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A genius and an unforgettable stage performer. Just watch him perform in 2008 on his band's 'Moscow' DVD, released 2010. I saw him in 1971 sticking knives into his keyboard, standing on the Hammond, rolling it over...
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:57
First prog group (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) I ever saw in concert. 1971 Fillmore East, New York City. Said they were going to play a new song that hadn't been released yet. The song was Tarkus. R.I.P.
Joined: June 01 2012
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:51
Sad news. RIP, and thank you...
He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore
Joined: January 18 2010
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:47
MAN! I cant take this... My neighbors are going to hate me, because there IS NO POSSIBLE WAY I CAN MOURN THIS MAN IN SILENCE... NO WAY!!! Maybe I should do this in my car! You just think these GODS of music will be around forever then this happens... Man this is rough. This one hurts...
We have lost true genius! NOBODY LIKE HIM! NOBODY. EVER!
Joined: July 14 2007
Location: United States
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:07
I rarely post anymore, but there's nothing to bring me out of the woodwork like the loss of Keith Emerson. The man was the Hendrix of the organ in his era. No one played like Keith; none of his peers (there were none) could touch him. The Hammond to him was a guitar, and he wielded it as such. Before Keith, the keyboard was just a part of the band. Think about it. Who were his predecessors in rock? Alan Price? Doug Ingle? Ray Manzarek? Rod Argent? They all played a couple of iconic riffs. But who transformed what an organist could be? It was Keith. He borrowed heavily, sometimes to the point of plagiarism. So what. So did every rock musician. And this is not even touching upon his pioneering synth work.
Yes, in the later years he turned into a caricature of himself. That in no way negates his primeval influence on the genre this site celebrates.
Man, I am depressed.
RIP Keith.
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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