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    Posted: August 09 2010 at 01:00
Just a few off the top of my head:

-All the Wetton-era King Crimson
-Maudlin of the Well's Part the Second
-Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations

What else, folks? Thumbs Up
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I'm going to be predictable.











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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM!
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David Cross for his work in King Crimson and his solo albums.
Graham Smith of VDGG, only in The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, unfortunately.
Iva Bittová, excellent solitaire from Eastern Europe.
Sergio Polizzi, excellent gem from Southern America (Argentinian band Bubu).
Jerry Goodman of Mahavishnu Orchestra and solo albums.
Jean-Luc Ponty - the same.
Ray Shulman for his incredible work for Gentle Giant.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:


Graham Smith of VDGG, only in The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, unfortunately.

And the live album "Vital", on which you also find a cello, played by Charles Dickie. One of the best live albums ever. Also several Hammill solo albums ("Over","The Future Now", "PH7").

Other albums with violin:

High Tide's "Sea Shanties", s/t and "Precious Cargo".
Several Hawkwind albums: "Warrior on the Edge of Time", "Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music", "Quark, Strangeness and Charm", "PXR 5", "25 Years On", "Space Bandits","Palace Springs".
Aera: "Hand und Fuß".

Multi-instrumentalist Chris Karrer of Amon Düül 2 uses violin too, but since he is a multi-instrumentalist you won't find the violin on all tracks of Amon Düül 2 albums. He is one of the wildest violinists out there.


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Anything SHANKAR touches (SHAKTI, PETER GABRIEL, THE EPIDEMICS, solo stuff, etc.)
Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor, pretty much all of Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven.
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in krautrock, best violin goes to Thomas Schmidt who was in Pell Mell-especially on their debut album Marburg-beautiful throughout

in fusion, Jean Luc Ponty for violin

in krautrock, the violin in the group Wallenstein by  Joachim Reiser
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Any Kansas album with Robby Steinhardt, followed by basically any Kansas album with David Ragsdale.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Mahavishnu Orchestra which was thought of immediately
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Matt, why are you not mentioning GY!BE?!?!
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I like "Larks' Tongue in Aspic." Not an easy listen, but once it has its hooks in you, you begin to crave it.

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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Matt, why are you not mentioning GY!BE?!?!


Probably because Matt hasn't posted here yet?
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2010 at 19:55
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Matt, why are you not mentioning GY!BE?!?!


Probably because Matt hasn't posted here yet?
 
But you think he would've seen it, made a gigantic bound over here and posted something about Godspeed. LOL
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I'm going to be predictable.











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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM!


Yep, Carla Kihlstedt is easily my favorite violinist. (see sig)
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Points: 1882 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2010 at 21:13
Eric Friedlander not all prog but on alot of Zorn and related stuff
who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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Nice old article about Steinhardt.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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