Wonderful interview with Steve Hackett at Ultimate Classic Rock. Just one good quote below, but it’s worth reading the whole interview.
I’ve always had a strong love of Hackett’s art (well, at least since 1978 or so), but that appreciation has grown exponentially over the past several months. Can’t believe I’m finally listening to WOLFLIGHT. Had I done so before, it would’ve been a top three album of 2015 for me. So artistic.
I hate to admit it, but I avoided listening to this album simply because I thought the cover was cheesy. Now that I understand the album, the cover makes perfect sense. So much for not judging an album by its cover!
Yeah! I think the response to the whole Genesis Revisited idea was so strong, it really turned things around for me in every sense of the word. I still love the Genesis songs that we all wrote and crafted together, and I have been able to work with a wonderful band live for many years. The bass playing position, which is also a 12-string-playing position, had been somewhat flexible. So far, it’s been between Nick Beggs and Lee Pomeroy, both of whom are great players and lovely guys. So, sometimes it’s one, sometimes it’s the other. And it may be that this year I have to work with some other player live, because they’re much in-demand. I share Nick Beggs with Steven Wilson — so, some years, Steven gets the priority, and other years, I get the priority.
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NOT to take away ANYTHING from your review here Brad…………but I simply CANNOT get over,staring at the “cover” of this!!! When I FIRST SAW IT,it STRONGLY reminded me of a late 70’s “Neil-Peart” (minus via,the handlebar-mustchio of course!!!),yet the MORE I stared at it,that’s all I could SEE!!! Lol. Sorry,didn’t mean to interrupt your writing here,just wanted to add my two-cents. 🙂
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Ha! Definitely NOT the best cover in prog.
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Haha,Agreed Sir-Brad!!! Agreed!!! 🙂
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They made, with his band, a very very nice concert in Brussels this year. It was so amazing – and I also discover Nad Sylvan, as lead singer, what a voice.
So sorry Chris Squire died last year … a Squackett tour was in plan i think …
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Agreed! I have both of the GEN REVISITED II DVDS–love watching these guys play live. They are not only tight, but they really bring Genesis alive again.
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I love this album, and I think the artwork fits the music quite well. It is a little corny, but it is so utterly mysterious, like Hackett himself.
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I am a huge Hackett fan. I’ve had the great pleasure of seeing him live seven times, including the recent Acolyte to Wolflight tour. Hearing the title track, Wolflight, live was quite an experience. Hackett is like a fine wine, improving with age.
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