouraged that and also introduced me to jazz, spirituals, motets and the classics. While other kids were going to see ball games and circus clowns I was singing motets around the kitchen table and attending jazz concerts, folk singers, The Brahms Requiem and Bach cantatas. Dad was teaching music at Ohio State at that time so I also went to my share of basketball and football games. In fact, my first dream was to be a professional football player, thank God and my mother for bad knees. So in 7th grade I put down the football, picked up the guitar and joined a band named Mass Confusion. The rest is, well..." An honors graduate of the University of Montana Department of Music, David has also studied voice with Kammersanger Otto Edlemann of the Vienna Statsoper and jazz guitar & bass with recording artist Dartanyan Brown. His performing career has included every possible style from American musical theatre to opera, jazz, folk, rock and roll, heavy metal, bluegrass, gospel, contemporary Christian and children's music. His musical influences continue to be YES, E-L-P, Billy McLaughlin, James Taylor, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Johnny Clegg, Bongo Jerie, Brahms, Sondheim, family, friends and God. David's performing experience includes The Minnesota Opera, The Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra, The Central Children=92s Theatre of Moscow, The Children's Theatre Company, The Mixed Blood Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and the St. Stephen's Theatre Project. His professional travels have taken him to 48 states, Europe, Russia, Africa, Guam, The middle of the Indian Ocean and the scope of the Pacific Rim. He's also been a member of such groups as Pegasus, Style, The Lori Dokken Band, Restaurant Trash, The Victor Zupanc Group and performs with the contemporary Christian group Emmaus Road. David currently makes his living portraying "Spinoza ...the Bear Who Speaks From The Heart." As Spinoza David travels to area elementary schools, day care centers and hospitals presenting programs celebrating imagination, self-respect and respect for others. "Basically I spend my days dressed up like a big teddy-bear and telling kids they're wonderful. It's a pretty cool job." David currently makes his home in the Twin Cities with his wife Nancy, their adorable son Niko, two cats, two dogs, five fish, two pianos and five guitars. ------------------------------ > Peace < > -David Simmons < > (612) 451-4428 < > (800)-282-2327 ext. 250 < > (simmonsn@augsburg.edu) < ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Digest, mailing address, and administrative stuff to: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com | +=> The same for now... ELP-related info that you | want to put in the digest to: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Back issues are available from the World Wide Web ELP Home Page: URL: http://bliss.berkeley.edu/elp/ Note: The opinions, information, etc. contained in this digest are those of the original message sender listed in each message. They are not necessarily those of the mailing list/digest administrator or those of any institution through whose computers/networks this mail flows. 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