Greg Lake, pioneer of progressive rock music, dies at 69 (King Crimson; Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Greg Lake, a pioneer of the popular music genre known as progressive rock, died December 7 in London at age 69. A post on his Facebook page by his manager said Lake had lost “a long and stubborn battle with cancer.”
Greg Lake was a founder, along with schoolmate Robert Fripp, of the British band King Crimson in 1968 and later the 1970s’ supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) with keyboardist Keith Emerson—who committed suicide last March—and drummer Carl Palmer.
While Lake is known for his alternately sensitive and full-throated lead vocals, he was also an accomplished acoustic, lead electric and bass guitar player. He was a producer, writer and lyricist and was responsible for several popular hits with ELP. Among the more memorable of Lake’s ELP songs are “Lucky Man” (1970), “From the Beginning” (1972), “Still … You Turn Me On” (1973) and “C’est la Vie” (1977).
Gregory Stuart Lake was born November 10, 1947 in the coastal town of Poole in Dorset, England. He described his upbringing as “very poor,” living in a prefab asbestos home built in response to the post-war housing crisis. He began playing guitar at age 12 and was encouraged by his mother to explore popular and classical music.
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