The entire karn evil 9 is awesome,the epitome of this fantastic trio,my heroes since youth ( now i'am 64) .from Treviso Italy,and my respect for mister Shaklett for this great rendition
Busted! Now the truth comes spilling out: The first two chords after the solo are wrong. I almost stopped but I liked the take pretty well to that point so I jumped back on the right chords. That same progression happens two more times so I got a chance to redeem myself a little. Oh the perils of live performance! I'm glad I got that off my chest.
1970 or 71. I was 15, a sophomore in high school...at my buddy Rex's, where I heard a number of things for the first time. Tarkus was strange and wonderful. Somewhere during the B side I got a feeling I'll never forget: I felt like I was related to Keith Emerson somehow...like we had a common ancestor in Ireland or something...even though I was way out in Calif. in the middle of the desert. I became kinda like the guy in Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind: I had to reproduce this thing..
I get it. I still remember exactly where I was when I heard "song for america" for the first time on the radio (written by a different Kerry). it was life changing. Something in the ungodly chord progression and subsequent tension resolution connected with me on an atomic level. Can't explain it.
I never missed an ELP tour. Saw them about 70 times. It was always Yes and ELP for me. Saw Yes about 90 times. You are an amazing player. Dream Theater, anyone?
I'm almost overwhelmed. This magnificent performance has reminded me of why Emerson was my musical hero back in the seventies. The combination of technical mastery with sheer musicality remains awe-inspiring and your rendition is as good as I'll ever hear, I suspect. You have inspired me!
I listened to all parts before my comment... I'm VERY impressed! You, Rachel Flowers, and the young lady at Dreamatone should get together and tour! That would be a Show of Shows!!!!
I have to say you really captured the live version perfectly! Studio version sound different but the fact that you nailed the California Jam version is amazing!
Got my first set 4 years ago. My feet were pretty much beginners but they're coming along. Having sequenced all the drum parts for my videos I've studied Carl pretty thoroughly. Most of his stuff is not complicated beyond the basic rhythms of the music (which admittedly can be a little tricky) it's just well placed and executed. That's where years of pounding it out at gigs comes in handy. Kinda wish I'd started 30 years ago.
I suspect he still has the GX1. I read just a few days ago that he sampled some sounds from it for his new album. The Works album was certainly a whole new sound. Remember that the sounds that we came to love were about all that was available at the time. Keith was apparently very happy to have something completely new sounding. I think most of us were expecting another BSS...and probably still are. And why not? The planets must have been all lined up for that one. But life goes on.
Side note: brilliant rendition. Well done on every aspect. Soo... I read an old story that keith bought a broken GX-1 from maybe John Paul Jones? when a tractor drove through the wall of his barn and bashed the hell out of his GX1? or maybe it involved Benny Anderson. it was a small, exclusive club. I'm so sad keith is gone. It's just wrong he left that way.
I went past a news agency the other day and saw a music magazine with Brain Salad Surgery on the cover, 40th anniversary re digitized or something ..so felt nostalgic and punched in "karn evil 9" on you tube and just discovered this....awesome!
Kerry, It is my pleasure! I have this cranked right now, and it's like listening to it all over again! I like the way it travels from one channel to the other,like during the part at 0:49, not to mention the ending! You *are* the BEST!!!!!!!
I'm a 22 years old from Argentina. Big fan of Keith and elp i watched your work again years after the first time. I think you re the personification of the perfect future of Keith Emerson. I really enjoyed this. Thanks
Kerry must be one the greatest musicians out there. Alright, I love ELP, but the skill level on display here is beyond mind-boggling. There’s something more to it though, for me, he gets the spirit of the music just right and achieves an urgency and sheer musical quality that goes beyond just the almighty ability.
this was the song I interpreted for Keith when I was a young boy. I was in music school and I created this with piano and organ and moog I wrote him and included a tape I said I could copy you but you heard it already. Keith met me and he said I was right what is the use of copying. It was many years later Keith told me he was so ego driven to tell me at the time but I had a Ginastera moment, I said when he heard his piece interpreted by you he congratulated you? So you buying me lasagna was your way of saying that? LOL. Kerry you are good and you obviously put a lot of effort in this and I hope you see this I know some time has passed and you are very prolific and so was I. If something ever happened don't follow Keith's end. I had a stroke and lost a good piece of my left hand and Keith always admired me for it. I know at 59 I can make do because that's rock and roll
(continuing)...but, I never have given up the hope of meeting someone who can play the Emerson stuff with such precision such, as you. I play all of Carl's stuff note for note.That has been the ultimate challenge and what kept me on my toes, and why I constructed the replica of his 70's drum percussion set up.One day,I hope to be able to meet someones expectations as a drummer/percussionist who can play ELP as well as they expect. I only hope they are as gifted as you are, Kerry.
