A lovely man. I met him backstage at an Asia gig some years ago and he didn't remember on which Uriah Heep albums he had played!
"Do they still tour? I wish them the best, we had a good time!" "Was I really on 'Return to Fantasy', not the other one, "Demons & Wizards"?" (I had complimented him for his walking bass lines on Return to Fantasy, the song.)
Saw him with Asia, Wetton/Downes and UK and always loved his voice though there is some truth to John Fertig's (a forum alumni) once comment "
Asia were thinking man's Air Supply".
Not that long ago I even dared to buy King Crimson's Red (I already had all the UK stuff) and - surprise, surprise - I actually liked it, didn't find it that hard a listen at all! Very menacing music, in a good way.
And now Lake followed so soon by Wetton - the man who replaced him once (and who was replaced in Asia by Lake for that televised Japan gig which wasn't their strongest hour), how ironic. And Trevor Bolder, who replaced Wetton in Heep and Wishbone Ash, left us too a few years ago. There must be some plan up there to create an orchestra full of overplaying bassists, let's not forget Squire and Bruce. Once my time is up, I want tickets!
Crucify me, this is indeed Air Supply'ish and almost all root note in eights on bass (a style he adopted very much with Asia), but I always loved that song.