ASIA"s John Wetton is candid w Eric Blair on his life in music 1997
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- This footage was just transferred to digital from 3/4 tape after 18 years of storage, So there is damage to sound and image also limitations in Editing and deleations may be present the camera work is irregular and lighting bad ,But this John Wetton interview still stands as a historic Prog Rock Document .
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I was fortunate enough to meet John Wetton during a record store album signing for the first Asia album. I had him sign my copy of Red. Funny enough, after signing he ended by putting a big dot on Robert Fripp’s face. A year later, around the time of Crimson’s Beat, I met Bill Bruford who signed my Red album. He signed his name, saw the dot the Wetton put on Fripp’s face, and proceeded to put a big dot on Wetton’s face. Came close to meeting Fripp, but it didn’t happen.
Great story.
As a bassist myself,John Wetton became a favorite immediately, such an incredibly talented musician and vocalist,I truly Love and miss him dearly.God Bless you John and Thank You for all the incredible music,with everyone youve played with.Love from F.T.
RIP John. We who truly know what talent is respect and miss you immensely.
JOHN WETTON this afternoon I felt a deep cut in my heart. You are not with us anymore. Well… all I have to say is THANK YOU. Your songs from Asia, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and other bands helped me confront the bleak life and the alienated teenage years in Brazil during the 70’s and 80’s. You made my life happier, shared my hardships and the good moments. Your songs also helped me shape into a person that I am today and I am very thankful for you. RIP from Brazil
I loved John when he was in UK.
Was just listening to “Don’t Cry” and stumbled upon this great interview. Thank you John RIP incredible voice.
Met John during his Asia days in NYC. So amazingly talented, articulate and a genuinely nice man. A hero of mine. RIP John.
Priceless interview... thank you Eric Blair for this and for letting John talk and for the great questions. One of the best voices ever known by mankind, a tremendous bass player and incredible musician. We miss you John Wetton, but your legacy will live on forever. A fan from Mexico
Sixty-seven is way too young, John. Thanks for the astonishing work you did.
it sure was
I still can't believe he's gone. He was so talented and real; there isn't anyone like him. His music will live on forever.
John an accomplished musician and a very humble human being RIP!
Watching this 3 days after John's death...such a humble, eloquent man. Loved California but came back to Bournemouth to die. So hard to connect his ease and humour in this piece with the fact he's not with us anymore. RIP x x
It is damn nice to see and hear an interviewer who knows his subject. It is an addition that he is a fan. And thank you TH-cam for being around to hold these memories. Reader......if you were not around pre-internet, you can't imagine how valuable TH-cam is to access the people and music you like.
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Imagine having this resource when we were kids. Incredible. On the flip side, I couldn’t imagine living my childhood with my face buried in my phone like kids today.
That is sad that he's gone...The first time I heard ' Heat of the moment 'was back I in Hungary In 1983..I loved it right away...I still can't believe that they told him that he was to old at age 30!!!
Really nice interview, I loved where you asked just enough questions and then let John tell the story without being rushed. Wonderful.
Mike Stone was my friend. He was a great producer and a lovely human being
Gone but never forgotten
(RIP)
Cool!
Sad he (too) developed a bad drinking problem. He was fantastic. (regardless that Asia Alpha was a sloppy production job)
Really Wonderful interview, had me fascinated, intrigued, laughing and crying. R.I.P John Wetton; One of the True Greats
Huge Wetton fan since ‘74. Gone way too soon. Great interview!
I loved you John. Always human and amazingly gifted.
I'm watching this for the first time. What an experience! Imagine how poorer the world could've been without John's contribution. I'm also thrilled to find out about the importance of Kalodner in John's career. I wanna write so many things about him but there's no point really. Legend...
Excellent interview. Thanks for the upload. Was a big fan of Asia. Saw them at the Fox Theater in Stockton, California on May 24, 1982. Short set included Heat of the Moment. ‘Twas a good show,, but loud.
Don't Cry is my favorite Asia song. It's heartbreaking to listen to it, knowing he put so much into his work.
Still love him. What a loss, still two years afterwards. RIP!
I am from Brazil, 22 years old, and love John Wetton. My dad was very much into prog in the 1970s, but I discovered Wetton by myself, through Asia, and later, King Crimson. It´s very nice to see/hear such a long interview - he looks comfortable talking to you. Thanks for sharing it, Eric!!
John, RIP. Thanks for your major contributions to the soundtrack of Eric and my existence. Thanks for taking the time to sit down with Eric and me and sharing your candid thoughts in 1997. "This night wounds time."
Great interview, Wetton took compliments and answered questions with class and honesty.
THANKS SHAWN !!! YOU ROCK!!!
Wow! Another brilliant musician has passed. I am going to listen to my collection of Family tracks all day... R.I.P. John.
A fantastic interview you did here..I was locked in the whole time listening to it…👍
A wonderful document of a great and influential musician...