Stumbled on 1st Impression yesterday, watched 2nd and 3rd today. WOW!!! Excellent work. You covered the error there like a champ and just kept on digging. That was great. WBMF was my first ELP album experience and you took me back in time. Thank you!
Dude! You are THE MAN! You have Tull and ELP nailed! I saw ELP in Anaheim in 73 or 74, right before Cal Jam. I also saw Tull at the LA Forum in 75 or 76. It's been awhile, so kinda hard to remember exactly which years. Great shows. They've been 2 of my favorite bands since then. Something tells me you can probably hammer out some early Genesis and Yes as well. How about Triumvirat or Trace? I'd love to hear it! Anyway, you performances are very inspirational. I gotta go practice:>) Thanx Man!
Excellent!I sure hope he still has it.I remember reading an interview with Keith a few years back and he said the GX1 was damaged in a fire in his barn.Hope he was able to salvage it-it is a phenominal machine.You do bring up a GREAT point.Keith was probably pleased as punch to have a machine with a completely new sound.(And he didnt have to throw around a 350 pound organ to get some wild sounds-easier on the back.)I was hoping for another BSS,also-hell,ive been waiting for that since 1975!!!
Excellent Kerry! Not too many of us can play thru the full song. Every time I hear someone else do it I hear chords or a few notes I'm not perfect on. It wasn't in print when I learned it by ear. Again excellent excellent! And good programming. For one of my senior engineering projects I built a Moog sequencer clone, just to do 3rd Empression. I used 2 Mini's in the 70's, and of course a B. Hauled a Yamaha grand around to. ( I'm too old now to haul that weight around ) I had a perfect Greg Lake vocalist for a few years , and a Carl Palmer drummer too.. We had a great time pulling ELP off live. Lost the drummer to Steve Morse, and the singers somewhere around Nashville.
Too bad youtube isn't at least in stereo, huh? I have that end sequence racing back and forth in stereo with a bunch of echo. It sounds pretty cool. Wish I could have been at the Jam. My uncle lived right around the corner. I did get to see the show in Baltimore, Dec, '73.
Thanks, Yeah they lowered parts of the 1st and 3rd impressions, no doubt so Greg wouldn't have to strain for the whole tour. I use those keys in case I ever have a singer with the same problem. I also take liberty with a few of the licks as does Keith. I've worked hard to capture the sounds of the day. Without the actual gear I can't nail everything but I'm close.
I think that was Pat Moraz's band. Another great player, but like Wakeman (and everyone else) he didn't have the magic in his composing as Keith. In my opinion the person that got closest to Keith in musical impact was Eddie Jobson, but as Greg Lake said, it's art; one person will cry over it and the next person will piss on it.
Kerry, I love the solo so much so that I would rather listen to you play it than listen to Keith play it. I have always been in love with those chords played with the left hand which, Keith--for some reason-- always cut out of the live performances of this tune, except here and there. The steady playing adds so much, and whatever the setting is that have you on the lower keyboard is awesome.
So you came in on Tarkus,eh?What a wonderfully complex,intricate piece of music Keith created(with a little help from his friends)Kinda liked the B side myself-"Infinite Space/A time and a place"my favs.I came in on BSS-what an introduction!Vowed to hear every note Emerson played before AND after that.
As a massive Keith fan i love watching you. i was late to ELP by age. i was only 10 in 1973 and so missed the fuss and only came by them in 1978 by chance after seeing the Old Grey Whistle Test Special and i was hooked. Had to wait until 1992 to see them at the Royal Albert Hall. in 2003 i saw Keith with The Nice on the tour and was lucky to shake his hand. finally i saw him at The Barbican London in 2015. i play guitar but never managed piano and so it always fascinates me to see someone like you being to master Keith's pieces. i hope you will ot mind i have posted your links on several ELP Facebook groups.
