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ROBERT FRIPP FROM KING CRIMSON TO GUITAR CRAFT by ERIC TAMM - 1990

by ERIC TAMM

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ROBERT FRIPP FROM KING CRIMSON TO GUITAR CRAFT by ERIC TAMM - 1990

ROBERT FRIPP FROM KING CRIMSON TO GUITAR CRAFT

by ERIC TAMM

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FABER AND FABER, 1990. SIGNED COPY. Good+.
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There have been few people with a serious musical background writing about "rock" music and even less who write about it interestingly enough I was unsure if I was gonna get this, but when I read it was by the same guy who wrote Brian Eno: His Music And The Vertical Color Of Sound - a longtime favorite of mine since college (!) I said "Shut up and take my money" I see other people on here mention that it is a bit dry - Eric Tamm writes about the music, not the musician (as he says in his introduction) You're not going to hear about how Fripp really wanted to get laid in Berlin when he worked with Bowie or other such ephemera You are going to read a lot about the music of King Crimson, Robert Fripp and Guitar Craft (the book stops in the early 90s; it's a shame that there couldn't be a second edition with the last 20 years) If there is anything of interest to cult of personality types, there's Robert Fripp's admitted "loss of ego" during the making of Red (something which Bill Bruford corroborates in a very amusing manner in his recent bio) and an in-depth glance at the philosophical teachings Fripp absorbed in his 'lost years' in the mid 70s - but those all relate to how the music was made (and Guitar Craft was built up) Tamm isn't an impartial observer He has some critiques when he deems them necessary Some I think are spot on (Belew's "tacked on" vocals to KC material) some fall a little flat (I like all the jarring sequencing Fripp likes to put on albums) - but it's always intelligent, informed, and worth considering The last 1/4 or so of the book are dedicated to Fripp's Guitar Craft stuff and there's some personal looks at that while Tamm attended an early week long seminar as well as an examination of the shortfalls of GC The book, as I wish all books about music would do, raises interesting questions on the nature of composition vs musical creations and other 'big ideas' at the end.


Note some minor damage - tear to book -see photos 4 and 5

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