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    Posted: December 09 2020 at 08:48

Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Daniel Lanois

I dont know if you all would consider pianist Harold Budd to be Progressive Rock, but I do.  His work with Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins (Robin Guthrie) is unlike most anything I've ever heard.  He made the simple sound of the piano a complex intimate affair that can trigger visuals and memories like none other.

He passed away Dec 8 2020 from complications from Covid (The TrumpVirus).
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He composed some truly transcendent music; the value was in the gaps as much as in the notes. Cry
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Harold Budd was an avante garde/ambient pioneer. RIP.

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Man was a genius, he will be missed, RIP.
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May he rest in peace. He was a unique and talented pianist.
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Harold Budd was the embodiment of Robert Fripp's statement : "Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence."
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RIP
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Oh no!!  Such awful news.  
I love his music.

RIP   :(
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