A BRIEF HISTORY OF GHOST
WHILE I WAS REHEARSING WITH MY BAND IN 1972 , I FELL ASLEEP DURING ONE OF OUR BREAKS. MY BAND MEMBERS SAID THAT I WAS ONLY ASLEEP FOR 5 MINUTES BUT IN THAT SHORT TIME I HAD DREAMT AN ENTIRE ROCK OPERA ENTITLED " LIARS KINGDOM "
I STOPPED REHEARSAL IMMEDIATELY AND SENT EVERYONE HOME EXCEPT MY BASS PLAYER MICHAEL ZINIS WHO STAYED UP AND WROTE DOWN ALL THE LYRICS AND MUSIC THAT SPEWED FORTH FROM ME THAT NIGHT.
WE STARTED AT 8:30 PM AND WE DID NOT FINISH UNTIL 22 HOURS LATER AT 6:30 PM THE FOLLOWING DAY. TOTALLY EXAUSTED. WE LOOKED AT WHAT I HAD CREATED THAT NIGHT.
14 COMPLETE SONGS............
30 PAGES OF NARRARATION.............
THE OTHER TWO SONGS WERE FINALLY COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 1975 AND THE NARRARATION WAS REVISED AND EDITED AND PUT INTO BOOK FORM IN 1989.
MICHAEL NEVER GOT TO SEE THE FINAL
COPY FOR THE FACT HE WAS KILLED IN A
CAR ACCIDENT ON HIS WAY TO OUR BAND
REHEARSAL THAT EVENING.
+++ GHOST +++ WAS THE LAST SONG WE DID THAT NIGHT OF MY CREATIVE FRENZY IN 1972. SO I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE THE NAME OF MY STUDIO. IT WILL BE THE FIRST SONG RECORDED BY ME AT GHOST RECORDING STUDIO.
+++ GHOST +++ IS AN 18 MINUTE MASTERPIECE
OF EPIC PROPORTIONS. (MANIC STATEMENT)
PINK FLOYD , KING CRIMSON, AND EMERSON,
LAKE, AND PALMER. ( MY IDOLS ) WILL BE GREEN WITH ENVY.
I WILL PLAY MICHAEL'S ORIGINAL BASS LINES FROM MY ARCHIVE REEL-TO-REEL DEMOS AS
HE WOULD HAVE DONE THEM HIMSELF.
SEE LYRICS TO +++ GHOST +++
ON THE NEXT PAGE.
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