I love that solo too. But I can appreciate Keith playing whatever he feels like playing, being as resourceful as he is. Since you obviously are an ELP "historian" you probably noticed that I improvised my own licks in the next section, while trying to maintain the style. I hope both of us get our chance to play ELP with real musicians.
Fine job on this Kerry... it's 2:30am here in the UK now but I'm singing along in my head as I listen to the track through headphones. Will gladly take a crack at the vocals if you're up for it! Cheers - Graham.
Hi Kerry.... I even saw this URL on Moog-music...:) Can wait to see you playing other songs on WBMF. Maybe some stuff on Picture at an exibition...like "The Old Castle" etc...... Again..... all of your songs/videos are awesome Kerry...:)
To imitate the greatest keyboardist of the story is not easy. Rather, impossible. Emerson is, as Phil Collins and Steve Hackett ... as inimitable. Really good job, Kerry!
^^ This is my favorite ELP tune and I always enjoy hearing other interpretations of it. ELP is one of those bands that wont be remembered like say, the beatles... but in turn will be remembered more like Mussorgsky is remembered
Discovered this just now. This was always my favorite piece on BSS- a man vs. computer space epic etc etc, plus funky grooves. You nailed this and (and the other parts too.)
I would like to add that it is a pleasure to get to see/hear the Hammond solo actually played (at 4:30-5:09)the way it appears on the Brain Salad Surgery(BSS) album, since Keith didn't play the solo he recorded on the BSS album, during the California Jam. Actually,I like the way you play it much better than the way Keith plays it on the "Welcome Back my friends..." album, because you used the left hand more then Keith did on the lower keyboard, making it sound closer to the sound on BSS!
Form Canary Island, Spain.Congratulation, your playing is perfect, good job.I would like to tray be the Lake of this post, but the distance...Thank for post it and repeat, congratulation for your job "Keith";-0).
Thanks, I hate to break this to you but not only did I learn it by ear, I learned it from an LP 30+ years ago. I got to where I could drop the needle on the exact groove I wanted about half of the time. bowserb61 turned me on to the "Piano Bench" recently and I've studied a few pages of Brent Wood's. I disagree with a few things but have also found stuff that sounds more "correct" than mine. What a great resource for ELP students, including me!
(continuing) heard anyone play ELP tunes with such precision, on keyboards, as you, sir! I read that you want to perform Toccata. I wish we could record it together! Wow! You are amazing! I guess I'll just keep wishing my dream could come true, and I'd get to play this stuff with actual talented musicians. Talent such as yours is not an easy task to find. Keith, Greg and Carl must be proud of you!
Graham from Noddy's Puncture (no one has explained that name to me yet) is actually working on a vocal rendition. What I've heard so far sounds great. He took the video right off youtube. Nothing stopping you from doing the same. I'd love to hear it.
Thanks. The original sound is a sequence that is triggered by the Moog keyboard with a slight delay. I couldn't trigger a sequence live with my gear so I sampled my own sequence and assigned it to a couple keys at the upper end of the controller.. You can see me play those higher notes...
Hello Burt, I've got to put this on my channel page...most people want to know: Emu Xboard controller on top, Korg CX3, Yamaha P100 on bottom. All synth sounds come from a Yamaha EX5 off camera.
Sooo funny... I still have my P100. As soon as I touched it 15 years ago?.. I bought it (even though I am very cheap and typically buy everything used) AND I had my CX3 connected to a 147 leslie for years (recently changed to a Nord with a ventilator pedal). Still have 3 real wooden leslies.
Everyone has a favorite ELP tune. This one is mine, and, you, sir, are an **extremely** talented musician who has this down to the "T". I wish we could get together,as I have spent 34 years playing this with the recordings, and it has been my (basically) lifelong dream to play this with a keyboardist such as yourself.I have the timp's, chimes, gong, and drum set, identical to what Carl played(right down to the 20x28" bass drum)just hoping to use it someday to perform ELP's music.I have never
Thanks audiophile55...and everyone else. I read every comment. I'd like to see your set..and hear it. You have any videos? It's only in the last couple years that I've had a rig that I could perform ELP on to my satisfaction. Rather than have two stacks I bought a motorized stand that let's me raise the rig for the 3 keyboard organ stuff, or lower it to sitting position for piano. Cool eh?
