Who is your favourite keyboard player?
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Topic: Who is your favourite keyboard player?
Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Subject: Who is your favourite keyboard player?
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:15
Mine is the incredible Kerry "God Of The Clavinet" Minnear  , followed closely by John Evan and Rick Wright!but they're all among my favourites, with the possible exception of (sorry) Vangelis. Thanks for your votes
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Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:16
(And I forgot Richard Harvey!) 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:17
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Mr. Dave Stewart.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:23
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Jobson ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:26
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Mike Ratledge was very close for me, by the way.
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Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:40
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Eddie Jobson. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:44
What he says
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Zebedee wrote:Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:47
| Kevin Moore, rest is just literature |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:50
| Vangelis for how he makes me feel. |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:51
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and considering classical pianism, 'tis Glenn Gould, Wilhelm Kempff, Artur Schnabel, Robert Casadesus, Emil Gilels, John Ogdon, Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Sofronitzky, and Richter-Horowitz-Rubinstein of course, as always. |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 13:54
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Out of these definitely Rick Wright. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:06
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Chick Corea is my favorite, but Kerry Minnear from the list. ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:12
| Herbie Hancock. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:14
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Hancock off this list. Emerson,Wakeman otherwise. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:15
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1. George Duke (an overlooked complete master of the keyboards, plus he's funky!)
2. Rick Wright (his keyboards have always been a very important in Floyd's music and that's one of the reasons I love them)
3. John Evan (his Hammond-Organ work on Thick as a Brick is brilliant while his Moog work in A Passion Play is really interesting)
4. Dave Stewart (another overlooked master keyboard player, simply delightful on the organ, rhodes and synths)
5. Kerry Minnear (unique style: technical, freaky and FUN!)
6. Gregg Rolie (splendid Hammond work with Santana)
7. Josef Zawinul (once again we have here a completely overlooked keyboard player by Prog Rock fans, although Joe doesn't play Prog Rock, his keyboard has always been! Very atmospheric with excellent synths)
8. Herbie Hancock (I prefer Corea, but Hancock has always been equally innovating or even more! Just that his style is not really my thing, though he sure knows how to play!)
9. Mike Ratledge (brilliant stuff he has made)
Honorable mentions: Eddie Jobson for his Zappa work, Sinclair, Banton and Jones.
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Posted By: maniax976
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:21
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someone who is not on this list............mr. jon lord
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:23
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Dave Stewart. His approach is just so preferable to any of the big prog rock organ players in my mind. He has so much feel and style, and a damn good tone. His softer tone is amazing on organ, as is his Rhodes Piano....ing(?), and when he kicks the fuzz and wah on his organ, it's just pure bliss. His work with National Health, Hatfield, Khan, Egg, Bruford, Steve Hillage, and more has definitely made him my favorite. Good mentions : George Duke(I only know him with Zappa), Robert Wyatt (just as on drums I absolutely love his style), Dave Sinclair (some great work on If I Could... and in Winter Wine), and Tim Hodgkinson(I've only heard him with Henry Cow, but a lot of Henry Cow).
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:29
| Weird poll! Where are Wakeman, Kaye, Emerson, Moraz, Lord, Varga, Hensley? |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:35
| If I must to mention anybody from your list, let would be Rick Wright... |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:39
| Out of these, Jobson followed closely by John Evan. |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:42
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Out of what I've heard from these, Mike Ratledge definitely.
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:55
| Herbie Hancock |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 14:55
But what about Fripp and Jones e.g.? Keyboards are their additional instruments only...
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Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 15:15
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Dear brother, your vote is really difficult. Well, I'm going to realize my classification, so. 1. Kerry Minnear 1. Tim Blake 1. Mike Ratledge 2. George Duke 2. David Sinclair 2. Dave Stewart 2. Brian Eno 3. Rick Wright 3. Hugh Banton 3. Herbie Hancock last. Vangelis what's more : Patrice Lemoine Mike Melvion Joie Hinton Tom Charlier (...)
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 15:50
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It was Keith Emerson, the for a week it was John Evans, then it was Kerry Minnear for a really long time, and yesterday I heard Atomic Rooster's Gershatzer, and Vincent Crane became my favorite, and I don't believe it will change any time soon!
