CANTERBURY SCENE ’s keyboard players
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Topic: CANTERBURY SCENE ’s keyboard players
Posted By: ANDREW
Subject: CANTERBURY SCENE ’s keyboard players
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 20:33
| Which is your favourite keyboard player from this list? |
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 20:36
| I voted for Dave Stewart. |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 21:20
Why isn't this in Prog Polls??? Anywho, I vote for Dave Stewart as well, although Mike Ratledge is a very close second  .------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 03:41
1) I'll move it to Prog Polls 2) my thoughts exactly, Dave Stewart just ahead of Ratledge  ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
meurglysIII wrote:Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 04:39
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One should not forget Alan Gowen (who used to play with Gilgamesh, Soft Head and Soft Heap and also with Hatfield and the North. Gilgamesh and Hatfield and the North used to give 8-piece gigs for a while, with 2 keyboarders, 2 guitar players, 2 drummers and 2 bassists). My vote goes to him. He died of leucemia; National Health did an album in his memory, with compositions only by him, "D.S. al Coda".
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 09:51
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Its Dave Stewart for me.
MeurglysIII - love the Kevin Ayers photo ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 10:06
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Dave Sinclair for me ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 13:24
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Nice topic Andrew! Well i cant come to a proper decision cos there are so many talented and unique keyboardists in the Canterbury scene it would be impossible to choose. So i voted for good old Moonweed cos he looked damn cool!
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 14:39
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Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 15:38
Yes, Stewart was all around one of the most important figures in Canterbury, but IMHO Gowen was also extremely influential, if much less famous. I think the last great album of the Canterbury school was "Befora a Word is Said" (1981), the last album Alan made before departing, with Phil Miller, Richard Sinclaire and Trevor Tomkins. Hard to find, but I did on amazon Deutschland. |
Posted By: Hendrix828
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 00:41
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Dave MacRae-Matching Mole-He made his keyboard sound what Hendrix would of made it sound like,had Hendrix played keyboards Mike Ratledge-Good in the beginning,but sucked towards the end. He did an outstanding job on Syd Barretts "Clowns And Jugglers" and "No Good Trying". |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 02:54
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DAVE STEWART!, the rest dont matter, I mean give
me a half pint, I can do that! 
------------ McRae, Sinclair, Gowan and Ratledge had short interesting moments, but Dave was semi-genius! 
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:46
| No votes for Ratledge yet? Gotta be the first one then ... |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:54
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They are all great.
I do love Sinclair nostalgic and moving solos. |