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Poll Question: who is the greatest prog keyboard player of all time?
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    Posted: December 06 2007 at 17:28
Greatest prog keyboardist is Rick Wakeman, by far. He is not overated at all, as he is god amongst men :-)
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I love Rick's best albums, but on what grounds would you call him "the greatest"?
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There are a lot of good keyboard players in this genre but it's awful hard for me not to vote for Keith Emerson.  His technical skill alone sets him apart from many others.
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They're both great but Emerson is the ultimate. Wakeman is said to be more tasteful, but this is f**king prog, dude. Tarkus for life.
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Keith Emerson...there is no competition.
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                   Emerson never played the Mellotron so Rick Wakeman is my #1
                   because of his famous 'Tarantula technique' on the Mellotron Wink!
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Welcome to the PA, but your list is missing a few people ie Jon Lord, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Larry Young, Brian Auger etc.
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Wakeman pwns Emerson in every aspect IMO.
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About the missing list Easy Money, I would like to add Kerry Minnear, Toshio Egawa, Peter Bardens, my fellow Dutchmen Rick Van Der Linden and  Thijs Van Leer ...
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Rick Wright!  Tongue

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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

About the missing list Easy Money, I would like to add Kerry Minnear, Toshio Egawa, Peter Bardens, my fellow Dutchmen Rick Van Der Linden and  Thijs Van Leer ...
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and Ken Hensley, Hugh Banton, Rod Argent, Dave Greenslade, Bo Hansson, Tony Kaye, Patrick Moraz, Jon Lord, Ray Manzarek, Derek Sherinian...


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Although it SEEMS to me that Keith Emerson is the most skilled keyboardist out there, I did not really enjoy anything he ever really wrote. It was ok, but all of his playing seemed to be very skilled, but it stayed only on one plane. I do not think his music ever developed or went anywhere. One exception for this is Tarkus, but I feel overall his music never went anywhere.
So I vote for Tony Banks, because of his abilities, and the stuff he wrote was so perfect for what he needed to do, and   he went where he had to with his music. He also could pull out all the stops with amazing keyboard solos.
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^ I don't know much about playing keyboards, but I don't think you want to be pulling out all the stops... that would sound terrible Wink
 
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I voted for Geddy just to troll...sometimes I'm a troublemaker Evil%20Smile
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im going to give some love to Jordan Rudess. i play the piano and listening to this man do whatever it is the aliens allow him to do is mind blowing. Wakeman is a god i know, and Emerson is, well emerson. but Rudess is severely behind so i thought id vote for him. i particularly liked the evening with petrucci and rudess where he moves away from his piano "shredding" and takes a much more tastefull approach. Rudess is some kind of freak. 
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'greatest'?   hmm, I guess Wakeman from the list... I'd add John Novello, Ron Jarzombek and Alain Rochette
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Well, Rick Wright, subtle yet extremely efficient.
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Keith Emerson for technical brilliance, compositional brilliance (especially the Piano Concerto #1) and creativity.
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Points: 6890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2007 at 21:09
Someone voted for Geddy Lee? Pot smoking is bad children.
 
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I voted for Tony because I feel he's the best writer and sort of in the shadow of Emerson and Wakeman.  I love all three though. 
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