![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At this point, he intended to study estate management and eventually, take over his father's business. After they split in the following year, Fripp concentrated on his O-level studies and joined his father's firm as a junior negotiator. In 1961, the fifteen-year-old Fripp joined his first band, The Ravens, which also included Gordon Haskell on bass. He cited jazz musicians Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus as his musical influences during this time. He then took guitar lessons from Kathleen Gartell and Don Strike at age 11, Elvis Presley's guitarist Scotty Moore inspired Fripp to play rock, moving on to traditional jazz at 13 and modern jazz at 15. In 1957, at age ten, Fripp received a guitar for Christmas from his parents and recalled, "Almost immediately I knew that this guitar was going to be my life". Her earnings from working at the Bournemouth Records Office allowed his father, Arthur Henry Fripp (1910-1985) to start a business as an estate agent. His mother Edith ( née Greene 1914–1993) was from a Welsh mining family. Robert Fripp was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, the second child of a working-class family. 2.9 A Scarcity of Miracles, musical 'retirement' and new lineup of King Crimson.2.8 Recent work: G3, Porcupine Tree, Slow Music, Theo Travis, the Humans, Jakko Jakszyk, Others.2.6 1990s collaborations with David Sylvian and others.2.2 1974–1981: Collaborations, side projects, and solo career.2.1 1967–1974: Giles, Giles and Fripp and King Crimson. ![]()
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