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Wetton/Downes (sometimes stylised as Wetton-Downes or Wetton & Downes, though the album is given no official title) is the first album released by Asia member Geoff Downes and former Asia member John Wetton, and is a precursor to their Icon series.
Icon is a studio album recorded and released by Asia band members John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes in 2005. It is the first in the Icon series (though they previously released the album Wetton Downes in 2002, a collection of demos from the 1980s).
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Wetton was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset, where he attended Bournemouth School. His elder brother Robert was a classical organist and choirmaster, and while practising organ would have John play the bass parts on a piano, since their home organ did not have a pedalboard. Wetton recalled that during these practic...
Wetton died in his sleep from complications of colorectal cancer at the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch, Dorset, on 31 January 2017, at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Lisa, son Dylan, brother Robert and mother Margaret (Peggy). Geoff Downes stated: Billy Sherwood, who was Wetton's producer, co-songwriter and co-p...
Artists who have cited Wetton as an influence, or have expressed their admiration for him, include Billy Sheehan, Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta and Racer X, Michael Sweet of Stryper, Ron Anderson, and Joseph D. Rowland of Pallbearer. Following Wetton's death, Eric Claptonpublished a short instrumental tribute entitled, "For John W."
Live albums
Compilations 1. King's Road, 1972–1980 (1987) E'G/Virgin Records 2. Anthology(2001) NMC 3. ...Caught in the Crossfire... (2002) Digimode Entertainment UK. Not to be confused with Wetton's 1980 first solo album. 17 tracks from various Wetton projects including Wetton/Manzanera (1987) and Battle Lines(1994). 4. The Studio Recordings Anthology(2015)
Session Work
With Gordon Haskell 1. It Is and It Isn't(1971) Wetton plays organ, bass, keyboards, vocals, gut string guitar & vocal harmony. With Larry Norman 1. Only Visiting This Planet(1972) With Malcolm and Alwyn 1. Fool's Wisdom(1973) With Peter Banks 1. Two Sides of Peter Banks(1973): plays bass on track 5 ("Knights") with album covers crediting John Whetton With Brian Eno 1. Here Come the Warm Jets(September 1973): Wetton plays bass on track 3 ("Baby's on Fire") and track 5 ("Driving Me Backwards")...
Writing
With David Cassidy 1. David Cassidy(1990)
John Wetton's credits on different albums at Discogs.comDespite being left off the extensive tour schedule, American fans had plenty to celebrate in 2002 with the first-ever John Wetton Fan Convention. Multitudes filled a Pennsylvania venue to spend a weekend with John, his band, and Geoff Downes, who shared the stage with John for the first time in over ten years.
Jan 31, 2017 · English rock bassist John Wetton, who served as frontman for King Crimson and supergroup Asia, died on Tuesday, according to Wetton’s website and a tweet from Asia. The progressive-rock...
Icon II - Rubicon is the second collaborative effort by John Wetton and Geoff Downes who first worked together in Asia in the early 80's. Compared to the first Icon album, Icon II - Rubicon is certainly more "iconic" and might well be the finest set of songs that Wetton and Downes have ever written together, at least since the first two Asia ...
Jun 13, 2018 · The John Wetton Estate and Geoffrey Downes are pleased to announce the re-release of the iCon Trilogy of albums, now remastered with bonus tracks in six panel digipacks.
