Here in Liverpool for the Intl Beatles Festival, Earl Slick, Andy Newmark and I haven’t all played together since the 1980 Double Fantasy sessions! Biggest surprise: Earl and I accidentally somewhat coordinated our axe colors. (I’ve got my Coral Red MusicMan Cutlass, 2 strings flatwound, two roundwound – no frills! He brought his Dakota Red Nash guitar.)
One of the images from my Crimson Collection just cried out to be on a t-shirt! Shirt available at: https://bit.ly/3M4OAYb Prints available at: https://tonylevinprints.com #kingcrimson
New film coming, about King Crimson https://youtu.be/Kg3osMG5yK4
Just a note that Stick Men has been writing and recording new material for the last few months, and we’re gearing up to bounce back… I should say Spring back, since our U.S. Canada tour is booked for April. Check my website for dates.
Just when you think things couldn’t get much more special… The Stick Men show in Liverpool, NY was great, then afterward a young artist give me her drawing of the band with the spirit of John Wetton hovering over it. Pretty special, I’d say.
Just when you think things couldn’t get much more special… The Stick Men show in Liverpool, NY was great, then afterward a young artist give me her drawing of the band with the spirit of John Wetton hovering over it. Pretty special, I’d say.
Please join me for a special event with the Rochester Music Hall of Fame where I’ll be a guest for their Books Backstage series on Saturday, January 29th. I’ll be there to discuss and explore my latest book “Images from a Life on the Road” as well as showcasing some of my limited-edition photogravure #KingCrimson prints including this one from 1982. Tickets for this event are available now at: https://bit.ly/3qNjSKf
We’ve wrapped up the StickMen U.S. tour and I’ll be posting some pics from it. But first, of interest to Crimson fans, here’s a gift I received from artist Steve Guzelis… “CRIMSONLAND” #kingcrimson
Special thank you to Anthony Garone with Make Weird Music for this fantastic video on my limited edition King Crimson fine art prints boxset. These prints feature some of my favorite #KingCrimson photos that I’ve taken over the years. Order at: https://tonylevinprints.com
Gearing up for our Levin Brothers tour next week. Hope you can make it to a show. JUNE 15, WED – Marlboro, NY (Live at The Falcon) JUNE 16, TJU – Piermont, NY (The Turning Point) JUNE 17, FRI – Natick, MA (The Center For Arts Natick) JUNE 18, SAT – Broad Brook, CT (Broad Brook Opera House) JUNE 19, SUN – Hudson Falls, NY (Strand Theater) JUNE 21, TUE – Stanhope, NJ (The Stanhope House) JUNE 22, WED – Lewes, DE (The Room at the Cedar Grove) JUNE 23, THU – Kennett Square, PA (Kennett Flash)
I’m teaming up with Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter when Stick Men hit the road in October. More dates to follow in 2023. OCT 4, TUE – Burlington, VT (Nectar’s) OCT 5, WED – Amherst, MA (The Drake) OCT 6, THU – Ardmore, PA (Ardmore Music Hall) OCT 8, SAT – Rahway, NJ (ProgStock Festival) OCT 9, SUN – Hudson Falls, NY (The Strand Theater) OCT 10, MON – Boston, MA (City Winery) OCT 11, TUE – Woodstock, NY (Bearsville Theater) OCT 12, WED – Hamden, CT (Space Ballroom) OCT 16, SUN – Guadalajara, Mexico (C3 Stage) OCT 18, TUE – Mexico City, Mexico (Auditorio BB)
Stick Men will be back on the Western side of the USA, including the first show of the tour in Vancouver, Canada, in February and March 2023. Tentacles 2023 Tour. Several shows are already on sale, some others will be on sale next month. FEB 03, FRI – Vancouver, BC, Canada (Rickshaw Theater) FEB 04, SAT – Eastsound, WA (Orcas Center) FEB 05, SUN – Seattle, WA (The Historic Everett Theater) FEB 07, TUE – Portland, OR (Alberta Abbey) FEB 08, WED – Eugene, OR (WOW Hall) FEB 09, THU – Redding, CA (The Dip) FEB 10, FRI – Arcata, CA (Arcata Playhouse) FEB 11, SAT – San Francisco, CA (venue TBA) FEB 12, SUN – Mill Valley, CA (Sweetwater