Richard Palmer-James
born on 11/6/1947 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Richard Palmer-James
Richard Jeffrey Charles Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947, in Bournemouth, England) is an English musician, best known for having written lyrics to several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s.[1]
Palmer-James got his start in the music business playing in various Bournemouth bands: The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man, all of which also included John Wetton on bass and vocals. He was a founding member of Supertramp; he played guitar and vocals and wrote the lyrics for their self-titled debut album[2] under the name Richard Palmer and co-wrote the lyrics of the song "Goldrush," a song written during his days in the band and finally recorded on their 2002 album Slow Motion.
Palmer wrote lyrics for three of King Crimson's albums: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and Red. He did not participate in any of King Crimson's recordings, but worked with John Wetton and David Cross after Robert Fripp disbanded the group in 1974.
Palmer has lived in Munich since the early 1970s. In 1978 he was visited by John Wetton and W.J. Hutcheson, who were his bandmates in Tetrad, and they recorded an album with the German drummer Curt Cress in 10 days called Jack-Knife performing songs from the early days.
In 1997 he released a CD with former bandmate John Wetton under the title Monkey Business,[3] a compilation of unreleased material including some songs that were recorded for the first time in studio, like a King Crimson tune called "Doctor Diamond".
Today he makes his living mainly as a lyricist and keeps playing guitar in bars.
References
- King Crimson. MTV. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
- Interview with Richard Palmer-James in Calamity, Elephant Talk.
- Wetton left high and dry as Crimson pirate scuttled The bass and vocals star tells Simon Evans he's still baffled., Birmingham Post, 1999-04-12, p. 13. URL accessed on 2010-07-25.
External links
King Crimson |
Robert Fripp | Adrian Belew | Tony Levin | Pat Mastelotto
Former members | Guest musicians |
Original studio albums |
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In the Court of the Crimson King | In the Wake of Poseidon | Lizard | Islands | Larks' Tongues in Aspic | Starless and Bible Black | Red | Discipline | Beat | Three of a Perfect Pair | THRAK | The ConstruKction of Light | The Power to Believe |
Other records |
Cat Food/Groon | Atlantic Sampler | The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver | Epitaph/21st Century Schizoid Man | Matte Kudasai | Elephant Talk | Thela Hun Ginjeet | Heartbeat | Three of a Perfect Pair/Man With an Open Heart | Sleepless | VROOOM | Dinosaur | People | Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream | Level Five | Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With |
Live albums |
Earthbound | USA | The Great Deceiver | B'Boom: Live in Argentina | THRaKaTTaK | Epitaph | The Night Watch | Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal | Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live | Live in Mexico City | The ProjeKcts | The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts | The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club | Heavy ConstruKction | VROOOM VROOOM | Ladies of the Road | EleKtrik: Live in Japan | The Power To Believe Tour Box |
Compilations |
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson | The Compact King Crimson | Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson | Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson | Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson | The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974 | The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981-2003 |
Supertramp |
Rick Davies | Roger Hodgson | Bob Siebenberg | John Helliwell | Dougie Thomson
Richard Palmer |
Original studio albums |
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Supertramp | Indelibly Stamped | Crime of the Century | Crisis? What Crisis? | Even in the Quietest Moments | Breakfast in America | ...Famous Last Words... | Brother Where You Bound | Free As a Bird | Some Things Never Change | Slow Motion |
Other records |
Live albums |
Paris | Live '88 | It Was The Best Of Times | Is Everybody Listening? |
Compilations |
The Autobiography of Supertramp | Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology |
Side projects and guest appearances |
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