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Peter Sinfield, Surrealist Lyricist for King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dies at 80
Peter Sinfield, a versatile lyricist who cofounded prog-rock icons King Crimson and contributed to songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Cher, has died.
Peter Sinfield, the colorfully surreal British poet and lyricist who co-founded King Crimson with guitarist-composer Robert Fripp and went on to contribute lyrics to songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Celine Dion and Cher, died Thursday in London. As a producer, Sinfield was most notably behind the boards (and manned the Mellotron) for the self-titled debut album by pioneering avant-glam rockers Roxy Music and its first single, “Virginia Plain.” In 1973, Sinfield also recorded one of prog rock’s finest lost albums, his solo effort, “Still,” where the lyricist sang, played twelve-string guitar and synthesizer, and even designed its cover. During the 1980s and ‘90s, Sinfield continued his solo career, released a book of his lyrics and poems, “Under the Sky,” left England for Ibiza, and narrated an album by Brian Eno and Robert Sheckley, “In a Land of Clear Colours.” Along with the aforementioned tracks for Cher, Dion and Fältskog, Sinfield also wrote lyrics for other pop artists such as Leo Sayer and Bucks Fizz.
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