{"id":33382,"date":"2020-05-08T18:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=33382"},"modified":"2020-06-04T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:29:11","slug":"ve-day-75-toyah-robert-fripp-vs-king-crimson-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/ve-day-75-toyah-robert-fripp-vs-king-crimson-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"VE Day 75: Toyah & Robert Fripp Vs King Crimson – Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toyah and Robert Fripp paying tribute, via a moving performance of David Bowie’s Heroes<\/em>, on VE Day 75, to all those who gave so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Backing track: King Crimson Live In Berlin on September 12th. 2016.<\/p>\n

Personnel: Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey, Pat Mastelotto, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk & Robert Fripp. Fairy dustings provided by Bill Rieflin.<\/p>\n

Recorded and mixed by Chris Porter. Produced by Chris Porter with Robert Fripp & David Singleton. Used by permission.<\/p>\n

Vocal track & video: Toyah Willcox, at home in the kitchen, Middle England; May 5th. 2020 on iPhone. Vocal & backing track mix: Jakko Jakszyk.<\/p>\n

The guitar used in the video is RF\u2019s Les Paul serial no. 9-1986; used on all KC albums 1969-74; and on the Heroes session in Berlin with David Bowie, Tony Visconti & Brian Eno at the Hansa Studios, July 1977.<\/p>\n

The two VE Day Heroes being celebrated within the Fripp and Willcox families:<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill<\/strong>, aka RAF Flight Sergeant Alfie Fripp https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfie_Fripp<\/strong><\/a>, who helped in planning The Great Escape.<\/p>\n

Beric Willcox<\/strong> of the Royal Navy, based in Alexandria, who guarded convoys in the Mediterranean https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Watch\/Listen at You Tube<\/strong><\/a>. Continue reading at DGM Live<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Toyah and Robert Fripp paying tribute, via a moving performance of David Bowie’s Heroes, on VE Day 75, to all those who gave so much. Backing track: King Crimson Live In Berlin on September 12th. 2016. Personnel: Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey, Pat Mastelotto, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk & Robert Fripp. Fairy dustings provided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,8],"tags":[2424,2477,2454,2421,2422],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33382"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33397,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382\/revisions\/33397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}