THE PROG INTERVIEW ANTHONY PHILLIPS

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s. Anthony Phillips. Best known for being a founding member of Genesis, the guitar virtuoso has gone on, in his quiet, unassuming manner, to become a prolific issuer of cross-genre albums, and one of the leading lights in production music. We caught up with him as he prepares to release the latest in this Private Parts & Pieces series, The Golden Hour.

Daryl Easlea

Anthony Phillips can often be portrayed as a loser in the labyrinthine Genesis saga. A founder member of the storied outfit, he came from the Anon camp right back there at Charterhouse, with Mike Rutherford and Richard Macphail. Phillips was instrumental in the early sound of Genesis as they transitioned from the saccharine chart-pop wannabes of From Genesis To Revelation to their initial lengthy mystical prog-soul experiments. Most importantly, he played 12-string with Mike Rutherford, setting up the intricate multilayered guitar passages that dominated their early work, making the instruments sound more like lutes or harps than the folky approach taken by most players. As 1970 progressed, he had left – thanks to a toxic combination of illness, a broken heart and stage-fright – and was persuaded to return for…

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