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Poll Question: whos the best keybordist of these two players
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    Posted: November 04 2011 at 05:42
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:00
Banks is a brilliant composer, but when it comes to artistic freedom and expressions I have more admiration for Kerrry Minnear.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:06
Very, very tough. Love both of these guys and they are both spectacular players. Lean a little more toward Banks. Other keyboard players-notably Keith Emerson-talk about Banks as the best they've ever seen, so vote Banks, but only by a tiny bit.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:57

Tony Banks; for his composer skills and keyboard playing!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:00
Kerry Minnear. Very unique player ...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:21
Tony Banks. Fantastic

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:53
Banks--best overall prog keyboardist.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:30
Love both but give my vote to the Giant key player
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:43
Banks (pre-Abacab), but I love both.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:53
Tony Banks, because although he never was a virtuoso player, he could always work very well with sounds and moods. Plus he could play complex stuff, more pop / rock stuff, movie music, classical stuff...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 09:23
Originally posted by yanch yanch wrote:

Very, very tough. Love both of these guys and they are both spectacular players. Lean a little more toward Banks. Other keyboard players-notably Keith Emerson-talk about Banks as the best they've ever seen, so vote Banks, but only by a tiny bit.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 09:48
I regard Banks as a middle-order Keyboard player, a good journeyman, certainly not in the same breath as Emerson, Ritchie, Wakeman, but he gets my vote on this occasion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 10:17
A good matchup.  I give Banks a slight edge for his knack for melody.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 11:53
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 12:00
I like both but Banks gets the vote.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 12:50
Kerry is the better player.  The vote would have been tougher if it had also included their merits as composers. Kerry is more interesting but Banks has more command over structure, something that I am attracted to in music.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:21
Banks - he is the true heart of the classic Genesis sound.  Not that Minnear is second-rate, because he isn't.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:29
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:41
Minnear, but Banks is still brilliant.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 14:56
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