Fantastic! I can sing somewhat like Lake, but I can't sing and drum at the same time - it's either one or the other. LOL! But I do know all three impressions by heart. :)
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The entire karn evil 9 is awesome,the epitome of this fantastic trio,my heroes since youth ( now i'am 64) .from Treviso Italy,and my respect for mister Shaklett for this great rendition
Busted! Now the truth comes spilling out: The first two chords after the solo are wrong. I almost stopped but I liked the take pretty well to that point so I jumped back on the right chords. That same progression happens two more times so I got a chance to redeem myself a little. Oh the perils of live performance! I'm glad I got that off my chest.
That's exactly the thing Keith would do live.
1970 or 71. I was 15, a sophomore in high school...at my buddy Rex's, where I heard a number of things for the first time. Tarkus was strange and wonderful. Somewhere during the B side I got a feeling I'll never forget: I felt like I was related to Keith Emerson somehow...like we had a common ancestor in Ireland or something...even though I was way out in Calif. in the middle of the desert. I became kinda like the guy in Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind: I had to reproduce this thing..
I get it. I still remember exactly where I was when I heard "song for america" for the first time on the radio (written by a different Kerry). it was life changing. Something in the ungodly chord progression and subsequent tension resolution connected with me on an atomic level. Can't explain it.
You summed up the whole work of ELP very well: Strange and wonderful
I never missed an ELP tour. Saw them about 70 times. It was always Yes and ELP for me. Saw Yes about 90 times. You are an amazing player. Dream Theater, anyone?
I'm almost overwhelmed. This magnificent performance has reminded me of why Emerson was my musical hero back in the seventies. The combination of technical mastery with sheer musicality remains awe-inspiring and your rendition is as good as I'll ever hear, I suspect.
You have inspired me!
Incredible! I too grew up on this music and you, sir, have nailed it!
Thanks for sharing.
I listened to all parts before my comment... I'm VERY impressed! You, Rachel Flowers, and the young lady at Dreamatone should get together and tour! That would be a Show of Shows!!!!
I have to say you really captured the live version perfectly! Studio version sound different but the fact that you nailed the California Jam version is amazing!
Keith and I are MOST proud (that was incredible and don't ever doubt it!).
Got my first set 4 years ago. My feet were pretty much beginners but they're coming along. Having sequenced all the drum parts for my videos I've studied Carl pretty thoroughly. Most of his stuff is not complicated beyond the basic rhythms of the music (which admittedly can be a little tricky) it's just well placed and executed. That's where years of pounding it out at gigs comes in handy. Kinda wish I'd started 30 years ago.
I suspect he still has the GX1. I read just a few days ago that he sampled some sounds from it for his new album. The Works album was certainly a whole new sound. Remember that the sounds that we came to love were about all that was available at the time. Keith was apparently very happy to have something completely new sounding. I think most of us were expecting another BSS...and probably still are. And why not? The planets must have been all lined up for that one. But life goes on.
Side note: brilliant rendition. Well done on every aspect.
Soo... I read an old story that keith bought a broken GX-1 from maybe John Paul Jones? when a tractor drove through the wall of his barn and bashed the hell out of his GX1? or maybe it involved Benny Anderson. it was a small, exclusive club. I'm so sad keith is gone. It's just wrong he left that way.
Totally awesome! Nailed it! Keith & Greg are looking down on you with joy and admiration. Bravissimo maestro.
I went past a news agency the other day and saw a music magazine with Brain Salad Surgery on the cover, 40th anniversary re digitized or something ..so felt nostalgic and punched in "karn evil 9" on you tube and just discovered this....awesome!
Kerry,
It is my pleasure! I have this cranked right now, and it's like listening to it all over again! I like the way it travels from one channel to the other,like during the part at 0:49, not to mention the ending! You *are* the BEST!!!!!!!
You have improved my standard of living, Kerry! ;-)
Brother ---you are a virtuoso...The world needs people like you.
I'm a 22 years old from Argentina. Big fan of Keith and elp i watched your work again years after the first time. I think you re the personification of the perfect future of Keith Emerson. I really enjoyed this. Thanks
Mind blowing. Keith lives on. Brilliant job!
Kerry must be one the greatest musicians out there. Alright, I love ELP, but the skill level on display here is beyond mind-boggling.
