King Crimson - One Time (Live At The Warfield Theatre, 1995)

Visit Bill’s online store for exclusive and signed items: I love the dark, sad mood of this, one of my favourite tracks from the Thrak album from King Crimson. The meter of the piece is subtly ambiguous; there is something funky going on. Is it a slow 3/4, or 6/4, or 12/8? I don’t know, and I never asked Pat Mastelotto, who plays kit drums on this. Not even sure that the singer is feeling it in the same meter as Pat. My immediate instinct was to construe this as a group problem, and try to understand what was going on. Happily, I overcame that instinct for fear we might destroy the vibe by ‘cleaning it’ up. We never discussed it internally; I just played light percussion to what I heard. On a different note, a guy at a recent party became very insistent that I should supply him with a list of my ‘favourite’ drummers. I’m often asked for this. My mind went blank. I’m not one for lists of names; they tell you very little. Anyway, favourite for doing what? Gene Krupa, Ri