Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald (2009)
Photo: Richard Bourgerie · CC BY 2.0

About the artist

Ian McDonald (born 25 June 1946, in Osterley, Middlesex— 9 February 2022, in New York City, United States) was an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He was well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist. He also played flute, vibraphone, keyboards, and guitar. Born in London, McDonald served five years in the British Army as a bandsman.

Top songs

  1. Flight Of The Ibis
  2. Is She Waiting?
  3. Tomorrow's people - The children of today
  4. SUITE IN C; including TURNHAM GREEN, HERE I AM and others
  5. (b) THE WORKSHOP
  6. (c) WISHBONE ASCENSION
  7. (d) BIRDMAN FLIES!
  8. BIRDMAN; involving (a) THE INVENTOR'S DREAM
  9. (e) WINGS IN THE SUNSET
  10. (f) BIRDMAN - THE REFLECTION
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  1. Suite In C: Including Turnham Green, Here I am and Others
  2. The Workshop
  3. Wishbone Ascension
  4. Birdman: involving The Inventor's Dream (Q.U.A.T.)
  5. Birdman Files!
  6. Birdman - The Reflection
  7. Wings In The Sunset
  8. You Are A Part Of Me
  9. Overture
  10. In Your Hands
  11. Let There Be Light
  12. Forever And Ever
  13. If I Was
  14. Saturday Night In Tokyo
  15. Sax Fifth Avenue
  16. Hawaii
  17. Demimonde
  18. Straight Back To You
  19. Kea Country
  20. Collages For Sunday Morning
  21. Any Old Time
  22. Straight BackTto You
  23. Darktown
  24. Baby Wants To Ride
  25. The September Issue
  26. Can Your Pussy Do The Dog
  27. Dark Star
  28. Funkentelechy
  29. Blind Girl
  30. Little Wing (Acoustic Cover)
  31. DAY DREAM
  32. Get Back
  33. Brand New Car
  34. Bad Old World
  35. Lonely Weekends
  36. California
  37. Take Five Steps
  38. I May Be Wrong
  39. She's Not Your Life
  40. Sylvia Strange
  41. Dementia
  42. Old Man
  43. Lenny (Acoustic Cover)
  44. Sailing
  45. Mysterious Ways
  46. Nearness Of You
  47. A Girl Called Life
  48. Generationless Man
  49. Terry & Julie
  50. We Will Rock You
  51. Almighty Push
  52. Beautiful People
  53. White Roads
  54. Stand By Your Man
  55. On A Ragga Tip
  56. Tomorrow's People
  57. Sea Sketches. Sunset Shanty
  58. Deminonde
  59. Twenty Second Floor
  60. Paper Doll
  61. Cats: Can they be vegan? With vets Lorelei Wakefield, Andrew Knight, and Jean Hofve; and special guest Erin Red
  62. Edvard's Song of Praise
  63. Sea Sketches. Horn Pipe
  64. Ten Cents A Dance
  65. Rebel Without A Pause
  66. Judgemental: with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Dr Julia Minson, and Marla Rose
  67. Science Fiction and Animals: from Jonathan Swift and HG Wells to Star Trek and Doctor Who; with Sherryl Vint, Robert McKay, and Tara Lomax
  68. Six Fifth Avenue
  69. Suturday Night In Tokyo
  70. Cats: Ethics. With Erin Red, Evolution Diet’s Eric Weisman, and vets Lorelei Wakefield, Andrew Knight, and Jean Hofve
  71. CATASTROPHE
  72. New Day Yesterday
  73. Palm Oil: with Catherine Laurence, Eric Lambin, Orangutan rescuer Daniek Hendarto, RSPO SG Darrel Webber
  74. Moment for Violin and Piano
  75. Tomorrow's People—The Children of Today
  76. Rzeka bogów
  77. Chapter One
  78. The Dervish House (Unabridged) Part 1
  79. Nothing Is Easy
  80. Digital Vegans: with Happy Cow founder, iPhone apps, London Vegans, and Kerry McCarthy MP
  81. Vegan Cheese: Casein, Casomorphins, and the Daiya Redwoods Vegusto Taste Test
  82. Sea Sketches. Maritime Overture
  83. Birdman, Pt. 4: Birdman Flies!
  84. The Maid of Islay
  85. The Pledge: the London Vegan Campaigns challenge to go vegan for a month
  86. Straight Back To You (feat. Lou Gramm)
  87. Peace on Earth: will we ever have it? With Peter Singer and Gary Francione discussing Steven Pinker’s “The Better Angels of our Nature”
  88. Lab Meat: Can in vitro meat save the animals? With Nicholas Genovese, David Pearce, and Jordi Casamitjana
  89. The Dervish House (Unabridged) Part 3
  90. Veganism in Politics: Chris Williamson MP, Cathy Jamieson MP and Kerry McCarthy MP answer your questions

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