7/4 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) Bill Bruford's Earthworks. I loved this band - even saw them perform twice with the original line up. http://www.billbruford.com/eworks/bio.html http://billbruford.com/ Edited August 31, 2009 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 times I heard him perform live: Once with the unknown John Clark replacing Allan Holdsworth in the Bill Bruford Group. Six times with King Crimson in the '80s. Once with King Crimson in the '90s. Once with David Torn's Cloud About Mercury band. Once with Bruford Levin Upper Extremities. Twice on the Yes Union tour. Once with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. and once at Mannys, NYC...he was doing some kind of electronic drum workshop while I was downstairs discussing guitar business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) I've only seen him once a few years ago with Tim Garland (reeds), Mike Pope (bass) and Henry Hey (piano). Very nice! Edited August 31, 2009 by marcello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 A marvellous rock drummer and all round good chap - he has some wry things to say about both the industry and the genres he's worked in (see the recent autobiography!). I'm old enough to remember the shock Melody Maker front page picturing him with Fripp and co in early 1972 and announcing he'd left Yes for KC. Saw him with that KC three times in 72 and 73 (he liked white dungarees then!). He also played drums at the first National Health gig at the LSE in late '75/early 76. I caught the first Earthworks once and then various versions of the jazzier band in the last ten years. Last time I saw him was in a duet a couple of years back with Michael Borstlap. I've always found him a bit too clipped and precise for his jazzier ventures. I remember seeing him at the same festival as a David Murray Band with Hamid Drake. It was a bit like the difference between something solid and flowing water. Reading the bio I almost felt I could read between the lines a sense that despite all his accomplishments he felt he was starting all over again in jazz and would never really catch up. Great musician, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Caught him once at the Pizza Express, London with 'Earthworks' - great evening ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Saw him with KC early 80s at the pier by the Intrepid in NYC- great show!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Saw him with KC early 80s at the pier by the Intrepid in NYC- great show!!! Not on the Flight Deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Saw him with KC early 80s at the pier by the Intrepid in NYC- great show!!! Not on the Flight Deck? If you had a really good arm you might be able to hit the flight deck from the venue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 What I liked the most about Earthworks was the songwriting. Not to slight the players, understand. Saw him with KC in the 90's on the Thrak tour, which was a great concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 7/4 what union shows were u at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) 7/4 what union shows were u at? NJ: One was at Byrne Arena in the Round and the other was at the Garden State Arts Center (now PNC). Why? Edited September 1, 2009 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 SWEET! which one did u like better, the spring leg or the summer leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I had a better seat for the PNC show. I wouldn't say that Bill had too much to do on those Union shows. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I guess, like a lot of folks, I first heard Bruford with Yes. I really love Close to the Edge and after a few years I was curious to hear what else he did so I discovered this band he joined named King Crimson. I bought Larks Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and thought they sounded like the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It must have been those flat 9ths...a year or two later his first solo album Bruford & the first UK album came out about the same time. I'd give real high marks to all those albums! So I kept up with his career moves as the albums came out. '80s Crimson showed up and folded, the original Earthworks was great with his electric drums, he joined and quit the '90's Crimson (didn't think too much of that band, liked the instrumentals, but didn't like the songs). He reformed Earthworks as an acoustic drummer and the tunes were more fun than the band, although I thought the Earthworks Underground Orchestra was pretty exciting - I wish I caught that band in NYC. Boy...Bill Bruford played some really exciting music over the years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 The Sliding Floor First time I met Angel Up on the bridge of an ocean-going liner She was virtue, vice and (......) Can't give her up now for all the tea in China Here comes a knock on my door Angel face with teeth like a tiger's claw Morning comes she'll soon be back begging for more Angel knows that truth has a sliding floor No use asking me why Some people stink like a downtown Bowery wino If experts, preachers, mystics can't find the answer Then how the hell should I know? Lost in a world breaking apart Angel shines her mystery light into the dark She's not wasting blame on the rich or the poor Angel knows that truth has a sliding floor Lost in a world breaking apart Angel shines her mystery light into the dark She's not wasting blame on the rich or the poor Angel knows that truth has a sliding floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Too bad Bruford retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 clapton played royal albert a few mos ago, and they had donation collectors holdin buckets by the door, you know how donation collectors hold buckets like that? well my cousin went, and he walked in, and guess who the bucket collector was: B-I-L-L B-R-U-F-O-R-D. he said clapton phoned it in and meeting bill was by far worth the complete price of admission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerF Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 His first solo album "Feels Good to Me" is extremely good, with (amongst others) Annette Peacock and Kenny Wheeler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 His first solo album "Feels Good to Me" is extremely good, with (amongst others) Annette Peacock and Kenny Wheeler. Now there's my idea of an incredible fusion band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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