Setlist
Set One
Encore
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Setlist
Set One
Encore
Show Notes
After leaving the cheering crowds of Aylesbury behind them, Crimson’s entourage decamped to Stuttgart. It was the first time KC had been in town since 9th July 2003. While The ConstruKction Of Light, Level Five, and Red were on that setlist, the 2016 renditions feature significant changes. TCOL, with the Trey Gunn-penned Bass Part Of Considerable Doom, hurtles forth as an instrumental and sounds as if it were always intended to be this way. Level Five, as has been previously observed, feels like it’s been waiting around for this very incarnation to breathe infernal life into it. In both cases, it’s Mel Collins who brings his distinctive musicality to the pieces. Mel is at the forefront of Suitable Grounds For The Blues. A typical off-kilter Crimson view of things, Suitable Grounds For The Blues takes a dainty tiptoe between sparkling Beatlesy fills, sloping sax lines and thunderous Ladies Of The Road-style rock ‘n’rolling. Between the tumbling drums and lurching beat, Fripp and Collins barrel along with smart, concise soloing containing a smidge of humour.
