Prog keyboardists not named Rick, Tony or Keith - Progressive Rock Music Forum

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

You obviously missed the point of this thread. ;)

Thanks for reminding me of Rick van der Linden. You know what? I think this will be better off as a separate topic.

“On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.”
— Ernest Vong

I hope it's not only male keyboard players that need to be mentioned in this thread. Miquette Giraudy is a French synthesiser-player and vocalist, best known for her work with Gong and the backing band of her long-term partner, Steve Hillage.

The music that Giraudy and Hillage are performing in this footage from 2014 is very special; it is called Deep Underwater Glissando Exploration; their spacey musical journey was based on Hillage's 1978 album "Green." They then take the listeners on a voyage aboard the Ether Ships to the surreal Mirror Beach, from which they then turn on their Mirror System to create rhythms that are more danceable yet still cosmic.

Hrychu wrote:

BTW, in terms of prog keyboardists named Rick, Tony and Keith. I'm curious how many of them there've been.

Rick Wakeman
Rick Wright
Rick Battersby
Richard Davies
Richard Barbieri
Richard Tandy

Tony Banks
Tony Kaye
Anthony Phillips
Tony Pagliuca
Tony Mueller

Keith Emerson
Keith Cross
Keith Heffner
Keith Hale

Any more ideas? :P

You obviously missed the point of this thread. ;)

But you missed Rick Van Der Linden anyway.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 18 2024 at 17:26

^Adam's solo material is awesome. I especially enjoy "Truth Decay".

Not to be overlooked is Cyrille Verdeaux, a notable French keyboardist and composer who was the leader of Clearlight and the Delired Cameleon Family.

In Clearlight, Verdeaux collaborated with another must-be-mentioned keyboardist, Englishman Tim Blake, known for his work with Gong and Hawkwind, for which both he gave another dimension and who released two magnificent solo albums: "Crystal Machine" in 1977 and "Blake's New Jerusalem" in 1978. Blake also performed extensively across Europe and Japan.