Reply #43: Sounds like you're thinking of Eddie Jobson

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Eddie was a child prodigy-- he played with Curved Air when he was in his early teens. Keep in mind that Curved Air was little more than a prog-rock Backstreet Boys, though: lots of cute young kids who could play, but not much else.

Eddie later went on to replace Brian Eno in Roxy Music in 1973 at the tender age of 15. After Roxy dissolved for the first time in 1976, he founded the prog-rock group UK with Bill Bruford, Alan Holdsworth and John Wetton (who played bass w/ Roxy Music on several occassions). Additionally, Jobson added violin overdubs on King Crimson's "USA" live album, which was released following their first breakup in 1975.

Bruford and Wetton left UK after one album, and Terry Bozzio (later of Missing Persons) joined on drums, making them a trio. UK put out another studio album and a live album before calling it quits in 1979.

Roxy Music reformed in 1979 without Jobson or Wetton. Wetton teamed up with Steve Howe and Geoff Downes (both ex-Yes) and Carl Palmer to form Asia in 1981. They had several arena-rock hits in the early 80s.

Eddie Jobson was part of an early version of the reformed Yes in 1982, and even appeared briefly in one of their videos before Tony Kaye joined the group. Rumour has it there's even some of his playing on 90125 (the reformed Yes's "first" studio album), but they can't be verified.

Jobson continued solo, making "new age" albums and also scoring soundtracks, most notably for the "Nash Bridges" TV show.

Jobson is a versitile player, especially when you consider that he also played electric violin, too. He's not bad as a songwriter, either, for that matter (just listen to some of the early Roxy albums where his songs appeared for proof).

Hope this helps! :hi: