# musician who hates spotlight...can anyone relate?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-who-hates-spotlight-can-anyone-relate/698443 "2014-09-14T00:54:13Z")\
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Don’t stand in the center when you’re performing. Stand to the side and back a bit. How many guys/instruments in your band?

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I saw a King Crimson concert about a decade back, and Robert Fripp just sat the whole way through the concert with his guitar, so it’s not unheard of.

He’s been doing that since 1969. When he toured as Peter Gabriel’s guitarist (using the alias “Dusty Rhodes”), he sat behind a curtain for most of the show.

In the 70s, though, he sometimes stood to play the mellotron. Go figure.

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