MCChris Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-emerson-dies/
Willie G. Moseley Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Been a fan since The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack first came out in the late '60s. Last week I was listening to what I think is his final album (at least, it was the last one I acquired), 2014's Live at Manticore Hall with Greg Lake (no Carl Palmer). Unique arrangements of the classic ELP stuff. ELP epitomized progressive rock, and even though they were critically slagged at times, they were serious about their craft. This is usually said about guitarists, but IMO he was actually a keyboard player who could hit a couple of riffs and you could identify him just by what (and how) he was playing.
diablo175 Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Crap. My best friend and I smoked many a bowl/joint prior to and during listening to ELP in high school. The wife and I both loved ELP.
GASguy Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 ELP was my first concert, back in 1973 at the Garden. Good memories from that night and many pleasurable listening experiences from both before and after that show.
HamStd Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Very sad to hear the news. I was very fortunate at the last NAMM show in January, a friend of mine at Korg is "in" with his camp and I got to actually hang out with them for 15 minutes before he did his signing. Very intelligent, kind person and appreciative of the fans. Shared many stories about the Brain Salad Surgery days/tour. Peter
specialk Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Sorry to read about this. Truthfully I always thought of him as the weak link in ELP.
Steve Haynie Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 My seat was on the front row for Emerson, Lake & Powell. When I was bumming a Greg Lake guitar pick, Keith's tech offered me a tube from Keith's Hammond organ.
zorrow Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Overcome the shock, just wanted to add that in another life I was hired as the replacement singer of a touring band. I came very close to their keyboardist, who was a true virtuoso and remains my close friend to this day. He introduced me to ELP. We used to listen to "Tarkus", "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "Brain Salad Surgery" mainly, as well as to that album with Cozy Powell containing that that piece titled "The Score". Back then I got drunk many times listening to ELP, I had a groupy/girlfriend who listened to ELP with me, in the tour bus we played ELP for everybody and even live we covered "Touch and Go", from the same album with Powell --I sang that song, gosh! So, while I cannot say I was a huge fan, I just realize ELP was a big part of me during a certain period of my life. I feel genuinely sad. Very sad, indeed.
zorrow Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 "Touch and Go" probably is the song he played on which I know best, as I even used to sing it (semi)professionally. I do know it's not one of his many masterpieces, but it's the one that talks to me the most at this very moment. I'll honor then Keith Emerson's memory by listening to it right now:
LefThanDed Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Nobody really remembers how HUGE they were in the early 1970's. Saw them in 1977 after the symphony was let go. (My adult kids still refer to them as "Dad's baseball music")
mc2 Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Man......The Nice was an early influence on me and playing progrock. (I am also completely shocked to see this live clip of Nice and that the bassist plays a teardrop, which was my bass of choice for a decade while I played progrock. Never knew that.) I think I wore out two of the LPs with their version of Dylan's "She Belongs to Me" on it. Sad news. RIP Keith.
zorrow Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 19 minutes ago, LefThanDed said: Nobody really remembers how HUGE they were in the early 1970's. I was 0 y/o in 1970. I don't remember anything. But you bet they left a mark!
ARM OF HAMER Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Awful! Another great has passed...............and not in a good way.
scottcald Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 2 hours ago, HamStd said: Very sad to hear the news. I was very fortunate at the last NAMM show in January, a friend of mine at Korg is "in" with his camp and I got to actually hang out with them for 15 minutes before he did his signing. Very intelligent, kind person and appreciative of the fans. Shared many stories about the Brain Salad Surgery days/tour. Peter Is that pic from like 2 months ago? If so he doesn't look like 71 there.
scottcald Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Damn, just read the story. Why do people shoot themselves? I sure as hell wouldn't want to find a loved one with a gunshot to the head and I wouldn't want the wife to be the one to discover me like that.
chromium Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 ELP was a huge inspiration to me as a kid. Pictures at an Exhibition and Trilogy both really sparked my interest in electronic music, and led to me getting into electronics at an early age just so I could afford to build some noise making devices of my own... ...and I'm still at it at 43 This was sad news to hear, but man what a remarkable guy and legacy. RIP Keith
scottcald Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 I don't want to be gone yet, but man, I'd love to hear the band that's been recruited these past few months.
RobB Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Latest news is Emerson shot himself. Ronnie Montrose died in the same manner. Sad...
mc2 Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 52 minutes ago, chromium said: ELP was a huge inspiration to me as a kid. Pictures at an Exhibition and Trilogy both really sparked my interest in electronic music, and led to me getting into electronics at an early age just so I could afford to build some noise making devices of my own... ...and I'm still at it at 43 This was sad news to hear, but man what a remarkable guy and legacy. RIP Keith Is that YOUR modular Moog setup?? Fantastic! I learned on a rig very similar to that that my university had, around an hour from the Moog factory. Only around 10 people in the Moog lab/recording studio per semester....and I was the black sheep, not being a music major nor a keyboardist. The other nine hated that I got in. They hated it more that I got a B+ for the semester, the third higest grade of all of them. I took more of a Brian Eno and Kraftwerk approach, while everyone else just did a Walter/Wendy Carlos thing, playing classical pieces on a Moog. Best part was you got to block your own time slots and were the only one in the studio when working. They also has a Skully two-track analog deck and other stuff to record yourself. Bought a MiniMoog...got stolen from our loft after a couple of years. Also had a ribbon controller like yours and some other early gizmos. Still have my old MinoMoog case cuz they stole my synth out of the case.
HamStd Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 1 hour ago, scottcald said: Is that pic from like 2 months ago? If so he doesn't look like 71 there. Yes, this was from Jan. 2016. I have to dig up the picture, but when Moog came back on the market, I remember they actually had Keith's setup in the booth at NAMM. That was really a site to see in person. Chromium's picture made me think of it. I'll find that image and make a scan. Peter
chromium Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, mc2 said: Is that YOUR modular Moog setup?? Fantastic! I learned on a rig very similar to that that my university had, around an hour from the Moog factory. Only around 10 people in the Moog lab/recording studio per semester....and I was the black sheep, not being a music major nor a keyboardist. The other nine hated that I got in. They hated it more that I got a B+ for the semester, the third higest grade of all of them. I took more of a Brian Eno and Kraftwerk approach, while everyone else just did a Walter/Wendy Carlos thing, playing classical pieces on a Moog. Best part was you got to block your own time slots and were the only one in the studio when working. They also has a Skully two-track analog deck and other stuff to record yourself. Bought a MiniMoog...got stolen from our loft after a couple of years. Also had a ribbon controller like yours and some other early gizmos. Still have my old MinoMoog case cuz they stole my synth out of the case. Very cool! My modular system is all recent stuff (2001+), made by a variety of vendors... but in similar format to the Moog. It's mostly used, and I started piecing it together in 2007. That ribbon controller is something that I build/sell as I have time. Uses industrial force and position sensors, and I make the enclosures, have the boards/panels machined. Those have helped the ol' "Hamer fund" (...and were another Emerson inspiration - although none of mine ignite pyrotechnics). I still have a '74 Mini that was a beat up road warrior, but I went thru the whole thing and restored/refinished it. Also have a similar era Oberheim Four Voice with the sidecar sequencer. Same deal there- massive sweat equity. I've let go of a lot of others, but have managed to hang onto the Sequential Pro-One I bought as a teen for peanuts when everyone was dumping their analogs for DX7s.
Camstone Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 Wow what a bummer. I just listened to Brain Salad Surgery last week. I was in high school from 72-76, so this music was a big part of my youth. Sad
RobB Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 (Mel Brooks voice): "Oyyyyyy, vhat a lucky mensch, he vas!"
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