Quite correct as to Mick Taylor and Pete Townsend. Tony Banks has never played drums, that I’ve ever heard of, though it’s an interesting idea. No, in the studio, they just overdubbed, but in concert it was pretty hard to play that music to begin with, plus Phil discovered he liked being on the other side of the kit with the lasers flashing all around him. At first, they used Bill Bruford, who had been with King Crimson until Fripp disbanded it, seemingly for good. Bruford wasn’t a good fit, though - he’d had too many years of playing whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, and he was not a happy man at the time. So they got Chester Thompson, late of Frank Zappa and Weather Report, who was a perfect fit. The album ‘Seconds Out’ features both of them in tracks and in pictures, depending on the date of the concert…
DQ - Did the peak of your musical fame coincide with the period we refer to as the British Invasion, loosely defined as 1963 - 1970?
I think I still have 2 more DQs coming, as per post #395…
DQ: Was the peak of your musical fame in the 1970s?
We’re rather going on the presumption that the musical genre is some form of rock/pop; the interesting thing is that this instrumentalist is known by his name, but did not front a band named ‘Unknown T and the Mysterions’. Hmm…
Well crap! In trying to get some objective measure of “peak of my success,” I ran across a few albums released under the name “Mystery T Band.” They were a few limited release live recordings that were released as alternatives to bootlegs for fans. I’m guessing they were extremely limited, because I’ve got a bunch of Mystery T albums and I’ve never even seen one of these. Anyway, I apologize for misleading you - I’ll change the DQ answers post to reflect this.
The peak of my musical fame was not in the 1970s.
I’m not a British jazz pianist, but the only two T jazz pianists I can think of are Americans, so take another DQ.
So you’re not Keith Tippett, then. Hmph. I keep coming up with plausible ones, and you keep fouling them off. Tricky monkey!
Before I take any more DQs, I’d like to engage the assembly in some table talk. Should we - try to nail down the instrument in question? Nail down the period of ‘peak fame’? Nail down the genre/sub-genre of music?
I also wonder if the ‘British citizen’ is mis-leading us, somewhat. Think of Graham Nash, who is indeed British but who also achieved much in his years in the US. Perhaps this is some British-born musician who is entirely based somewhere else. I’m happy to keep scraping my memory for Mr. T. musicians, but I have to tell you by the 90s, it starts to get pretty hazy…
Well, born between '35 and '50 would put him at 25, presumably at the beginning/peak of his career in the 70’s to 80’s. And the 60’s and 70’s has been ruled out. So, I’d say we need to be looking at the last 30 years, and with that window being small enough, perhaps we should try for the instrument.
DQ - Are you a guitar player?
(By my count, I have two more DQs coming, but I think others have outstanding DQs as well. My recommendation, if we continue to pursue instruments, would be to try keyboards and then either drums or reeds. Bass players don’t tend to get as famous… )
This is perhaps a little misleading. I think the greatest share of this musician’s acclaim comes to his guitar playing, but he’s no slouch as a singer or songwriter either.
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