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Poll Question: Who is your favorite prog keyboard player from the seventies period?
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13 [18.84%]
15 [21.74%]
10 [14.49%]
7 [10.14%]
3 [4.35%]
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1 [1.45%]
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3 [4.35%]
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7 [10.14%]
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9 [13.04%]
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Wakeman.  His Hammond solo on "Roundabout" blows the doors off, his touch on Mellotron was remarkable, and his sense of composition sublime.  However, he also managed to get some of the cheesiest sounds out of a Mini-Moog that I ever heard!  

Banks is a close second, his piano work is remarkable and Mellotron work as good as Wakeman's.  However, those cheesy ARP Pro-Soloist pre-set synth sounds....

Not mentioned in this list was the amazing John Hawken of the Strawbs.  His use of harpsichord (yes, an actual one) on Ghosts was truly inspired.   Often overlooked in these polls.
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Rick Wakeman.


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I vote for Jürgen Fritz today. He is one of my 70's favourites anyway.
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Tony Banks.
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Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Bowdown Tony Banks Bowdown His technique, style, sense of melody and approach to his instrument is impeccable. Honestly, if I had to pick one musician to be my favourite, it would no doubt be Tony. His Hammond Organ and Synth tones were also astounding. He's the kind of musician I would want to think and play like.  

Well said---and if only he and Hackett would do music together again---that could be amazing---too bad Tony doesn't seem to like Steve.Cry
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Some other keys players that are not on my list, and that have not been mentioned by anybody yet, that i admire-

Tony Kaye
Oliviero Lacagnina
John Mealing
Chick Corea
Peter Robinson



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Originally posted by Jojowarren Jojowarren wrote:

Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant.
 
This one!
Vinyl just sounds better!!

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Not mentioned in this list was the amazing John Hawken of the Strawbs.  His use of harpsichord (yes, an actual one) on Ghosts was truly inspired.   Often overlooked in these polls.
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And his mellotron, e-piano and organ work on Hero and Heroine is astounding! Clap
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Wakeman.  His Hammond solo on "Roundabout" blows the doors off, his touch on Mellotron was remarkable, and his sense of composition sublime.  However, he also managed to get some of the cheesiest sounds out of a Mini-Moog that I ever heard!  

Banks is a close second, his piano work is remarkable and Mellotron work as good as Wakeman's.  However, those cheesy ARP Pro-Soloist pre-set synth sounds....

Not mentioned in this list was the amazing John Hawken of the Strawbs.  His use of harpsichord (yes, an actual one) on Ghosts was truly inspired.   Often overlooked in these polls.
 And his mellotron, e-piano and organ work on Hero and Heroine is astounding! Clap
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I went with Richard Wright, but if Brian Eno had been on the list, I would have had a very difficult choice to make. :-)
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^ "Other" ?
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

What a list !
I went with Dave Stewart because he really blows me away. Incredible player and i like the way he distorts his keyboards.
A few not on the list that i also enjoy are Mike Ratledge, Andy Kirk, Tim Hodgkinson, and George Duke always gets me.  Runner up from the list itself would probably be Klaus Schulze.
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Originally posted by Jojowarren Jojowarren wrote:

Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant.
Totally!

George Duke, Tommy Mars, Mike Ratledge, Dave Sinclair, Peter Bardens are curiously absent from that list in my opinion so I'll go with 'Other'.

Not heard of 11 of the guys up there!
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Points: 12856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2012 at 14:52
Originally posted by MuzikLuva MuzikLuva wrote:

For composition, consistency and adaptation I have to go with Banks.  While I love most of Wakeman's work, he seemed to lose a lot of his creativity as he moved forward more into the New Age style.


But Wakeman's work in the 2000's was very good too, coming back to prog, with "Out There" and the Retro albums, he did stuff worthy of standing next to his works on the 70's.
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Dave Stewart
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Probably Dave Stewart! Despite having heard less of him than of several others on that list, he seems more interesting.
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Schulze never ceases to amaze me.
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Just wanted to say thank you very much to all who have responded!Thumbs Up

     And also thanks to those who have pointed out worthy players that are not on my list.
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So where is Ken Hensley?
Morgan Fisher is a hell of a keyboardist too.
And there's even no Ian McDonald!
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