Greg Lake, an original member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died at the age of 69. These are sad days indeed, as earlier in the year we lost Keith Emerson to self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Greg knocked around England in the mid-60s, playing ‘progressive rock’ music in anonymity until the formation of King Crimson with classmate Robert Fripp. As that band’s commercial success waned, Greg left King Crimson and joined Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer to form ‘Emerson, Lake and Palmer.’ The rest they say is rock and roll history. We’d like to remember Greg for his haunting vocals in the Emerson, Lake and Palmer song ‘Lucky Man,’ a tune about the assassination of JFK. That song alone makes Greg Lake immortal,
Greg’s vocals and guitar talents on every ‘ELP’ song is unmistakable, his contributions to the 60s and 70s is easily documented. Ironically, Greg Lake’s biggest musical moment didn’t come from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, rather from a solo project that produced the Christmas classic ‘I Believe in Father Christmas,’ a tune that firmly places Greg in our hearts forever.
Greg Lake, the voice of “Lucky Man’ and an all around wonderful guy, dead at the age of 69.
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