=-> Quoting MICHAEL DOYLE to MARTIN RIDGLEY:
 =-> re: Bill Bruford leaving Yes to play with King Crimson....
 MD> YEAH, that was a really large chance Bill took, wasn't it?   He was
 MD> the first dude to leave Yes of his own free will.
   As I understand it, he felt that he'd learned all he could (musically
 speaking) from Yes and felt that King Crimson and Robert Fripp in
 particular had a lot to offer him....
 MD> And I understand he was crushed when Fripp disbanded that particular
 MD> 70's Crimson, as Bill was SO into it.  Then Bill had major
 MD> reservations about joining the 80's Crimson only because he didn't
 MD> want to get his heart crushed again.  But nothing ventured,
 MD> nothing gained.
   Yup.  He apparently invited Robert Fripp over to his place for dinner
 and they had a long conversation in which Bruford expressed his
 reservations.  However, the prospect of working with Fripp again was 
 obviously irresistible to him for creative reasons, he accepted.  And
 he accepted again, in 1994 or '95 - whenever it was that Fripp once 
 again re-formed KC for the _Thrak_ album and tour.
 MD> What ever we might label Fripp, he is one hell of a creative
 MD> catalyst; a fantastic overall musician and band leader.
   Okay, if we can agree on that, you can say whatever else you like
 about Robert Fripp!     I'm personally not sure about the `band
 leader' part of it, but he certainly is a brilliant musician and
 obviously a great creative catalyst.
    Cheers,
             Martin
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