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Topic: Steve Hackett: New solo album early 2015?
Posted: August 04 2014 at 13:20

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Posted: June 28 2014 at 09:10

I like Squackett a lot too---and Life within a Day fairly epic---it was mostly a Hackett --King thing in terms of taking Squire by the hand and then doing their thing. Maybe They should produce the next Yes album Wink

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Posted: June 28 2014 at 06:06

Personally I like the Squackett album a lot. I think you need to get out of the mindset of "epic prog masterpiece" and just listen to it as a crossover prog album. It's quite lovely.

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 14:34

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That 'fat old lady' was tweeted by Steve a little while ago. 'had a great recording session with fat old lady on bass today....'

Oh, that's promising then. I didn't much like the Squackett album, but I liked Squire's participation on Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth

Yeah, what is it with Hackett that whenever he does a group thing with a member of Yes, he ends up putting out a slick AOR album? First with GTR and then with Squackett. Although I do have to say Squackett > GTR.

Well, I have to admit that I actually quite like GTR! Embarrassed

The problem with the Squackett album for me was not that it was slick, but that it just wasn't very memorable

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 14:23

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That 'fat old lady' was tweeted by Steve a little while ago. 'had a great recording session with fat old lady on bass today....'

Oh, that's promising then. I didn't much like the Squackett album, but I liked Squire's participation on Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 13:39

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That 'fat old lady' was tweeted by Steve a little while ago.

'had a great recording session with fat old lady on bass today....'

Oh, that's promising then. I didn't much like the Squackett album, but I liked Squire's participation on Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 13:36

That 'fat old lady' was tweeted by Steve a little while ago.

'had a great recording session with fat old lady on bass today....'

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 13:32

What's the relevance of this picture here, is Squire guesting on the upcoming Hackett album?

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 12:51

^My first thought before I had time to process the information, was "who is the old fat woman standing next to Steve?" Oops.

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Posted: June 27 2014 at 12:48

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Posted: June 15 2014 at 02:37

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A complete performance of the Lamb with the original band would be more than awesome. (dreaming....)

Yeah, I would be surprised if any Genesis reunion with Gabriel happens with the exception of WOMAD in the 80s. I think honestly that Gabriel is done with that part of his career and, from the interviews I've seen, he does seem grateful for that part of his career, but he's not the type of musician to revisit something simply for nostalgic reasons.

Gabriel has said he'd like to do Lamb and Supper's Ready---but says he didn't think he could sing that high anymore as his voice has changed--which I think is true---probably never happen Unhappy

hope Hackett's new album takes a fresh new direction---and if he does a third Genesis Revisited album--it should be songs after he left the group and do them as he would have if he was still in the band Wink

Like "Burning Rope" with a Hackett take on guitar parts Smile

A Genesis Revisited 3 is not impossible. They have recently included songs in their live set that were not on Genesis Revisited 1 or 2. When I saw them in Copenhagen, they played The Knife for example, which I loved! (But I don't think he would do any post-Hackett-era songs.)

What about Collins, Rutherford, and Banks making another album together, perhaps "And Then They Were Three ... Again" with Hackett guesting Cool

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Posted: June 14 2014 at 23:19

Mirror Image wrote:

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A complete performance of the Lamb with the original band would be more than awesome. (dreaming....)

Gabriel has said he'd like to do Lamb and Supper's Ready---but says he didn't think he could sing that high anymore as his voice has changed--which I think is true---probably never happen Unhappy

Like "Burning Rope" with a Hackett take on guitar parts Smile

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 21:09

And he just hasn't included any dates for Latin America... I was really expecting to see him with this Genesis tour... but it seems I'll just end up missing it.

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 07:49

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Hackett is very prolific!

After hearing and seeing the excellent Genesis Revisted tour (both on record and in real life) I must say that it couldn't be bettered by any reunion. Hackett's band playing these classic songs is really the best thing.

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 01:16

Hackett is very prolific!

After hearing and seeing the excellent Genesis Revisted tour (both on record and in real life) I must say that it couldn't be bettered by any reunion. Hackett's band playing these classic songs is really the best thing.

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Posted: June 12 2014 at 20:42

As for the new Hackett album, I'm always ready for a new one from one of the masters.

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Posted: June 12 2014 at 20:41

PabstRibbon wrote:

A complete performance of the Lamb with the original band would be more than awesome. (dreaming....)

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Posted: June 12 2014 at 18:10

A complete performance of the Lamb with the original band would be more than awesome. (dreaming....)

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Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:07

Anthony but more Genesis Revisted is a good thing in my mind!

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Posted: June 12 2014 at 14:14

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Wish Hackett reunites for new album also with Spectral Mornings/Defector-era musicians - his brother John, Pete Hicks, Nick Magnus (who is with his solo-album currently reviving spirit of this era), in addition to Rob Townsend, Gary O'Toole, Nick Beggs, Roger King. That would be ultimate line-up. And cameo performance by Chris Thompson and Steve Walsh would be nice:)

How is Hicks’ voice now? I think he did a very good job on Spectral Mornings and Defector, and he was also good live (though he was a bit bald LOL

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