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Wetton/Downes (sometimes stylised as Wetton-Downes or Wetton & Downes, though the album is given no official title) is the first album released by Asia member Geoff Downes and former Asia member John Wetton, and is a precursor to their Icon series.
Feb 24, 2023 · Talking in the same Prog article some eight years before cancer claimed his life, John Wetton was unrepentant. “Prog rock was still deep inside the four of us, but with Asia we sliced away the fat,” he insisted. “We took our 12-minute songs and cut away the 10 minutes of noodling.
- Dave Ling
Icon is a studio album recorded and released by Asia band members John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes in 2005. It is the first in the Icon series (though they previously released the album Wetton Downes in 2002, a collection of demos from the 1980s). Icon was followed by the albums Icon II: Rubicon in 2006 and Icon 3 in 2009.
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Wetton was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset, where he attended Bournemouth School. His elder brother Robert was a classical organist and choirmaster, and while practising organ would have John play the bass parts on a piano, since their home organ did not have a pedalboard. Wetton recalled that during these practic...
Wetton died in his sleep from complications of colorectal cancer at the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch, Dorset, on 31 January 2017, at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Lisa, son Dylan, brother Robert and mother Margaret (Peggy). Geoff Downes stated: Billy Sherwood, who was Wetton's producer, co-songwriter and co-p...
Artists who have cited Wetton as an influence, or have expressed their admiration for him, include Billy Sheehan, Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta and Racer X, Michael Sweet of Stryper, Ron Anderson, and Joseph D. Rowland of Pallbearer. Following Wetton's death, Eric Claptonpublished a short instrumental tribute entitled, "For John W."
Live albums
Compilations 1. King's Road, 1972–1980 (1987) E'G/Virgin Records 2. Anthology(2001) NMC 3. ...Caught in the Crossfire... (2002) Digimode Entertainment UK. Not to be confused with Wetton's 1980 first solo album. 17 tracks from various Wetton projects including Wetton/Manzanera (1987) and Battle Lines(1994). 4. The Studio Recordings Anthology(2015)
Session Work
With Gordon Haskell 1. It Is and It Isn't(1971) Wetton plays organ, bass, keyboards, vocals, gut string guitar & vocal harmony. With Larry Norman 1. Only Visiting This Planet(1972) With Malcolm and Alwyn 1. Fool's Wisdom(1973) With Peter Banks 1. Two Sides of Peter Banks(1973): plays bass on track 5 ("Knights") with album covers crediting John Whetton With Brian Eno 1. Here Come the Warm Jets(September 1973): Wetton plays bass on track 3 ("Baby's on Fire") and track 5 ("Driving Me Backwards")...
Writing
With David Cassidy 1. David Cassidy(1990)
John Wetton's credits on different albums at Discogs.comAug 3, 2023 · On the 30th anniversary of Asia’s groundbreaking debut album, late frontman John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes told Prog about the struggle to maintain their vision and the pressure that came with the LP’s unexpected success in 1982.
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Mar 20, 2017 · Here’s how it works. Geoff Downes remembers his late friend John Wetton. For Geoff Downes, the loss of John Wetton goes beyond their professional relationship. “We were very close for so long, and so his death is a big blow for me.
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