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Subject: Spirit - King Crimson connection???
From: MAinPsych@aol.com
Date: 2008-09-08
I just received a copy of Spirit's self-titled first album, the first time I've heard it since the '70's. I couldn't help but draw a comparison between their jazz-style improvisations (e.g., at the end of Straight Arrow) and the guitar style of Randy California to that of KC and Robert Fripp, particularly on 21st Century Schizoid Man. Additionally, I hear a lot of things in the instrumental, Elijah, that bring to mind post-Lizard KC. Could this American band have served as an "inspiration" to Fripp? I have never heard Giles, Giles, & Fripp, so I don't know if the similarity is 'coincidental' or if Fripp had heard the Spirit album and perhaps been influenced by it.
Comments?
Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA