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cstack3
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Honestly? Robert Fripp. He played Mellotron from the beginning (ITCOTCK), and electric piano on LTIA. He also played keys on his solo LPs with Andy Summers.
There was a kit set up in the basement, along with an array of amps and keyboards. And so for an hour or so we just played, improvising freely, Fripp on electric piano as well as guitar. I Advanced Masked credits:
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The many shades of Rob Reed - the Mike Oldfield of Neo Prog.
2014: Robert Reed - Sanctuary - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEXFN-SNu_rgnMfkyMtR1OzwTemPOZS9s 2001: Magenta - Revolutions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIe3T-MrH1EqR942YNj9Pwr 2004: Magenta - Seven - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLxo1bk1tN9bv_UvqX5cGn1 2005: Magenta - The Gathering - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKYVLJTEygx4w0ZOsdOm0BT 2006: Magenta - Home - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKS0fMqXsgBwG9NIf68a7mB 2006: Magenta - New York Suite - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIL-_2yfmDLTrJ5SzS7P7lM 2007: Magenta - The Singles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLfgG7xUho7eC82OLo4blf_ 2007: Magenta - Live at the Point, Cardiff - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIwzLFD-pM-zi4uyLQYqWAB 2008: Magenta - Metamorphosis - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJDG_UUWBs2xdA7BjpugLLs 2010: Magenta - Live at Real World - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKx-MgP3UpnJskUo0-Cs8sD 2011: Magenta - Chameleon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKZhN5CdD2sdwq-1XImhVtM 2013: Magenta - The Twenty Seven Club - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJfGCKI69tFb4ZSvs7J17VN 2015: Magenta - The Singles Complete - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIidnoclOfR-v40Q7Bel5fe 2017: Magenta - We Are Legend - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLBCN6ASIjRnhyuESyR2k0y 2019: Magenta - Acapela 2016 & 2017 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpI00TCyPFNJoWDoMC7wXc1k 2020: Magenta - Masters of Illusion - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJMP3JjOmOa_3Z0mr4GDeCA 2021: Magenta - Angels and Damned - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL39WAlVlA67soFkSTlRvgs 1993: Cyan - For King and Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacxgQvJe8A 1994: Cyan - Pictures from the Other Side - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDaHGNq-7U 1999: Cyan - The Creeping Vine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPDzwvBXPs2O9TH7eJy-ZYzhdJ5gqClmi 2021: Cyan - For King and Country (re-recording) 1997: The Fyreworks - The Fyreworks 2007: Trippa - Sorry 2010: Christina Booth - Broken Lives & Bleeding Hearts 2015: Christina Booth - The Light 2012: Chris Fry - Composed 2014: Robert Reed - Sanctuary - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEXFN-SNu_rgnMfkyMtR1OzwTemPOZS9s 2016: Kiama - Sign of IV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kehxw1_UDY 2020: Chimpan A - The Empathy Machine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKidY9ukttwY9DvXCTget5Whuz9nbU6Ys By the way, Rob Reed plays keyboards too, just like Mike Oldfield. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - April 06 2024 at 07:43 |
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Jurgen Fritz and Pete Bardens for sure.
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Not prog, but Neil Larsen is an underrated jazz keyboardist. He played with Steve Lukather if I recall well.
