RIP Keith Emerson

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RIP Keith Emerson

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One of the great keyboard players of the rock era has died and the music world is a poorer place :-

Progressive rock legend Emerson dies - BBC News
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"He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Santa Monica police confirmed to the BBC."

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What a terrible moment.

His contributions to music through ELP are monumental but I still have a couple of Nice albums which I play moderately loudly on occasion. The Five Bridges was ground-breaking and introduced an entire genre, and I enjoy Thoughts - where else would you find a lead singer like that - much as I enjoy Stockhausen, having acquired a taste for both.

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spot;1493647 wrote: What a terrible moment.

His contributions to music through ELP are monumental but I still have a couple of Nice albums which I play moderately loudly on occasion. The Five Bridges was ground-breaking and introduced an entire genre, and I enjoy Thoughts - where else would you find a lead singer like that - much as I enjoy Stockhausen, having acquired a taste for both.

I've headed "greatest album of all time" lists with Tarkus for decades.


He was also responsible for introducing lots of classical music into rock, one of the first to do so.
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