It is with sorrow, and a heavy head, that I report to Prog Archives, the news I just read, but that is almost two years old, the death of guitar master Eddy Marron on February 6th, 2013.
In the progressive rock world, Marron is known for his music in the visionary and ahead of it's time outfit known as "Vita Nova", who released one lp in Austria in 1971, and of course, jazz-rock/krautrock legends Dzyan who released two brilliant and stellar records with Marron on Bellaphon known as "Time Machine" and "Electric Silence", in 1973 and 1974, respectively. In the 2000s an archival recording of Dzyan was released called "Mandala" featuring Eddy. Marron was also involved with the German jazz-rock band "Missus Beastly".
After Dzyan split, there was the even more obscure, but no less important two albums by "Giger Lenz Marron" known as "Beyond" and "Where The Hammer Hangs".
In 1980, Mr. Marron released a solo album called "Por Marco" that is composed of some lighter jazz flavoured music soulful and searching in it's technique and feeling.
Later, Professor Eddy Marron taught at a University in the Netherlands. I had the pleasure of conversing with the man by phone a couple of times in the 2000s.
Words cannot properly convey the deep reverence and respect I have for this guitarist, who was equally at home with a sitar or zaz.
Eddy Marron, your music lives on!
Edited by presdoug - January 18 2015 at 19:20