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    Posted: January 28 2020 at 15:54
Timestamped: Inca Roads keyboard passage

Super dank passage starts at 7:04

Holy f**k this entire passage is insane for live play. I've heard of all the great prog keyboardists. Why haven't I ever heard of this guy? 


Edited by hugo1995 - January 28 2020 at 15:56
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I don't know why you never heard of him,but what I do know is that he was classicly trained got a gig with with Frank Zappa and is quoted "FZ music is the most complicated music he has ever played" paraphrasing of course check out his his first 2 or 3 solo albums and the one he did Jean Luc Ponty good stuff there much to like.
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Yes, George (RIP) was amazing, and I don't know, because his isn't an obscure name. Check out his early solo albums, especially The 1976 Solo Keyboard Album (he plays everything on it, incl. drums) and Faces in Reflection.
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Originally posted by hugo1995 hugo1995 wrote:

Timestamped: Inca Roads keyboard passage

Super dank passage starts at 7:04

Holy f**k this entire passage is insane for live play. I've heard of all the great prog keyboardists. Why haven't I ever heard of this guy? 


Ah yes, Inca Roads off the Dub Room Special. I have that DVD and the Videotape before that, lots and lots of viewing pleasure. I only have one of his solo albums, Liberated Fantasies. I have it on record rather than CD, so I haven't played it in quite some time. I can't remember it well. I know him mainly through Zappa and the MOI, and his talent displayed with the Mothers is just plain obvious.   According to Wikipedia he has 32 studio albums, not bad! Here's a live vid I enjoyed:



He has some nice insightful interviews. Here are a few:
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