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    Posted: July 11 2019 at 14:14
Yeah another underrated T5 list. Sorry...

1. Dave Stewart (Egg, National Health)
2. Tony Banks (Genesis) 
3. Thomas Johnson (Anglagard, Thieve's Kitchen)
4. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, solo0
5. Kerry Minnear (Gentle Giant)


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1. Jordan Rudess - Dream Theater
2. John Tout - Renaissance
3. Eddie Jobson - UK, Zappa
4. Patrick Moraz - Yes, Moody Blues
5. George Duke - Zappa, solo
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fischman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2019 at 16:21
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
John Tout (Renaissance)
Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Solo) 
Derek Sherinen (Dream Theater)
Eddie Jobson (UK, Zappa, Jethro Tull)
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Ingo Bischof (Kraan, Karthago, Guru Guru and others)
Hugh Banton


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Dick Hyman
Victor Borge
PDQ Bach
Liberace
Morton Subotnick
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Liberace is awesome. Victor Borge is prog? Cool performer but prog?

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Ryo Okomoto
Tomas Bodin
Peter Bardens
Martin Orford
Kit Watkins
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David Sancious (Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Sting, solo)
Chester Thompson (Santana, Tower of Power)
Mike Mandel (The Eleventh House)
Patrice Rushen (Jean-Luc Ponty, Pat Metheny, CAB)
Tom Coster (Santana, Billy Cobham)
 
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Dave Greesnslade...Best haunting doom laden hammond player of all time.....and Par Lindh...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2019 at 23:43
so basically anyone that isn't Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson? Putting Tony Banks on an 'underrated' list is pushing it a bit as is Eddie Jobson and Patrick Moraz. That would probably be my top five list of all time!
Kerry Minnear and Dave Greenslade underrated?!

1. Fred Schendel (Glass Hammer)
2. Par Lindh
3. Martin Orford
4. Jurgen Fritz (Triumvirat)
5. Stale Storlokken (Elephant 9)

honourable mention for Mark Kelly who tends to hide his light under a bushel. Incommunicado has some scintillating keyboard playing! 


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Damn should really have mentioned Rod Argent and Manfred Mann. Both capable of genius moments

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2019 at 00:09
and really annoyed that I forgot about Ton Scherpenzeel (Kayak and Camel) . Has everything but hardly ever mentioned.
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In no particular order:
Vincent Crane (Atomic Rooster, Dexys Midnight Runners)
Rod Argent (Zombies, Argent)
Morgan Fisher (Morgan, Mott the Hoople)
Dave Greenslade (Colosseum, Greenslade)
Gianni and Vittorio Nocenzi (Banco) these brothers might count as two choices?
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1. Cyrille Verdeux
2. Eddie Jobson
3. Roger Hodgson
PROGMATIC
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What about badens of Camel???
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Greg Boynton - dagaband...best keyboard player ive seen live and that includes wakeman and banks...
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David Palmer, John Evans, Jon Lord, Ken Hensley and Mikey Simmonds.
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Jürgen Fritz (Triumvirat)
Martin Orford (IQ)
Dean Watson
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No mention of Erik Norlander yet? 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote verslibre Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2019 at 16:03
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

No mention of Erik Norlander yet? 
 

Nope, nor Jim Alcivar (everyone goes Who?!).
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