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RIP Keith Emerson
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:56 am
by Bryn Mawr
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
RIP Keith Emerson
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:29 am
by Bruv
"He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Santa Monica police confirmed to the BBC."
I wonder why
RIP Keith Emerson
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:34 am
by spot
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.
RIP Keith Emerson
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:01 am
by Bryn Mawr
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.