Bringing It Down to the Bass

Over the past half century, Tony Levin has been a prolific session player and one of the most active live performers on the planet. He’s contributed his talents to over five hundred albums, amongst which include 15 with Peter Gabriel and 18 with King Crimson (counting live, studio, and compilations) alongside contributions to the work of John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Herbie Mann, Paul Simon and many others. On tour, he’s travelled the world many times over with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel and several of his own bands, including Stick Men. This Autumn, he’ll stage 65 performances in North America as a member of BEAT, celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s repertoire alongside Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Danny Carey interpreting ‘Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair’.Levin’s seventh solo album, and his first since 2007, is an autobiography of sorts, with the themes drawn from Levin’s musical life. It features myriad collaborators from his half-century plus on the road and in the studio with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and many, many others. A murderer’s row of guest musicians including Robert Fripp, Vinnie Colaiuta, Earl Slick, Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Gary Husband, Shankar, Pete Levin, David Torn, Pat Mastelotto, Larry Fast, Steve Hunter, Manu Katche, Alex Foster and Dominic Miller.