![]() ![]() You can find McDonald highlights on all of this landmark album’s five tracks - the ferocious sax riffs in “21st Century Schizoid Man,” the sweet flute on “The Court of the Crimson King” - so just listen to the whole thing. It didn’t make the initial The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp album but was one of the bonus tracks on a 1992 reissue. McDonald spent time as an adjunct member of the King Crimson precursor Giles, Giles and Fripp and composed a piece called “Under the Sky,” for which he played flute and acoustic guitar and sang Pete Sinfield’s lyrics. Here are 10 moments everyone should hear to appreciate his work. McDonald, who also co-produced Foreigner’s first three multi-platinum albums, certainly produced a lot and leaves behind a potent musical legacy. That’s what I do, and that’s what I look for when I produce records.” I just apply myself to whatever situation I’m in and try to make things as musical as possible. ![]() “It’s not as if I’m someone learning a new trade or something like that. “People used to say, ‘How come you’re doing this rock n’ roll thing with Foreigner when you did all the prog rock things before?'” McDonald - who Foreigner founder Mick Jones referred to as “a musician’s musician” - told Billboard a few years back. John Fogerty Explains the 52-Year Wait for Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Royal Albert Hall' Show ![]()
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