Christine's keyboard talents

[nicepace]

LOL! I think you mean it the other way .... Beethoven is Chris with a wig.

Is there a list anywhere of all of Christine's keyboards? I would just love, love, love knowing what she is playing on all of the songs.

I enjoy her playing so much. Pop music isn't about virtuoso playing ... it's about playing that matches the song. And Chris' playing matches the songs so beautifully.

[David]

Originally Posted by nicepace

Is there a list anywhere of all of Christine's keyboards?

It's pretty easy to list what Chris has been playing live since the band broke huge in America, but it's a lot harder to list all the studio keyboards she may have used. Who would know entirely at this date? Not even the engineers would remember. So much time has passed.

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Hohner Pianet N
Hohner Combo Pianet
Hammond B3
Hamilton acoustic grand
ARP String Ensemble
Fender Rhodes suitcase
Yamaha CP30
Yamaha acoustic grand
Yamaha acoustic console
Yamaha KX-88 controller
Accordion

For studio, add:
Hohner Clavinet D6
Yamaha DX-7
Minimoog
Oberheim
Multimoog
Vox Continental

[michelej1]

Saw this in a Billboard biography of Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), an independent experimental musician based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=682874


Hauschka has successfully combined the chamber music aspect of prepared piano (see composers Henry Cowell, John Cage, Christian Wolff, Max Richter, Maurice Delage and Arvo Part) with pop, rock and electronic sensibilities. Incredibly, this puts him in league with such diverse artists as easy listening duo Ferrante & Teicher, rockers John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Tom Constanten of the Grateful Dead, Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Elton John, the Waitresses, Eddie Van Halen and Tori Amos; electronica's mad scientist Aphex Twin; Ernst Horn of the Darkwave ensemble Deine Lakaien, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and Terry Adams of NRBQ.

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Originally Posted by David

Beethoven & Chris McVie have many things in common. Like Beethoven, Christine fought in court for the custody of her nephew over the course of several years, & this wrenching personal struggle affected her songs in startling ways. Like Beethoven, Christine moved numerous times, never settling permanently, always battling landlords & fellow tenants. And like Beethoven, Christine's popularity waned as the taste for Italian (& Italianate) opera -- especially Rossini's work -- grew, until in later years the public regarded the aging, slovenly former member of Fleetwood Mac as compositionally played-out & indeed psych0logically unhinged.

It remains to be seen whether Christine also has an unusually thick skull...or if her mynah bird was just miming.

[ejb1969]

Originally Posted by David

It's pretty easy to list what Chris has been playing live since the band broke huge in America, but it's a lot harder to list all the studio keyboards she may have used. Who would know entirely at this date? Not even the engineers would remember. So much time has passed.

LIVE
Hohner Pianet N
Hohner Combo Pianet
Hammond B3
Hamilton acoustic grand
ARP String Ensemble
Fender Rhodes suitcase
Yamaha CP30
Yamaha acoustic grand
Yamaha acoustic console
Yamaha KX-88 controller
Accordion

For studio, add:
Hohner Clavinet D6
Yamaha DX-7
Minimoog
Oberheim
Multimoog
Vox Continental

I thought this was the best place to post:

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2013 - Maui: Yamaha MOTIF ES-8

2013 - London: Yamaha CP1

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by nicepace

It is my opinion that Christine has never received proper recognition for her pioneering role as a woman musician in a rock band. She was the first woman to perform the three roles of singer, songwriter, and musician in a pop band. I think if Chris had been a more flashy keyboard player, she might have received more acclaim for this pioneering role.

Amen to that! It's long forgotten that she paved the way for many women in rock.

[applebucked]

She was quite the anomaly back then, wasn't she?