Early life and army McDonald was born on 25 June 1946 in
Osterley, Middlesex, the son of Ada (née May) and Keith McDonald, an architect. In 1997, the release of the King Crimson four-CD set
Epitaph, consisting of rare live recordings of the 1969 version of King Crimson, renewed interest in the early Crimson material. Out of that interest, the
21st Century Schizoid Band was formed in 2002 and several tours and live albums have followed. The band included former King Crimson members Michael Giles (drums and percussion),
Peter Giles (bass), McDonald (sax, flute, keyboards),
Mel Collins (alto/tenor sax, flute, keyboards) and also
Jakko Jakszyk, who later joined King Crimson in 2013, on guitar and lead vocals. After the first tour, Michael Giles was replaced with another former King Crimson drummer
Ian Wallace.
Foreigner McDonald moved to New York City in the mid-1970s. In 1976, he co-formed the band
Foreigner with
Mick Jones,
Lou Gramm,
Dennis Elliott,
Al Greenwood and
Ed Gagliardi, with Gagliardi replaced by
Rick Wills in 1979. With Foreigner, McDonald played guitar as well as his woodwinds and keyboards. In 2017, McDonald and singer-guitarist Ted Zurkowski formed the band Honey West, which released an album
Bad Old World in 2017. A trailer for a King Crimson documentary was released a week before his death, in which McDonald apologised to Fripp for leaving the band in 1970. == Selected discography ==