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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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This is crazy...another prog legend gone...I'm just scared on who's next...
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Points: 17845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:58
I read the same, shame if he took his life Unhappy
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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.

 
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Points: 13475 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:53
I will play their debut tonight for this legendary performer. Man, ELP was Prog back in the day, such sad news.
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Suicide.....Cry
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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
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Sad news ...
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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!
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Rolling Stone via TMZ is reporting that police say he was found with a single gunshot to the head. I know TMZ are greasy but is this true???

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-and-palmer-keyboardist-dead-at-71-20160311

I was just about to mention this.  Daily Mail says "suspected suicide".  Unhappy


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Rolling Stone via TMZ is reporting that police say he was found with a single gunshot to the head. I know TMZ are greasy but is this true???

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-and-palmer-keyboardist-dead-at-71-20160311
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Points: 494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 16:15
Horrible news!!!
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CryCryCryCryCryCryCryCry I can't believe it. RIP, Keith.
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Nooooo CryCryCry
I Just saw the scroll on the CBC news channel.
He was my #1 guy in prog. I'm absolutely devastated. I thought he'd live to be 100.

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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. 
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Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Points: 6446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 15:58
Prog as we know it wouldn't exist without that guy.

RIP
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Points: 1038 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 15:55
My favourite musician of all time bar none. Such a sad day. RIP Keith.
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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 15:53
Logged in after a long time just to say RIP.

Wrote three lenghty posts, and deleted them all.

I feel empty.

Keith Emerson was a teacher, a guru, even a substitute father in a way: he changed my life forever.

Thank you Keith, and rest in peace.

One day, the humanity will properly acknowledge your visions.

We owe you.
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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2016 at 15:48
Keith Emerson
Piotr Grudzinski
Chris Squire
David Bowie
Philthy Animal Taylor

That's one hell of a band we've lost in the last year. RIP all of them.
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RIP Keith Emerson...
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