Thank you for posting this John Wetton was a great bassist and singer and appeared to be a very friendly and open person...a good man. R.I.P. John
I was always kind of fascinated that John Wetton and Greg Lake had very similar sounding voice both played bass equally great and were both in King Crimson and both passed away so close together, first Greg in Dec 2016 then John Jan 2017, I saw UK and Asia back in the day both bands put on great shows and memorable to this day. There's great videos of John in King Crimson playing the song "Lament" "Easy Money" and "Larks Tongues In Aspic Part1 & 2" ...pretty amazing video quality too and sounds GREAT
Thanks for considering southern Cal (L.A.)as home. We love you More!!John. You passed I know, and I'm still thinking of you musically and , you are the best guy that influenced me and my friend(s). Bill Brueford is my favorite drummer percussionist writer! as well!, and you are the best writer and Voice and Bass..
What a fantastic interview….the connection the both of them had really made John comfortable…
Wow, John Wetton is a really fair dinkum bloke. I had no idea he's done so much in the music industry. Knew about UK, and Asia of course, and his solo stuff, but not his other work. Brilliant. And he's spot on with his appraisal of the Asia albums he was a part of, as you'd expect. Incredible records, all three of them.
Eric, you're an outstanding interview host. Knowledgeable, thoughtful, respectful, and an infectious enthusiasm. Best Wetton interview I've seen. Subbed; I'll definitely recommend your channel to others. Cheers!
THANKS JazzRockFuzion for all the encouragement !!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!
Gran músico 👍🏻 Me encantan los álbumes de U.K. excelentes!! Te extrañamos J. Wetton 🙏🏻🙏🏻
John Whetton, 5 years ago I got a copy of 'Watcher' with you singing. It's how I tested car stereos and never saw you. Not long ago, I saw you doing 'Firth' and was surprised you played bass. (I know this sounds dumb.) And yesterday, I was turned on to 'Starless' which I've heard in several versions now. U.K. reunion is the best. But now you are...my idol. I thought at 60, I'd be over that. Thank you sir.
sorry for the spelling of Wetton.
Great to hear Wetton talking about KC, UK and Asia. Great interview.
Excellent interview btw. I have admired John Wetton since becoming a King Crimson fan when I was 14 years old hearing Larks Tongues in Aspic. I saw UK opening Tull in the early 80s with Terry Bozzio and they were amazing. I can't say I was much into Asia but felt that JW certainly deserved huge success and had some huge hits. His voice and bass playing was superlative and of the very best in rock. RIP
Great interview. Big Wetton fan here. Sure would love to hear his demos of the Caught In The Crossfire LP with him playing all the instruments!
Just heard about John Wetton passing, i pretty much have all of John work from King Crimson to Asia UK and so much more, very sad the best voice in progressive music.
I love John..Been following his bass techniques for years
R.I.P. John Wetton.
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God Bless your soul John Wetton!! RIP!! Thank U so much for so much beautiful music!
a nice interview. you can find more about this outstanding bassist, singer and composer in his twitter account hoping we will see him back
on stage after his hard struggle with cáncer 😄😄😄
R.I.P. Thanks for everything xx
Such a humble, talented guy. Still in shock.
Fantastic interview. Thanks so much for posting.
Go is the song that got me into Asia!
Fantastic. Thank you, Eric. Without efforts like yours during this period, we'd have a vacuum during this period of history for artists like John. And now that you've transferred it, it's as though interviews this natural and conversational (like we might hear on podcasts now) were readily accessible in 1997 which, of course , was not the case then. As we know, an interview of any sort at all was not something you'd easily come across in 1997 for an artist like this... much less an interview this natural. So, your efforts were/are so important.
Thanks Steve ,The John Wetton interview was important to me after my 1st interview with Dio I was determined to talk to the heros of my youth and it happened and now it's history . I just would have liked to have had a higher quality production ,But at the time I was working with no budget Just Faulty Public Access Cable Equipment . Thanks again Steve You Rock !!!
Love it! Giving it a 3rd watch as your reply popped up. Speaking of pop, Mr. Wetton's blue shirt color is poppin' nicely. It seems to defy any CCD technology.
Thanks for this video - RIP John, you will be missed.
Great interview style -John looked relaxed here and happy to talk
great voice ,,great bass and what a resume'...thanky
Thanks for putting this up. Good stuff. Nice to hear these stories in detail from "The Man" himself.
I love John Wetton!!! Are you kidding me! Thank you so much!
I've loved John's music and musicianship for many many moons.. I've also never seen this interview until now.. The guy mentions one of John's reasons for heading to California might be the woman.. One in particular be Joni Mitchell. Today I love John even more! Joni I have loved for many many moons as well. John❤ & Joni❤
Thank you for all the amazing music through the years. Travel well, John.
With these images you keep to cry in your sleep ........ TONIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ty Jon RIP
R.I.P. John Wetton!
The first that that I have heard about John Wetton was when he was in the band U.K. and I guess that he had a few stints with King Crimson and then he went and formed Asia which was a really good band too!
God bless you John. You'll be perpetually missed...........
This is fantastic, he played in Roxy Music too
Fantastic retrospective.... thankyou...for being keen on subject matter
great man great life, great music, no one can ask for more, thank you mr.Wetton
Rest in peace the Great John Wetton, loved his work with ASIA, truly enjoy most of ASIA's songs.
So good.. thanks!
