Home / Music / Jamie Muir left King Crimson and retired to a monasteryMusic linernotes album music king-crimsonJamie Muir left King Crimson and retired to a monasteryJamie Muir left King Crimson in February 1973, ostensibly due to an onstage injury but actually retiring from music entirely to join a monastery. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesKing Crimson opened for the Rolling Stones before 500,000 peopleKing Crimson alumni returned for RedRobert Fripp disbanded King Crimson two weeks before Red came outJamie Muir played chimes, mbira, and baking traysStarless and Bible Black was David Cross's last full album with King CrimsonExploreAlvin Lucier's 'I Am Sitting in a Room' lets the room become the instrumentAlvvays makes reverb-drenched indie pop with jangly guitarsAndrew Gold gave us 'Lonely Boy' and the 'Golden Girls' themeAngélique Kidjo is one of Africa's greatest musical ambassadorsAphex Twin is really Richard D. JamesPrevious Jamie Muir played chimes, mbira, and baking traysNext Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic's 1962 Beethoven cycle