Ian McDonald

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