Third Time Lucky Man
“I thought that Keith was this crazy, mad genius who would be talking in equations, but he was the funniest and easiest guy to talk to.”
In the mid to late 80s, Robert Berry was viewed as progressive rock’s great successor. Guided under the tutelage of renowned A&R man John Kalodner, circumstances led to him being lined up to replace John Wetton in Asia and Steve Hackett in GTR before effectively supplanting Greg Lake in Emerson Lake & Palmer. Astoundingly, these opportunities arose within a few short weeks of each other.
“John Kalodner was really on my side,” says Berry. “Carl Palmer was in his office one day and they were having trouble in Asia. Carl called me and said they were either going to replace John Wetton or start a new
