Tribute to Ian McDonald - King Crimson - from Phil Aston Now Spinning Magazine

[@davidbagnall335]

Great Video! Ian McDonald also plays on a well recorded CD with a recomendable - Set List recorded in the 70s and 80s. The cover most people would overlook!! It could be up there as a must for any 70s Rocker! You probably have it "Foreigner classic Hits Live" is the name of this wonderful live CD. Tracks go up to 4 (Album 4) I would give it a 10!!! CD may have come out in 93 and the live long performances are from 70s and 80s Foreigner Shows...

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

all our friends gone . RIP ian......sad day !

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Very sad, thank you

[@freddender6549]

Thanks for that for that lovely tribute Phil. Ian McDonald has always been a guy I can’t believe not everyone knows about

[@garystokes6149]

So sad to hear of Ian's passing. Thanks for the tribute, Phil. Also worthy of investigation is Ian's solo album 'Driver's Eyes' from 1999 which features, among others, John Wetton, Gary Brooker, Peter Frampton, Steve Hackett and Lou Gramm.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Gary, thank you for watching and making me aware of Drivers Eyes, I will have to check that out. Phil

[@backrowbrighton]

This is what makes the channel so special. Fine tribute. Ian was such a vital contributer to some of the seminal moments in rock. We shall get a chance to see him a final time in the upcoming King Crimson doc, 'In the Court of the Crimson King'.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Peter, thank you for watching and the tip-off about the new King Crimson documentary. I will certainly look out for that. Phil

[@tinostabile3256]

Hi Phil this is sad. Nice tribute. The man definitely left a major imprint on the rock map. Thank you for your great video

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Tino, thank you, i actually find these tribute videos difficult to do and worry about getting the tone right so your feedback is very useful. Another sad loss. Take care - Phil

[@davidmarshall5596]

Well done Phil on another 'tribute' to yet another musician sadly passed on.. he.would have been very proud of your video dedicated to his good self.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi David, that is very kind of you to say. I try and approach these as if the direct family might be watching.

[@Baz63]

Another thoughtful well presented video Phil. Highlighting that musicians have loved ones who will be suffering heartbreak is very kind. Embarrassingly i have had the Electric Warrior album since 1973 (and recently purchased the 45rpm version) and did not connect Ian McDonald as the same chap who worked with King Crimson...a senior moment.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Barrie, to do these tributes in the best way I can try and do them for the family and imagine they are watching. Phil

[@bobdarlington4634]

Sad that there seem to be so many of these needed over the past few months, but you do a wonderful job in all of them Phil, thank you so much.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Bob, thank you for your supportive words, I really appreciate your comment. Phil

[@clivesnowden4348]

Another lovingly thought-out tribute, Phil. Didn't realize Ian played on Electric Warrior. Will be giving that a spin this afternoon.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Clive, thank you for watching. I thought. It thought it would be good to mention some of his sessions as some might not have realised he was on that album. Phil

[@johngalt5411]

Sorry to hear Ian is no longer with us. Fortunately we have his legacy of music to remember him by.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi John, thank you for watching. Music is the healer and through it our musical heroes can live on to be discovered by a whole new generation of music fans. Phil

[@stephenbarrow3352]

Just checked my Hackett Tokyo Tapes album and yes he's on that along with John Wetton. RIP John and Ian

[@FuturePast2019]

Ian Richard McDonald died from colon cancer at his home in New York City on 9 February 2022, at the age of 75. A trailer for a King Crimson documentary was released a week before his death, where McDonald apologised to Fripp for leaving the band in 1969. 🤔 It seems to me that McDonald and Sinfield wrote all the songs for the first album in 1969, and also Cat Food.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Jack, thank you for watching and for the extra information - a sad loss - Phil

[@iang1]

Another really good tribute Phil, getting rather too many of them recently. Loved Ian McDonald's music. Who could envision he'd be a founder member of Foreigner?, I bought the album on release in Woolworths and as I read the back sleeve couldn't believe it was the same Ian McDonald who was in King Crimson...but it was, great musician

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Ian, thank you. I feel I have to steady myself in that I might be doing more of these in the future. Each one hits home as it makes us aware of our own mortality. Phil

[@iang1]

Without doubt Phil, I'm 62 but still feel young (most days!) but these bad news moments do remind me that life is moving on. However, the music is there forever!

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

We are the same age! I think being a music fan does keep you young at heart - Phil :)

[@kevinkivlin7137]

Not to be overlooked or minimized , Ian's solo album " Drivers Eyes" , very Foreigner like .

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Kevin, thank you for watching and for the recommendation. Phil

[@LauraKnotek]

Check out 'Bad Old World' by Honey West. It's a really good album and includes his son Maxwell on several tracks. It was released in 2017. I have the signed vinyl.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Laura, thank you for watching and your suggestion. I will have to check that out. Phil

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

hi phil, i have a 3 cd digipak "the many faces of king crimson" one is call giles, giles and fripp

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

That sounds like a great selection - Phil

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

@@NowSpinningMagazine i listening yesterday in "souvenir" of ian .

[@bobby666666]

I had the Hit Blooded album second hand. I wasn't keen on it apart from the title track. On the first album for King Crimson, the group was done as a Democracy and Ian played a very large part in the album. Shame Robert Fripp knocked KC on the head after Red. Ian was under the impression he would become part of the group. Sadly not. Gotta love the album he did with Michael Giles. If he had stayed with KC, the long piece they did would have featured on the second side of the second KC album. His passing is a huge loss in many ways.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Robert, thank you for watching and for your informative comment. Another sad loss. Phil

[@rolandpritchard1731]

The more I learn the less I know.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Roland, thank you for watching. That’s how I feel after starting this channel! Phil :)