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Posted By: Weirdamigo
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 15:56
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You have my vote Mr.Wright. Hats off to you, skilled sir.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:08
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I would know why in this list are not great keyboardists like Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Peter Bardens, Rick Davies, Keith Emerson, Jean Michel Jarre, and many others. So my favourtie is Tony Banks, but on this list I will go with Rick Wright
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:11
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Vangelis
honourable mentions not on the list (and not Emerson,Wakeman or Banks)
Dave Greenslade
Rod Argent
Mike Pinder
Patrick Moraz
Mark Kelly
Nick Magnus
Jean Michel Jarre
Edgar Froese
Richard Barbieri
Jon Lord
Tony Banks
Martin Orford
Matt Bellamy
Rob Reed
Par Lindh
Neal Morse
Sorry but the poll is a crap list. John Paul Jones ahead of these shows a basic lack of knowledge of prog keyboard players. Something that has been prevailant around here for a long time and is very annoying.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:12
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John Evans (his given name). Very talented, and overshadowed by Wakeman and Emerson back in the day. A joy to watch performing live too.
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:14
Wright? The guy who just presses three few keys for 10 minutes? 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:21
Indeed, three masterful keys and in a unique way.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:21
Good to know! Vincent Crane is one hell-of an Organ player, and a nice piano player.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:22
| RICK WRIGHT: Maybe he wasn't a virtuous player but he was a great creator of musical atmospheres with his keyboards, maybe in a way that anyone else did. |
Posted By: berger_king
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:28
| Well from that list it would be Kerry Minnear. I actually would have been interested in seeing how Banks, Emerson and Wakeman faired against each other. But alas. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:29
Sorry, I didn´t see the note (about Banks, Wakeman and Emerson), but you omitted many others far better than many that are in the list
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:36
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From the list, Hugh Banton. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:37
Press, hold, wait, release once song's over. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:41
....you just don't get it...
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:43
If you can't even understand that, f**k you. -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:45
Amen to that.
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:47
I don't think Walter understands a lot of things.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:49
Well, I for one think this is funny. By contrast, Walter is making a joke. Let's don't get our panties in a wad. RIP Rick.
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:51
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:51
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Barbara Dennerlein.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:53
  Well, I never said he was funnier than you. But few are.  |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:53
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 17:05
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Although to be fair, I stole that one from Dorothy Parker.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 17:10
She's dead too, right? It's hard to tell with jokes like that.
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 17:21
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 17:35
David Sancious. From the list Joe Zawinul.
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Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 17:42
I'm sorry for that... I tried to make a mix of my favourites, by combining a few less-known names, like Lars Hollmer or Francis Décamps, with the ones that inspire me the most in my learning of the organ. So maybe I lack of prog knowledge, yes, but I'm here to expand it... And there are others that I really like in your list too :) As for John Paul Jones, you may consider him like a bassist before anything else, but his magnificent work on, for example, No Quarter and The Rain Song cannot be denied....
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 20:03
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Kerry Minnear
Rick Wakemann
Steve Welsh
Tony Banks,
Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson
Brian Ferry (Avalon anyone)
Geoff Downes
David Paich
Steve Porcaro
Emerson
Fripp/MacDonald
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 20:51
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I don't see Steve Walsh or Kerry Livgren. So I didn't vote.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: reality
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 22:55
| Chick Corea? |
Posted By: Follix
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 00:10
Yeah some people dont get that speed you can pratice it but emotion you just can't. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 00:19
Indeed. Also Herbie Hancock. From this list, Wright. There were others who could play more things than him, but none who got so much out of the keyboard. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 02:40
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Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 04:56
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No order:
Ken Hensley.
Jon Lord.
Steve Winwood.
Jozef Skrzek.
Marián Varga.
Thijs van Leer.
Peter Bardens.
Peter Robinson.
Vincent Crane.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 06:01
Sancious very much.  My personal favorite off the top of my head is Tori Amos. She can out keyboard everyone on the list, (not one of her best pics)  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 06:31
| ^ I think Tori have much to thankl this guy for here muiscianship |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 06:52
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also this is just amazing, and a brilliant piano solo in the midle, the band cooks and this is PROG.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 08:25
Agree. But the same happens with Echoes, Sheep, Us and Them, Brain damage, etc. and Division Bell as an Overall thing.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 12:24
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Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 12:57
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I voted Herbie Hancock, The first time Ilistened him was at the Jaco Pastorius,s debut album and his solo in used to be a cha cha is amazing!