There’s something more to it though, for me, he gets the spirit of the music just right and achieves an urgency and sheer musical quality that goes beyond just the almighty ability.
Thanks you Audiophile55 !!!!!!
This is awesome to see and "hear" all of the kerry's video in stereo !!!
this was the song I interpreted for Keith when I was a young boy. I was in music school and I created this with piano and organ and moog I wrote him and included a tape I said I could copy you but you heard it already. Keith met me and he said I was right what is the use of copying. It was many years later Keith told me he was so ego driven to tell me at the time but I had a Ginastera moment, I said when he heard his piece interpreted by you he congratulated you? So you buying me lasagna was your way of saying that? LOL. Kerry you are good and you obviously put a lot of effort in this and I hope you see this I know some time has passed and you are very prolific and so was I. If something ever happened don't follow Keith's end. I had a stroke and lost a good piece of my left hand and Keith always admired me for it. I know at 59 I can make do because that's rock and roll
(continuing)...but, I never have given up the hope of meeting someone who can play the Emerson stuff with such precision such, as you. I play all of Carl's stuff note for note.That has been the ultimate challenge and what kept me on my toes, and why I constructed the replica of his 70's drum percussion set up.One day,I hope to be able to meet someones expectations as a drummer/percussionist who can play ELP as well as they expect. I only hope they are as gifted as you are, Kerry.
Stumbled on 1st Impression yesterday, watched 2nd and 3rd today. WOW!!!
Excellent work.
You covered the error there like a champ and just kept on digging. That was great.
WBMF was my first ELP album experience and you took me back in time. Thank you!
I will NEVER forget listening to ELP on Quad Headphones.With the right inspiration it was quite an experience lol!
IM PRE SIO NAN TE. Pensé que nadie podía equiparar la habilidad de Keith Emerson. El final.... de gloria. THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS FROM CHILE
Dude! You are THE MAN! You have Tull and ELP nailed! I saw ELP in Anaheim in 73 or 74, right before Cal Jam. I also saw Tull at the LA Forum in 75 or 76. It's been awhile, so kinda hard to remember exactly which years. Great shows. They've been 2 of my favorite bands since then. Something tells me you can probably hammer out some early Genesis and Yes as well. How about Triumvirat or Trace? I'd love to hear it!
Anyway, you performances are very inspirational. I gotta go practice:>)
Thanx Man!
Excellent!I sure hope he still has it.I remember reading an interview with Keith a few years back and he said the GX1 was damaged in a fire in his barn.Hope he was able to salvage it-it is a phenominal machine.You do bring up a GREAT point.Keith was probably pleased as punch to have a machine with a completely new sound.(And he didnt have to throw around a 350 pound organ to get some wild sounds-easier on the back.)I was hoping for another BSS,also-hell,ive been waiting for that since 1975!!!
Tears in eyes. Brilliant job.
Excellent Kerry! Not too many of us can play thru the full song. Every time I hear someone else do it I hear chords or a few notes I'm not perfect on. It wasn't in print when I learned it by ear.
Again excellent excellent! And good programming.
For one of my senior engineering projects I built a Moog sequencer clone, just to do 3rd Empression. I used 2 Mini's in the 70's, and of course a B. Hauled a Yamaha grand around to. ( I'm too old now to haul that weight around )
I had a perfect Greg Lake vocalist for a few years , and a Carl Palmer drummer too.. We had a great time pulling ELP off live. Lost the drummer to Steve Morse, and the singers somewhere around Nashville.
awesome kerry. loved your rendition.
Too bad youtube isn't at least in stereo, huh? I have that end sequence racing back and forth in stereo with a bunch of echo. It sounds pretty cool. Wish I could have been at the Jam. My uncle lived right around the corner. I did get to see the show in Baltimore, Dec, '73.
Very good rendition of this Amazing stuff
Extremely impressive. You have captured the haunting beauty of the piece very well.
@kshacklett
Very good ! Kerry!!!
You are walking in the master's way!!!
From the brazilian fans of Keith Emerson
Arnaldo Tabosa
Thanks, Yeah they lowered parts of the 1st and 3rd impressions, no doubt so Greg wouldn't have to strain for the whole tour. I use those keys in case I ever have a singer with the same problem. I also take liberty with a few of the licks as does Keith. I've worked hard to capture the sounds of the day. Without the actual gear I can't nail everything but I'm close.