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This is tough ... but here goes. I think some folks might not like this post. Keith was a classical music composer, and the way it was presented with ELP was the only way he could get his material played or heard. Considering him just a keyboardist is kinda silly in my book, specially when nowadays you can hear some of his material done acoustically via Rachel Flowers' hands! Something that many "fans" won't do. Wakeman, for my tastes is one of the bigger buffoons to play ... he certainly can play, and I would consider him a definite "keyboardist", but for my ears, and heart, a 2nd rate composer, completely dependant on the various different synths and sounds. If the electricity is turned of, I am not sure that you will EVER enjoy listening to Rick, as it will sound plain, boring and tired. Tony, is tough ... he has not really shown any of us anything else other than what he does for the band, thus making it difficult to know what to say without sounding rude. I think he has the tools for it, and would like to see him branch out of the group, but I am not sure he is comfortable, or used to doing anything beyond the 5, 6 or 7 minutes of a composition for the group. I think he has it, but it has to get out from the "band" for us to know better. Rick W is probably the one person that helped PF be a sound behemoth, instead of it just being a solo or piece of nothing keyboard sound over a rock song. Rick, was always the best "experimentalist" of all the members of the group, and it was sad that all that DG could do on one more album, was to present him as a bunch of songs, when I think a lot of the material Rick W came up with would likely give Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and many others a run for their work, but folks around PF and Rick's family will never allow that stuff to be heard and seen ... and DG is just a musician, not an artist to appreciate what Rick left behind. One can only hope that some of it shows up, and completely away from DG, RW and any PF connection so the music has a chance to live ... but I am not sure that the family "owns" much of it and this might be the problem ... owned by someone else that just keeps it on the stacks of ... death forever, just like the amount of stuff in Frank Zappa's old house that not even his _________ knows what to do with it, and Dweezil is not smart enough to go beyond the quantity of notes and touches and well remembered songs! Dweezil's creativity is stuck in nowhere land! As much as I love listening to Rick Wright's moments, they are by far some of the best sound bits, even stronger at times than Tangerine Dream, my sentiments go with Keith ... and his classical style that so few folks can appreciate, and how the time and place forced him to show his material in a way that we enjoyed, but was not exactly what he had in mind. One last comment ... and it is about the big buffoon ... and a reminder that JP Rampal, one day decided to do a show with a well known jazz flautist ... at the Hollywood Bowl ... and I can tell you that from that day on, JP Rampal, was shown to be a very poor player that could not even improvise. He was blown off the stage, literally! I think the same with happen to Rick ... although I have to admit that a couple of his specials, like the one on Vivaldi, is excellent, but it was like it was giving him license to let his right hand go bananas on a 3rd and then 4th keyboard, so the same thing sounds different. At least Vivaldi, could not "cheat!.
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@ moshkito - I was joking, I thought the LOL emoticon showed that...
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I think possibly that Rod Argent is underrated by the more casual of rock & prog fans.
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Roine Stolt. People constantly praise him for his guitar playing/songwriting but not many are aware of his keyboard skills. Roine played all of the keyboard parts on The Flower King (1994) and I think he did a great job.
Also, moshkito. Both Wakeman and Wright start with the W. xD So in the end the way you wanted to differentiate one from another in your post is still not super clear. Lmao. Edited by Hrychu - April 10 2024 at 12:43 |
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[QUOTE=mellotronwave] Firsts that come to my mind are :
John Hawken : Strawbs, Renaissance, Illusion, Spooky Tooth Wooly Wolstenholme : Barclay James Harvest John Tout : Renaissance Flavio Premoli : PFM Nocenzi Vittorio and Gianni : Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Mist : Grobschnitt Hugh Banton : VDGG Adding : Don Airey : Colosseum II, Deep Purple, and so on... Blue Weaver : The Strawbs Dave Greenslade : Colosseum, Greenslade (band) Edited by mellotronwave - April 10 2024 at 17:01 |
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He reminds me a lot of my Mum who also expects you to have taken your telepathy pills when conversing.
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Among others, Manfred Mann, if I ask some prog rock listners who this guy is, I guess only a handfull of them will say I know him, sad, his keyboard tone is unique and recognizable from hundreds
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From Manfred Mann's Earth Band ? Underrated prog band. Glorified Magnified is a great album. I recall Messin' too.
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moshkito
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Hi, Strange comment in my book ... what's the point of having/using telepathy if you don't use it? Being cross, silly, and off the conversation, is another story! BTW, telepathy can not be "learned" by a pill ... you either "have it" and develop it, or forget about it. And a mother would not necessarily know about her son, or daughter, in regards to that ability, although I have read and heard that some traits can carry genetically, but the developing of them is another story! I would almost say the mum is not interested in the conversation and is using an excuse to get you riled up!
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^ she certainly succeeds at that
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Really? Rarely do I see him mentioned. I have the 2 on 1 cd...but I think it was transferred directly from vinyl instead of being remixed |
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Blue Weaver from the Strawbs. Now, that man was underrated.
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Barock Project's composer/keyboardist Luca Zabbini is most underrated modern prog keyboardist. Luca also tours as PFM's keyboardist.
Lucky for me, Barock Project is releasing a new album. I feel Dennis DeYoung is underrated. Without DeYoung, Styx would have been just a rock band with resplendent harmonies. When it comes to rating musicians, I emphasize composition skills. DeYoung's ear for beautiful keyboard melodies cannot be denied.
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Absolutely agree with this take. Dennis DeYoung is not only one of the most slept on keyboardists in prog, but he's undeniably one of the best voices in MUSIC. His work with Styx (especially on Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, and Cornerstone) is absolutely 1st class in both aspects.
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Another fan of Dennis DeYoung here. IMO, Styx without DeYoung is a joke. Between his keyboard mastery and crystalline vocal cords, DDY made Styx a standout in a landscape of by-the-numbers AOR bands.
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