I think should be here Rick Wakeman and Jordan Rudess too.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 13:55
That's true
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 13:57
Yeah, his work on Shine On You Crazy Diamond is sublime, epic. And so is his work on Welcome to the Machine, one of the first songs I loved by Floyd back when I was 11.
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 16:42
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Rick Wakeman is my all-time favorite, but of these my favorite is the other Rick. I'm surprised to see Wright leading this poll by such an overwhelming margin, but hey, I'm not complaining. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 16:51
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How could you folks forget to mention the best ones? Jurgen Fritz Jurgen Dollase Toni Pagliuca |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 04:22
Don't forget See Emily Play, Jugband Blues and all the early PF work. The Great Rick in the Sky ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 08:07
Yeah, that's what I thought too Most of their early stuff (... i.e. up to Meddle, my fave period!) couldn't have made it without the trippy Farfisa solos and eastern improvisations of Mr. Wright. - My eternal respect to the man and his playing -
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 11:22
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Hugh Banton ------------- 
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 14:35
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And a first vote for Francis Décamps from Ange. Just listen to this masterpiece : Au-delà du délire, and then just vote for him -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 14:57
Good words. My eternal respects too to Rick Wright
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:13
When you put together a big list it it's pretty much impossible not to overlook someone. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:17
| So, where is Thijs van Leer? |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 16:35
He's a great player, but I prefer his sound over his playing. That hammond sound on Sylvia always makes me shiver. Well, that and pray that one day I'll wake up and have a Hammond. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: kjprogger
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 16:44
| I don't understand how this poll wouldn't have Tony Banks in it. His sound was so essential to the greatest prog group of all time. Great sound, tasteful and restrained playing. I can't believe he was left off the list along with Emerson and Wakeman. No, I don't like this poll. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 16:49
I said exactly the same at first (about the Poll and Tony Banks), but look at the lines over the poll...
Tony Banks best keyboardist ever... great performer and great songwriter.
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Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 20:10
| Hammill with his unique sound |
Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: August 04 2010 at 13:54
| I might have suggested Marc Kelly, Clive Nolan, or Martin Orford. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 04 2010 at 15:50
Yes, Tomas Bodin and Erik Norlander too.
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 19:14
Wakeman, Emerson, Banks are really my all-time favourites. A poll would be interesting including only these three. But as they are excluded from the list, it is hard to tell. I really like the piano and keyboard work of Rick Davies (Supertramp). But also of Rick van der Linden (Ekseption), John Tout (Renaissance), Peter Bardens (Camel), Keith Tippet (King Crimson), Patrick Moraz, just to name a few. But they are all not on the list, strange. I think I won't vote on this poll. 
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Posted By: Progatron
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 20:16
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Very strange list, but hey it's all for fun. My vote goes to the amazing John Evan. ------------- Genesis/Yes/Rush/Marillion/VDGG&PH/The Flower Kings/Zappa/Änglagård/Wobbler/PFM/Banco/Le Orme/Jethro Tull/Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Ayreon/Beardfish/IQ/Dream Theater/Opeth/P.Tree/Arena/Camel/Kaipa! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 07:17
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since some people posted videos of their favorite player, here a few videos of Barbara Dennerlei. Friede and I saw her live sedveral times, and she is really amazing. but see for yourself: -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 07:20
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Dang no Emerson! so it has to be Rick Wright........... ------------- 
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Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 10:26
| Dave Stewart for sure |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 11:05
I saw these a few years back but have not managed to include them in my library. I have never heard anybody utilize the pedals like that. Its amazing how much they sound like an upright bass. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: daslaf
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 14:27
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Damn, Keith Tippet work with KC is awesome... my fav. from the list nowadays is Dave Stewart, sweet melodies, awesome progressions, great soloing and the guy knows how to make the organ roar.. followed by Kerry Minnear
Oh my lord, I almost forgot Mr. William D. Drake!!!  ------------- But now my branches suffer And my leaves don't bear the glow They did so long ago |