King Crimson lead singer and second guitarist Jakko M. Jakszyk has released his new solo album Son Of Glen. We asked him the BIG questions . . .
The record is a companion piece of sorts to his memoir Who's The Boy With The Lovely Hair and explores many of the themes and the subjects that the book touches upon.
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Speaking about his new single, Son of Glen, he says, "I finally discovered who my father was after decades of fruitless searching. This was only three years ago. Turns out he was a US airman stationed in England in the 50s who went back to the States and that he died when I would have been 14.
"Son of Glen is a fantasy based around the idea that my father, a man I never knew, was somehow guiding me from a far. The video attempts to tell the tale, and bring my father back to life"
The album also features appearances by drummers Gavin Harrison (King Crimson/Porcupine Tree) and Ian Mosley (Marillion), cellist Caroline Lavelle, Louise Patricia Crane on vocals and Jakko’s son, Django, on bass guitar.
Tell us three things about yourself . . .
My mother was from Ballina in county Mayo and was lead singer in a successful Irish show band in the 1950s.
My adoptive father was conscripted into the German army in World War ll. He was captured by the French Resistance and managed to persuade them that he was actually Polish, so he ended up fighting for the Polish free army in Italy against the Germans.
My favourite band growing up was King Crimson, unbelievably I’ve been lead singer and second guitarist with that very band since 2013.
How would you describe your music?
Romantic, progressive, confessional.
Who are your musical inspirations?
Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Reich, XTC, Sakamoto, Derick Trucks…….how long have you got??
What was the first gig you ever went to?
Yes at Hemel Hempstead Pavillion. I was 13 years old.
What was the first record you ever bought?
Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix.
What’s your favourite song right now?
Symptom Of Life by Willow Smith.
Favourite lyric of all time?
"Leave me something to remember you by, But more than just a lock of your hair, Why not leave me scarred for life, And show you really care, Nothing on the surface, I don't want it to show, Something I can hide inside, so only you and I will know, You know I'd do the same for you - leave me scarred for life" - Scarred For Life by Peter Blegvad.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Aja by Steely Dan or Rook by XTC or Loving The Alien by David Bowie or Playing The Game by Gentle Giant.
Where can people find your music/more information?
My memoir Who’s The Boy With The Lovely Hair? Published by Kingmaker.
My record label.
Alan Corr