I think that was Pat Moraz's band. Another great player, but like Wakeman (and everyone else) he didn't have the magic in his composing as Keith. In my opinion the person that got closest to Keith in musical impact was Eddie Jobson, but as Greg Lake said, it's art; one person will cry over it and the next person will piss on it.
Ya Jobson is amazing. Saw UK back up Tull once. UK were almost as good.
Very very cool performance, Kerry!
Kerry,
I love the solo so much so that I would rather listen to you play it than listen to Keith play it. I have always been in love with those chords played with the left hand which, Keith--for some reason-- always cut out of the live performances of this tune, except here and there. The steady playing adds so much, and whatever the setting is that have you on the lower keyboard is awesome.
So you came in on Tarkus,eh?What a wonderfully complex,intricate piece of music Keith created(with a little help from his friends)Kinda liked the B side myself-"Infinite Space/A time and a place"my favs.I came in on BSS-what an introduction!Vowed to hear every note Emerson played before AND after that.
dude you are awesome .. !
As a massive Keith fan i love watching you. i was late to ELP by age. i was only 10 in 1973 and so missed the fuss and only came by them in 1978 by chance after seeing the Old Grey Whistle Test Special and i was hooked. Had to wait until 1992 to see them at the Royal Albert Hall. in 2003 i saw Keith with The Nice on the tour and was lucky to shake his hand. finally i saw him at The Barbican London in 2015. i play guitar but never managed piano and so it always fascinates me to see someone like you being to master Keith's pieces. i hope you will ot mind i have posted your links on several ELP Facebook groups.
Thanks, Phil. Post 'em wherever you want. The more views the better!
Kerry Shacklett hi Kerry I stuck it on a few ELP Facebook groups and it went off the spectrum with likes and positive comments
I love that solo too. But I can appreciate Keith playing whatever he feels like playing, being as resourceful as he is. Since you obviously are an ELP "historian" you probably noticed that I improvised my own licks in the next section, while trying to maintain the style. I hope both of us get our chance to play ELP with real musicians.
Fine job on this Kerry... it's 2:30am here in the UK now but I'm singing along in my head as I listen to the track through headphones. Will gladly take a crack at the vocals if you're up for it! Cheers - Graham.
OMG. Pure heaven. Bravo!!! You are related to Keith.
By the way, excellent job on 3rd Impression Kerry. I picked up a few pointers watching and listening.
Thanx!
Hi Kerry....
I even saw this URL on Moog-music...:)
Can wait to see you playing other songs on WBMF.
Maybe some stuff on Picture at an exibition...like "The Old Castle" etc......
Again..... all of your songs/videos are awesome Kerry...:)
Wonderful Kerry !
EXCELLENT job Kerry! Bravo!!!
Great. Fantastic job, Karry, love this.
Ciao From Italy
Really good my friend congratulations .i would like play the drums with you.is one favorite songs from elp for me.
To imitate the greatest keyboardist of the story is not easy. Rather, impossible. Emerson is, as Phil Collins and Steve Hackett ... as inimitable. Really good job, Kerry!
Kerry, extraordinario. Eres muy buen interprete de los temas de K. Emerson.
Renuevas el interes por esta gran mùsica.
^^ This is my favorite ELP tune and I always enjoy hearing other interpretations of it. ELP is one of those bands that wont be remembered like say, the beatles... but in turn will be remembered more like Mussorgsky is remembered
Discovered this just now. This was always my favorite piece on BSS- a man vs. computer space epic etc etc, plus funky grooves. You nailed this and (and the other parts too.)
absolutely fantastic!
man, your awesome, great energy and work,
VERY faithful to the original. Nicely done, sir!
Very good ! Kerry!!!
You are walking in the master's way!!!
From the brazilian fans of Keith Emerson
Man alive, you are good. You ,make it look easy. I play bits and pieces of ELP and they are not easy.
wow your Lyra Moog sounds is amazing.. like your interpretation well done !
WOOOOOW Clean,hard performance.
Excellent job...
Un final extraordinario !!!!!
Sensational job, Kerry! Nice work on the programming, too. Totally impressed!
