The Great Prog-Rock Bassist John Wetton Has Died

by Dave SegalWetton (left) played on some of King Crimson's most powerful recordings, including Red, which some consider the gold standard for prog rock.
Best known for his mid-'70s tenure as bassist/vocalist with British prog-rock titans King Crimson and for his time in the much more commercially successful prog outfit Asia, John Wetton passed away January 31 from colon cancer. He was 67. Besides playing on King Crimson's powerful, complex trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible