At 73 years of age‚ and with his trusty Fernandes single-cut slung waist high‚ London-born progressive rock legend Steve Hackett remains an innovator. For the uninitiated‚ Hackett came to prominence in 1971 with prog-meets-art rock juggernaut Genesis alongside Peter Gabriel (vocals)‚ Tony Banks (organ/piano)‚ Mike Rutherford (bass)‚ and Phil Collins (drums). When Hackett entered the picture‚ Genesis had two albums under their belt in From Genesis to Revelation (1969) and Trespass (1970)‚ which were both good but not great. But everything changed when Hackett hopped aboard‚ as Genesis rattled off a string of classic records in Nursery Crime (1971)‚ Foxtrot (1973)‚ Selling England by the Pound (1973)‚ and The Lamb Lies The post Steve Hackett: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.