Guitarist Trey Gunn Hit By Motorcycle in India

Former King Crimson guitarist Trey Gunn is currently traveling in India and had the unfortunate timing to be in the way of a motorcycle rider with no headlight. As luck would have it, he came out better than the motorcyclist.

Gunn wrote on his livejournal:

In Udaipur, Rajasthan. Fantastic city with lakes and temples and hills and towering buildings. Plus some super great food.

I have a fantastic collision with a motorcycle last night. The streets are an obstacle courses and a half. And so it seems my timing is quite different from the locals — they move a bit slower and more consistent.

Joe and I were crossing a relatively smallish, but very busy, street as I saw my opening and began to move. I turned back to look the other way and there was a motorcycle headlight bearing right down on me. My body leapt out of the way and I crashed right into another cycle coming from the other direction with no headlamp on. My body retained it composure and, even though I couldn’t see anything, I cleaned knocked the guy and his motorcycle over. I was still standing, though pretty stunned. The whole street stopped moving and fell silent as we gathered ourselves back together.

In the normal Indian fashion he was way more concerned about me than either himself or his bike.

Gunn started his professional career in the late-80’s playing with Robert Fripp in Fripp Fripp and Sunday All Over the World. In 1994, he joined King Crimson with which he stayed until 2003. Since that time, he has been involved in a number of different projects including film and television scoring and multimedia presentations.