H JOHN WETTON fans please Subscribe to my show if you like the interview THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT !!!!!Sincerely ERIC BLAIR
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THANKS FSM !!!
blairingoutshow Lovely man, John Wetton is. I wonder how he's doing healthwise? I hear he's still fighting cancer.
Thank you for posting this.
blairingoutshow cheers eric great stuff never deen this before
Awesome interview. ..
Great insight to a great musician⚡️
Love john Wetton, saw Asia at Half Time Orange in Leicester decades ago,, lovely guy
Great interview!
Honest and good. Wetton is the king.
I will always think of John Wetton as THE bass player for King Crimson. The 3 studio albums and the live one are my favorite KC records with maybe the exception of "In the Court of the Crimson King". RIP John.
Dear John , great compagnon of all these years, rest in peace.
King Crimson, USA, LIVE 1973. and Red, amazing.
Delightful!
big wetton fan here! great interview too! But I think Greg Lake did a great job on Asia in Asia!
I totally agree and feel that Greg Lake was the perfect choice for a temporary replacement. The two had a similar timber to their voices. Strange to have lost two talented musicians a month or so apart.
Umm Greg couldn't sing the songs. *Literally* .
Shouldn't say that (That he did "a great job") just because you like him. ... It's disrespectful to Wetton.
He really did there was a few tracks that he really made his own. Open your eyes the smile has left your eyes here comes the feeling.
@@analystzorncasteel3047 yeah, I saw a show with him and he was weak !
@@Cinemagoer_64 His vocal on Smile has Left Your Eyes was absolutely pathetic. And you don't get the point - You can't go make these songs "your own". They're special because of the way Wetton sings them.
Nice to see an interview where the interviewer clearly knows his shit. John Wetton … one of the best!
Interesting statement by JW regarding the 'Astra' album and it's qualitative superiority to the precedeing efforts - couldn't agree more
Ironically, a couple of years later the original line up of Asia would reunite! :)
I wished he had had some things to say about his brief stint with Wishbone Ash...would have loved to have heard his thoughts on working with Andy and Laurie. I was not an Asia fan but cut my teeth on King Crimson and Roxy....and loved UK and Quango.
RIP John Wetton.
He was awesome RIP
MUCH THANKS JOHN luv don the independent roadie.
Such a gentleman. rest in peace
God rest your soul wonderful soul
Such a charming guy!
Interesting, so talented. Odd the way the vid keeps cutting to an unflattering black & white clip of John on stage 🤔
Could have chosen a better clip or clips
John and greg lake had the best vocals period! ,i saw uk open for tull. Funny he mentions it here.
I wonder if he ever thought at the time of this interview that he would be with Steve again and rebooting Asia in what was about 10 yrs into the future?
Now the angels get to here him sing lucky angels
I saw him playing with Uriah Heep and I have been a fan since. I heard he had played with King Crimson and then he came out with UK album. I have been a devoted fan since.
Wow, this was an awesome in depth interview with John. Loved how candid John was....Thanks so much for posting this!!....What is the year here please?
1997, I think it says here.
It’s so cool that John was a Beach Boys fan
Man, what a cool guy and badass.
Alpha album of ASIA was the greatest album they made that is why all asia new materials nowadays had the shadow of the sound from that album.
Alpha (1983) was a very good album (although a bit muddy in the production, tho). Surely you're not saying their self-titled debut (1982) was not as good. Because their debut was amazing (and excellently produced, btw). Also was a humungous multiplatinum seller.
Nice question about Rock N Roll Dream ! With These Images You Keep You Cry in Your Sleep Tonight ......................
Fine work. You can see John is so desperate to say "Yes" to the King Crimson question, but (understandably) cannot quite bring himself to.
So, (Eric asked some incredible questions) - It occurs to me {on Alpha} the *record company* picked John and Geoff to write the songs ... Yet Howe hated JOHN, for it. And nooobody at the time (Brian Lane) said anything, or did anything about it.
Thanks Zorn !!But my name is not Matt it's Eric
- Whoops ... My ctrl c (paste) accidentally locked in - which had his name, in it. Corrected 👍.
THANKS ZORN YOU ROCK
... They should *not* have got him out, for 'Asia In Asia'. At least he had the band back together, and made four new albums, before he got sick ... And the outcome that followed.
You asked him questions others never had the `stones` to. ... But you put them over in a way that you were like on his side.
Sadly Missed Mr. Wetton.
I've seen every band in concert from Led Zeppelin to Dread Zeppelin but never saw King Crimson although I did see Bruford, Fripp, Levin & Belew
calling themselves that. Crim's best era featured Wetton, he recorded Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black & Red and was on many
live recordings, some that came out a quarter of a century later.
Obscure reference, but Wetton totally would've loved Beyond the Valley of the Dolls! Wonder if he ever checked it out.
29:10 "Hold Me Now" Blair: "Being in love with somebody but it's not working out but yet you just want to hang on to them because you're so in love". Wetton : "But it's about my mother". LOFL !
Family I heard, but I didnt recognize his playing until..Roxy Music..or was it King Crimson..Family had a good singer.
Love wetton, aside from Anderson , the most unique and powerful voice of prog