Music Hall) FEB 14, TUE – San Jose, CA (The Ritz) FEB 15, WED – Fresno, CA (The Painted Table) FEB 16, THU – Stockton, CA (The Haggin Museum) FEB 18, SAT – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato) FEB 19, SUN – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato) FEB 20, MON – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato) FEB 22, WED – Costa Mesa, CA (Wayfarer) FEB 23, THU – San Diego, CA (The Grand Escondido) FEB 24, FRI – Phoenix, AZ (Rhythm Room) FEB 26, SUN – city and venue TBC FEB 28, TUE – Denver, CO (Buffalo Rose) MAR 01, WED – Palmer Lake, CO (Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts) MAR 03, FRI – McKinney, TX (Guitar Sanctuary) MAR 04, SAT – Woodlands, TX (Dosey Doe) MAR 05, SUN – Austin, TX (Parish) (Photo by Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic)
We’ve just hit the road with Stick Men, and last night’s Rochester show was great. But the day before was a sad goodbye to an old friend – Robert Frazza’s silver van that we’ve travelled in for countless East Coast tours, and two or three trips around the whole country. Truthfully, it’s not the first time we said goodbye to it, thinking it had finally died… but now it’s clearly got too many issues to get us through this tour. The van was mentioned in the song “Prog Noir”… “we’ve sailed that silver road so long” and, on the Crimson Projekct tour around the U.S, I spent much of it in the back seat working on a quilt (yes!) that, had I finished it, would to show the silver van meandering along a winding road. (Yes, as you’d guess, quilting in a bouncy van presents some challenges.) Then, there were the years it had an unstoppable seatbelt warning, with beeping, that came on many times a day. It got so we could sing along, in harmony with, I think, the 42 beeps. It’s a bittersweet goodbye, and it’s a rental van for this tour.
The Bucket List is being rereleased with live bonus tracks by Trey Gunn’s label Third Star Records. This album is the collective effort of guitar extraordinaire Phil Keaggy, Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta featuring 12 original instrumentals that showcase the strengths of these three musicians. The 2022 rerelease includes 3 bonus live tracks recorded from the very first time the three musicians ever played together. Bonus tracks recorded live the Calvary Temple in Wayne, New Jersey on January 12, 2007. Preorder today Available March 18, 2022 https://keaggylevinmarotta.bandcamp.com/album/the-bucket-list-bonus-tracks
The vagaries of the road: Stick Men yesterday morning in Syracuse, facing snow, sleet, 34 degrees and a long drive. Then today, day off in Kingston, 60 degrees, enjoying the sun in my cigar/haiku spot.
The vagaries of the road: Stick Men yesterday morning in Syracuse, facing snow, sleet, 34 degrees and a long drive. Then today, day off in Kingston, 60 degrees, enjoying the sun in my cigar/haiku spot.
Instead of an unboxing video, how about the opposite? Here’s my King Crimson fine art prints being housed in their boxset and getting ready to ship later next week. Order at: tonylevinprints.com
Folks asked for more from the BeatlesWeek Festival – here’s my road diary from Liverpool. https://tonylevin.com/road-diaries/week-in-liverpool
Here with Stick Men in Mexico City, received a wonderful gift from artist Lourdes Botello
Some of my favorite King Crimson photos that I’ve taken through the years are being released as archival quality prints, signed and numbered. Here’s a look at one of those prints featuring Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew. Available for preorder at: tonylevinprints.com
The new Stick Men release, “Tentacles”, is out now on Bandcamp. https://stickmen-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/tentacles
By the way, that quilt of the silver van I mentioned the other day… I found a pic of the design of it. Now to find the pieces and finish it!
