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Originally Posted by David
I can't have a great rock keyboardists list that doesn't include:
1. Steve Nieve -- Elvis Costello & the Attractions. Listen to Steve's work on "The Loved Ones" on "Imperial Bedroom" & you will hear a keyboardist who is not only creative in & of himself but who has a profound understanding of his fellow players.
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He re-introduced a whole new audience to the wonders of the Vox Continental organ.
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Originally Posted by David
4. John Evan -- Jethro Tull. Listen to Evan's work on the cocktail piano intro to "Locomotive Breath."
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Hell, yes! Do you have that intro written out somewhere, David? My band plays "Locomotive Breath" and we have rearranged that intro due to us not having keyboards on the song. If you have it written out, then I could get them to play it "like the record". I saw John with Tull in concert during the
War Child tour at the Forum...awesome performer!!! Thanks for reminding me about him.
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Originally Posted by David
5. Kenny Kirkland -- The late, great Kirkland played for Sting on his first solo album & tour, & it was one of the great matings of jazz & pop in the history of 20th century popular culture. I saw Sting on that first solo tour at Pacific Amphitheatre, & Kirkland was a roaring, fickle, arcane Yahweh of the Old Testament.
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Being that he's such a "jazzer", I didn't think of Kenny...but, yep, I saw that first incarnation band that Sting had at the Amnesty International marathon show at the Forum. Plus, I've watched the
Bring On The Night film a hundred times or more. Do you have Kenny's solo album, David?
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Originally Posted by David
Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Tony Banks, Dennis De Young ... they all utterly bore me.
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They did me, too, for a very long time, but I'm starting to have a new appreciation for KE, RW, TB & Wakeman.
(Still can't stand DeYoung or Styx)
Also, whichever Minnear brother played keyboards in Gentle Giant...those early GG albums were pretty fine, as well. (Maybe we're in for another revival of that '70's progressive rock sound here soon...I'm starting to revisit those bands again and they don't sound as pretentious to me as they have the past 20 years)
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Originally Posted by BklynBlue
John "Rabbit" Bundrick (Free, Pete Townshend, The Who)
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Good one!
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Originally Posted by BklynBlue
Ian Stewart (The Rolling Stones)
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ACK!!! Yes! And I also inadvertantly left out
Ian MacLagan, too (Small Faces, Faces, New Barbarian, Bonnie Raitt Band)
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Originally Posted by BklynBlue
Richard Manuel (The Band)
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Might as well mention Garth Hudson, too.
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Originally Posted by BklynBlue
Otis Spann (Chuck Berry - I know it is a bit of a stretch to call him a "rock" keyboardist, but I just had to get him in  ) |
Well, Otis is as "rock & roll" as Muddy Waters is...
"The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll!"
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Originally Posted by BklynBlue
Al Kooper (Bob Dylan + far too many sessions to mention!)
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Not to mention being the FOUNDER of "Blood, Sweat & Tears".