Year : 2015
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 152 mb
Bio:
John Kenneth Wetton (born 12 June 1949) is an English singer, bassist, and songwriter.He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He initially rose to fame in with bands such as Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash.After his period with King Crimson, Wetton formed UK, and later he was the frontman and principal songwriter of the supergroup Asia.which has proved his biggest commercial success. Their self-titled debut album sold 8 million copies worldwide and was Billboard magazine's No. 1 album of 1982. He later formed the duo Icon with Geoff Downes (ex-Yes, ex-Buggles) and since the 1990s has had a successful solo career releasing a large number of studio and live albums.Wetton has had a long career as an in-demand session bass player and has collaborated with many members of progressive rock bands such as Yes (including Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Geoff Downes, Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Peter Banks) and Genesis (Steve Hackett).Wetton grew up in Bournemouth and was in a number of early bands with Richard Palmer-James, on bass and vocals, including, The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man.A key early band was Mogul Thrash and work with Family and various sessions followed.Wetton's first big break came when he joined Wimborne, Dorset musician Robert Fripp in his new line-up of King Crimson in 1972, allowing Wetton to come to the fore as a lead singer and composer. Palmer-James also worked with the band as a lyricist. Wetton remained with the band until Fripp unexpectedly disbanded it in 1974. Wetton continued to work on various projects, often with Palmer-James or Crimson drummer, Bill Bruford. Wetton and Bruford formed UK, the band emerging out of a failed King Crimson reunion.Wetton released his first solo album, Caught in the Crossfire, in 1980 after the break-up of UK. He then started working with Steve Howe, who had recently been in Yes. They went on to form Asia.with whom he worked until the mid-1980s. Wetton left the band and re-joined on two occasions.The 1990s saw Wetton out of Asia and focusing on a solo career. In 1999, a failed Asia reunion resulted in Wetton forming the short-lived progressive rock group Qango with Carl Palmer, John Young, and Dave Kilminster. The group performed several shows in the UK and recorded one live album "Live in the Hood" before disbanding when Wetton and Palmer returned to their solo projects.In the early 2000s, he re-united with Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes for iCon. In 2006, an official reunion of the original Asia line-up (Wetton, Downes, Howe, and Palmer) finally occurred. The studio album titled Phoenix, the original band's first since 1983's Alpha, was released in April 2008 and peaked at No. 73 on the North American Top 200 albums charts.The original line-up released two more studio albums, Omega and XXX before Howe departed in January 2013. With new guitarist Sam Coulson, Asia released Gravitas in March 2014. Wetton and the band are currently touring in support of this new release.Wetton has done extensive work as a session musician with acts such as Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry and Phil Manzanera.More recently, he has worked on several projects with Billy Sherwood and been part of a UK (band) reunion with Eddie Jobson.
Album:
JOHN WETTON is the lead singer of ASIA, UK and the Red era of KING CRIMSON.New York Minute sees John Wetton playing a selection of the songs that inspired him, many of which are not available on any other release.This new live album also includes unique renditions of his solo hit BATTLE LINES and the ASIA mega hit HEAT OF THE MOMENT.John Wetton is embarking on a number of live projects in 2015 including the final tour of UK and a German ‘Rock Meets Classic’ orchestral arena tour.THE LES PAUL TRIO are guitarist Lou Pallo, pianist Rodney Holmes and bassist Nicki Parrott, who worked with a legend whose name their ensemble bear, and their work on that night was stellar. That’s what was played and will make the album called “New York Minute”.It’s well known that John Wetton is a fan of classic rock, those songs that made him a part of it all, although he rarely gets to delivering them either live or in a studio, one regular exclusion being Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” which he’s been playing for some years when he joined Steve Hackett on stage. Of course, there was the JACK-KNIFE project that saw post-U.K. John do blues and rock ‘n’ roll numbers, and for-fans-only document of his convention appearance, where Wetton did THE BEACH BOYS’ “God Only Knows,” his personal favorite. Yet both aforementioned pieces made the set of THE LES PAUL TRIO on October 14th, 2013, when the ASIA vocalist fronted them at New York’s “Iridium” club, and it’s this recording that is scheduled for March 2nd, before embarking on other concert projects including the “Rock Meets Classic” orchestral arena tour.
Line Up:
John Kenneth Wetton - Vocals , bass guitar , keyboards (Asia , King Crimson)
Lou Pallo - guitar
Rodney Holmes - piano
Nikki Parrott - bass
Tracklist:
1. Do It Again (THE BEACH BOYS)
2. What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye)
3. God Only Knows (THE BEACH BOYS)
4. Can’t Find My Way Home (BLIND FAITH)
5. New York Minute (Don Henley)
6. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
7. Lady Madonna (THE BEATLES)
8. Heat Of The Moment (ASIA)
9. Battle Lines (John Wetton)
+ Video - Steve Hackett - John Wetton - Ian Mcdonald \\ Firth Of Fifth
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