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Originally Posted by CatmanAmerica
I'm still hyped from hearing King Crimson live last night, Here's a longer version of what I posted on my Facebook page...

Last night's King Crimson concert at the Will Roger's Center opened with the California Guitar Trio ...actually the California Guitar two-thirds with Tom Griesgraber filling-in for Hideyo Moriya who was unable to make this leg of the tour. CGT performed several complex pieces to rounds of applause finishing with a brilliant version of Echoes from Pink Floyd's Meddle played flawlessly with an array of difficult effects on amplified acoustic guitars.

Following CGT's performance there was a brief break and King Crimson took the stage with standing ovation before they ever started. That bar was met several times over the course of the evening and raised every time. King Crimson's set list for the night (the first set was followed by a 20 minute intermission):

-Set I

Drumzilla
Pictures of a City
Epitaph
Radical Action II
Level Five

-Set 2

The Court of the Crimson King
Red
One More Red Nightmare
Indiscipline
Starless

-encore
21st Century Schizoid Man

Excellent show, fairly rowdy Texas audience ...especially toward the end of the second set after a lot of alcohol had been consumed, the venue nearly sold-out in spite of Covid-variant concerns. The audience was more mixed age-wise than expected skewing slightly to older KC legacy fans.

Stand out performances of One More Red Nightmare, Starless and In the Court of the Crimson King although every number was solid. When included the center piece of any Crimson concert is an encore of 21st Century Schizoid Man. The version performed last night was searing in it's presentation, delivered with such profundity that it came across as a statement on the world we find ourselves in. Timeless piece and perfect show closer.

Here are several images Bob Wayne took at the close of the concert (we'd been provided great seats for the event, center section, row J):










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