As a founder member of KING CRIMSON and EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, Greg has been a major creative force in music for over 40 years. In 2012 he embarked on a solo tour to perform "Songs of a Lifetime", a unique concert experience that was conceived whilst Greg was writing his autobiography. "From time to time during the writing these songs would crop up that were in some way crucial or extremely important in the development of my career" he explains. "These were not always songs that I had written myself, but sometimes songs that had been written and performed by other artists as well. I realised that they actually represented the journey that I had shared together with the audience over all these years."
Behind these songs there was often a story to be told and it occurred to me that the same must be true for the audience as well. It was then that I thought of the idea of doing a series of very small intimate concerts where I could perform these songs and exchange stories with the audience, in a way reliving the time when the music we shared together really became part of our identity and in a way became the backdrop to our lives, a sort of tapestry I suppose.
These recordings were taken from a selection of the shows performed on the tour". The album is a unique record of a unique live experience from one of the legendary figures in Rock music.
01 21st Century Schizoid Man 02 Lend Your Love To Me Tonight 03 Songs Of A Lifetime Tour Introduction 04 From The Beginning 05 Tribute To The King 06 Heartbreak Hotel 07 Epitaph / The Court Of The Crimson King 08 King Crimson Cover Story 09 I Talk To The Wind 10 Ringo And The Beatles 11 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 12 Touch And Go
13 Trilogy 14 Still...you Turn Me On 15 Reflections Of Paris 16 C'est La Vie 17 My Very First Guitar 18 Lucky Man 19 People Get Ready 20 Karn Evil 9 First Impression Part Two