RIP Greg Lake

[zeldabjr]

I just saw online that Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer has died at age 69...such an incredible talent...

[shunlvswx]

That's the second one from that group that died this year.

I don't know much about Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

[NightMistBlue]

No!! Horrible. Such a talented man. How awful.

[Delilah]

How sad. First Keith, now Greg.

I admit I had forgotten about ELP until I watched those video clips from the '74 California Jam (thanks to the Eagles!). I learned a while back that "Lucky Man" started off as a filler track, and no one thought much of it at first.

RIP.

[Jonny Come Lately]

Very sorry to hear about Greg's passing. Stewart Young has posted a heartfelt message on Greg's official website saying he died after a long battle with cancer.

http://www.greglake.com/

Although I don't own any ELP albums, I Believe In Father Christmas is one of my favourite Christmas tunes. I've played it a couple of times already this year.

RIP Greg.

[NightMistBlue]

"From the Beginning" is a beautiful song. I never got into ELP all that much, but became interested after seeing Carl Palmer and his young band in concert three years ago. Was amazed to learn that Greg played guitar and bass on the albums, as well as being the chief songwriter, singer *and* producer. Geez.