R.I.P. - Ian Wallace
Drummer Ian Wallace died recently. He lost his battle with esophageal cancer on Thursday, February 22. He was 60 years old. Ian was born on September 26, 1946 in England. Ian was a former member of King Crimson and a very successful session drummer. As a session musician, he played drums for Bob Dylan (Street Legal and At Budokan albums), Alexis Korner, Ry Cooder, Don Henley, David Lindley, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Jackson Browne, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Eric Clapton, Ron Wood, Jon Anderson, Crosby Stills and Nash, Brian Eno, Larry Coryell, Peter Frampton, John Fogerty, Dave Mason, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Steve Marriott, Al Kooper, Glenn Frey, Tim Buckley, Lonnie Mack, Billy Joel, Otis Spann, Sting, Steve Winwood, Bob Seger, Jimmy Buffett, Jo-El Sonnier, Procol Harum, Alvin Lee, Robben Ford, Linda Ronstadt, Boz Scaggs and Warren Zevon. In 2003, Ian joined the 21st Century Schizoid Band, a group featuring former members of King Crimson, and formed the Crimson Jazz Trio. He was also part of the groups Fission Trip and the Wallace / Trainor Conspiracy. His lone solo album was Happiness With Minimal Side Effects.
But, it was his tenure as a member of King Crimson that Ian is probably best known for. Ian was King Crimson's third drummer, replacing Andy McCulloch in early 1971. Ian remained with King Crimson until the spring of 1972. During that time, King Crimson released the studio album Islands and the live album Earthbound. This lineup featured King Crimson mainstay Robert Fripp (guitar and keyboards), Ian Wallace (drums), Boz (Burrell) (bass and lead vocals), Mel Collins (saxophones, flutes, keyboards) and Peter Sinfield. This edition of the band toured extensively and has been documented on a number of live albums from the King Crimson archives. Unfortunately, Ian is the second former member of this lineup of King Crimson to recently pass away. Boz Burrell, who was also the longtime bassist in Bad Company, died just five months before Ian on September 21, 2006. Boz was also 60 years old.
Darren DeVivo
3/4/07
posted by The folks at WFUV @ 12:36 PM
1 Comments:
Ian was one of the nicest, truest, and most loving people I have ever known. The world is surely a much better place for his having walked among us, and not just musically. Once you met Ian, you were his friend. Not an acquaintance, not a fan . . . a friend. And one hell of a drummer on top of that, and always supportive of anyone who asked his advice about playing, recording, music in general . . . a number of years ago there developed a thread on an online guesbook about "who's the greatest drummer." Ian jumped in with characteristic wit and said "What’s all this rubbish on the Jestbook about the world’s greatest drummers? They’re all good, now shut up." What a lovely man, who will be missed by so many people.
R.I.P. Ian.
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