Ep111: Jakko M Jakszyk of King Crimson Pt 1
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2018
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Jakko M Jakszyk is living his dream, playing with his musical heroes King Crimson. Today Jakko shares the journey and gives us a peek into working with Robert Fripp and team and continuing the King Crimson legacy. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Jacko Jackcheck from King Crimson, and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide with |
| 0:04.3 | Nate Goia. |
| 0:05.5 | Well, hey, everyone, welcome to a very special week here on The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for |
| 0:11.0 | fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 0:13.7 | This week, we are speaking with Jacko M. Jack Check of King Crimson. |
| 0:18.1 | Jacko has had a long and amazing career in the music industry, being a songwriter, |
| 0:22.7 | a multi-instrumentalist, and now vocally leading the current lineup of King Crimson. Jacko and I had a |
| 0:28.5 | very long and quite hilarious conversation, which, for everyone's convenience, I'm breaking up into two |
| 0:33.9 | episodes. Today, episode one, will be Jocko's musical history, hear him speak |
| 0:39.4 | about joining King Crimson, what it's like to be a member of one of the most influential |
| 0:43.8 | rock bands in music history. In episode two, we'll explore his history and approach to remixing |
| 0:49.5 | legendary prok rock albums by the likes of ELP, Jethroa Tull, Crimson, and more. |
| 0:54.6 | And this episode is brought to you in part by Voyage Air Guitars. |
| 0:58.2 | If you play guitar, you'll want to check out the design of the Voyage Air. |
| 1:02.2 | The neck folds down for super easy transport of your instrument, |
| 1:06.2 | and when you're ready, just simply unfold the neck, and it's ready to play. |
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| 1:11.9 | everything. See the design at voyageairgatar.com. And with that, let's start the first of our two-part |
| 1:18.7 | conversation with Jacko and Jack Check of King Crimson. Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 1:25.7 | Well, you're in luck. Welcome to the vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 1:31.5 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 1:35.2 | Oh, yes, that is me. |
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