Richard Fraser (lyricist)

Richard Fraser was a lyricist for the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). He is notable for receiving credit for "Knife-Edge", the third track of the group's 1970 debut album Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and for his lyrical contributions to Pictures at an Exhibition (1971). Fraser and bassist Greg Lake wrote the nightmarish lyrics together, while Keith Emerson added some improvisations on the Hammond organ. (Lake worked with non-performing lyricists before and after this, notably Peter Sinfield.) Greg Lake had this to say of Fraser in March 1972:

Richard Fraser (lyricist)

Richard Fraser was a lyricist for the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). He is notable for receiving credit for "Knife-Edge", the third track of the group's 1970 debut album Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and for his lyrical contributions to Pictures at an Exhibition (1971). Fraser and bassist Greg Lake wrote the nightmarish lyrics together, while Keith Emerson added some improvisations on the Hammond organ. (Lake worked with non-performing lyricists before and after this, notably Peter Sinfield.) Greg Lake had this to say of Fraser in March 1972: