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Title: 'The show that never ends'
Post by: Devildog on March 11, 2016, 06:37:17 PM: Ended for Keith Emerson today. Another '70's music legend gone. RIP.
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 11, 2016, 06:40:51 PM: This *is* getting to be like a broken record lately. RIP Keith..
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Post by: Gliderjohn on March 11, 2016, 06:42:32 PM: I always enjoyed them. Got to see them back in the 70s. Great concert.
GliderJohn
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Post by: HardAspie on March 11, 2016, 06:45:04 PM: They are all going. I will miss him even though I have not kept up with his life and career. The real issue is of course that we are all getting old. Seeing the demise of so many from my era makes this a personal issue. Love life while you can. The show does end after all.
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Post by: Devildog on March 11, 2016, 07:23:44 PM: I saw them in the mid 70's in OKC, the show was so amazing we drove to Tulsa to hear them again a week later.
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 07:26:08 PM: Quote from: Devildog on March 11, 2016, 07:23:44 PM
I saw them in the mid 70's in OKC, the show was so amazing we drove to Tulsa to hear them again a week later.

The ex and I were at that show in OKC , although some of it is a bit blurry :laugh:

Dusty
Title: Re: 'The show that never ends'
Post by: Gliderjohn on March 11, 2016, 08:08:09 PM: Quote from oldbike54:
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The ex and I were at that show in OKC , although some of it is a bit blurry

Dusty, when I see you again in person I will fill you in on the rest of the story from the early 74 ELP concert in Wichita. Just don't want it in print, even if I am retired. :wink:
GliderJohn
Title: Re: 'The show that never ends'
Post by: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 08:10:59 PM: Quote from: gliderjohn on March 11, 2016, 08:08:09 PM
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Dusty, when I see you again in person I will fill you in on the rest of the story from the early 74 ELP concert in Wichita. Just don't want it in print, even if I am retired. :wink:
GliderJohn

That should make for a good camp fire story next month :laugh: I promise not to blow your cover John .

Dusty
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Post by: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:26:10 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 07:26:08 PM
The ex and I were at that show in OKC , although some of it is a bit blurry :laugh:

Dusty

I was there too. Wasn't Keith spinning around on that keyboard?

maybe it was me?
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Post by: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:29:11 PM: 3 of us at the same show? who wudda thunk it.

I didn't even remember until you guys brought it up.

TARKUS

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer_-_Tarkus_(1971)_front_cover.jpg)
Title: Re: 'The show that never ends'
Post by: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 08:33:41 PM: Quote from: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:26:10 PM
I was there too. Wasn't Keith spinning around on that keyboard?

maybe it was me?

It was either Keith or Carl Palmer , like I said , the evening is a bit fuzzy . Wait , was that you and Bev sitting behind us , we were about 5 rows back in the middle ? :laugh: Damn , that was a couple of good years in OKC . Bob Seger at his peak , CS&N , Jethro Tull , Poco ... who am I missing boys?

Dusty
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Post by: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:34:57 PM: yep, that was Bev & me

:evil:
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 08:36:49 PM: Quote from: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:34:57 PM
yep, that was Bev & me

:evil:

Aww hell , no wonder we bonded so fast :laugh: Wait , was I there ??? :rolleyes:

Dusty
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Post by: normzone on March 11, 2016, 08:53:31 PM: Quote from: gliderjohn on March 11, 2016, 08:08:09 PM
Quote from oldbike54:
Dusty, when I see you again in person I will fill you in on the rest of the story from the early 74 ELP concert in Wichita. Just don't want it in print, even if I am retired. :wink:
GliderJohn

Ah yes, the Brain Salad Surgery tour - saw it in San Diego. Nobody believes my stories, but maybe you folks would.

ELP and other three letter initialisms in play in that tour.

Oh, and my first car, a 1939 Buick Special, was named Tarkus.
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 11, 2016, 09:02:28 PM: Hendrix almost joined up with ELP , forming HELP . Memory says it was Greg Lake who said the problem was "There were no stages large enough to contain all of those egos" :laugh:

Dusty
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Post by: ITSec on March 11, 2016, 09:07:25 PM: I discovered 'The Nice' just as they broke up - and couldn't wait to hear what would happen when Emerson teamed up with King Crimson standout Greg Lake.

When I first played "Pictures at an Exhibition" for my mother (a music teacher), she was completely blown away.

I saw the tour that led to the triple live LP, and a few other ELP and Emerson performances in the many years since then.

I'm going to have to put "Everything as nice as mother made it" on the headphones tonight...
Title: Re: 'The show that never ends'
Post by: Dean Rose on March 12, 2016, 05:35:36 AM: Quote from: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:26:10 PM
I was there too. Wasn't Keith spinning around on that keyboard?

maybe it was me?

He did that at August Jam in Charlotte Motor Speedway. What a weekend that was.

Dean
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Post by: twhitaker on March 12, 2016, 05:51:20 AM: Quote from: LowRyter on March 11, 2016, 08:26:10 PM
I was there too. Wasn't Keith spinning around on that keyboard?

maybe it was me?

I got to see the elevating, spinning, fire breathing keyboard in '73. To this day the best concert I've ever been to. Forget the name of the band that intro'd but they became very famous.
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Post by: injundave on March 12, 2016, 01:39:06 PM: I never got to see them live but ELP were one of my favourite bands in the early 70's. I still have all their albums, some even on vinyl.
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Post by: fossil on March 12, 2016, 02:09:14 PM: I read it in my newspaper today. He was always my favourite musician. The mighty Hammond B3 has fallen silent forever. The world for me has gotten a lot poorer.

Keith Emerson also was biker. His taste was extraordinarily good. He loved his Norton Commando he drove all the time.