“When the band played, we sold out to 14,000 people a night. If I play, I’m not sure 14 people will turn up”: He's fought off a crisis of confidence, but the frontman of one of prog’s greatest groups still doesn’t know who he is

Jakko Jakzsyk.

On his latest solo album Jakko M Jakszyk has embarked on a very personal journey after a period of self-doubt. Son Of Glen is a companion piece of sorts to his acclaimed memoir on which he explores themes of identity and family bonds. He discussed “the proggiest thing” he’s ever done, and what the future might hold for King Crimson.

The cover of Jakko Jakszyk’s new album, Son Of Glen, is a photo of him and his sometime musical partner Louise Patricia Crane sitting at opposite ends of a plush banquette in a Belfast bar named The Spaniard.