“If he felt the bass parts while he was singing, it could only be a matter of time before it crept down from his head into his fingers”: How Boz Burrell saved King Crimson when Robert Fripp had lost hope

Bassist Boz Burrell (1946 - 2006).

In 1970 Robert Fripp was on the verge of quitting what was left of King Crimson. It looked like third album Lizard had been their last, until vocalist Boz Burrell was hired – and then, by a twist of fate, became their bassist too, as Prog explored in 2021.

Raymond ‘Boz’ Burrell had already made the front page of Melody Maker when he entered the world of King Crimson. The singer had been rumoured to be replacing Roger Daltrey in The Who while the band had been in temporary disarray in 1965.