I would like to add that it is a pleasure to get to see/hear the Hammond solo actually played (at 4:30-5:09)the way it appears on the Brain Salad Surgery(BSS) album, since Keith didn't play the solo he recorded on the BSS album, during the California Jam. Actually,I like the way you play it much better than the way Keith plays it on the "Welcome Back my friends..." album, because you used the left hand more then Keith did on the lower keyboard, making it sound closer to the sound on BSS!
Keith Emerson himself must be proud of it!!!!!
Is it really you Keith...Carnivate
Kerry, please do a GiG live around here in Montreal,Canada
Form Canary Island, Spain.Congratulation, your playing is perfect, good job.I would like to tray be the Lake of this post, but the distance...Thank for post it and repeat, congratulation for your job "Keith";-0).
absolutely fantastic - Thanks!
Well done...great rendition...
Got here a little late as I see you posted this some time ago. But just have to say that is damn good.
Thanks, I hate to break this to you but not only did I learn it by ear, I learned it from an LP 30+ years ago. I got to where I could drop the needle on the exact groove I wanted about half of the time. bowserb61 turned me on to the "Piano Bench" recently and I've studied a few pages of Brent Wood's. I disagree with a few things but have also found stuff that sounds more "correct" than mine. What a great resource for ELP students, including me!
loved your singing at the end! who wouldn't during such a great song?
(continuing) heard anyone play ELP tunes with such precision, on keyboards, as you, sir! I read that you want to perform Toccata. I wish we could record it together! Wow! You are amazing! I guess I'll just keep wishing my dream could come true, and I'd get to play this stuff with actual talented musicians. Talent such as yours is not an easy task to find. Keith, Greg and Carl must be proud of you!
Graham from Noddy's Puncture (no one has explained that name to me yet) is actually working on a vocal rendition. What I've heard so far sounds great. He took the video right off youtube. Nothing stopping you from doing the same. I'd love to hear it.
love how you shake the camera at the end! very good performence, im learning the 1st impression right now and this stuff ain't easy...
Thanks. The original sound is a sequence that is triggered by the Moog keyboard with a slight delay. I couldn't trigger a sequence live with my gear so I sampled my own sequence and assigned it to a couple keys at the upper end of the controller.. You can see me play those higher notes...
Hello Burt, I've got to put this on my channel page...most people want to know:
Emu Xboard controller on top, Korg CX3, Yamaha P100 on bottom. All synth sounds come from a Yamaha EX5 off camera.
Sooo funny... I still have my P100. As soon as I touched it 15 years ago?.. I bought it (even though I am very cheap and typically buy everything used) AND I had my CX3 connected to a 147 leslie for years (recently changed to a Nord with a ventilator pedal). Still have 3 real wooden leslies.
That was excellent!
Never gets old!
'been going thru your music videos. sweet.
A great performance! Congratulation!
Awesome! Congratulations!
Amazing. Thank you
Everyone has a favorite ELP tune. This one is mine, and, you, sir, are an **extremely** talented musician who has this down to the "T". I wish we could get together,as I have spent 34 years playing this with the recordings, and it has been my (basically) lifelong dream to play this with a keyboardist such as yourself.I have the timp's, chimes, gong, and drum set, identical to what Carl played(right down to the 20x28" bass drum)just hoping to use it someday to perform ELP's music.I have never
Kerry, followed all your versions, and think you are GREAT! WHEN are we gonna hear some of your "original" stuff? Or, Where can we buy it?! Roy
I love your playing
Excellent !!!!
PLEASE KERRY!!! FORM A GROUP AND DO A TOUR!!!! i WOULD PAY TO SEE IT.
Excellent.
Very good. You're even wearing a watch!
This man is my hero
Absolute QUALITY.
Beautiful job!
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
best elp cover on youtube
Thanks audiophile55...and everyone else. I read every comment. I'd like to see your set..and hear it. You have any videos? It's only in the last couple years that I've had a rig that I could perform ELP on to my satisfaction. Rather than have two stacks I bought a motorized stand that let's me raise the rig for the 3 keyboard organ stuff, or lower it to sitting position for piano. Cool eh?
Nice camera effect at the end 😁And the whole thing made want to sing the sparse vocal parts
Sensational, man !!!
Mind blowing 😮
Bravísimooooo!!!!!! Adelante! Ahead!
Fantastic! I can sing somewhat like Lake, but I can't sing and drum at the same time - it's either one or the other. LOL! But I do know all three impressions by heart. :)
That was 9:27 of pure awesomeness !!!