Jul 19 2023 95 mins
The English keyboardist, violinist and composer Eddie Jobson has a career that has touched nearly every corner of prog rock's strangely shaped universe. A prodigy who joined the band Curved Air at the age of 17, he went on to play with Roxy Music and Frank Zappa before becoming part of UK, prog's first "supergroup," in 1977, alongside bassist/vocalist John Wetton, drummer Bill Bruford (both ex-King Crimson) and guitarist Allan Holdsworth. UK burned briefly and brightly, and to lead us through the thrills of their self-titled debut and their follow-up "Danger Money" we're joined by NYC's favorite piano man, Joe McGinty, of Psychedelic Furs and Loser's Lounge fame.
On YouTube:
U.K.'s 1978 "Penn Landing" show https://youtu.be/12VFzCwub8M
U.K.'s debut-https://youtu.be/13Rhulc
Danger Money-https://youtu.be/nX7XrfR
Curved Air's "Metamorphosis" https://youtu.be/LzeWmEFa9e0
Roxy Music's "Out of the Blue" https://youtu.be/2bC5LnCYHk8
Eddie Jobson & Zinc, "Resident" https://youtu.be/A9dYe67my-Y
Eddie Jobson/Richie Havens, There's Something About A Train (Amtrak Ad) https://youtu.be/2bC5LnCYHk8
For more Joe McGinty, Check out “Summer Wine” by Alyson Greenfield and Joe McGinty