Interview with Ian McDonald

To be an original – and very prominent in creative terms – member of two highly influential and perennially popular bands, quite different in their style, it takes some bravado… Only that’s not the word one would associate with Ian McDonald who, as trailblazing as his work with KING CRIMSON and FOREIGNER was, is humble enough to seem to disappear from time to time before emerging again with something so alluring that it’s impossible not to relish. This time it’s "Bad Old World" by HONEY WEST, a New York group McDonald became an integral part of. Deceptively simpler than Ian’s previous endeavors, the album is a great piece of work – and it turned into a a starting point of our conversation.

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December 18, 2017