When I was about 16 years old ELP did thier Brain Salad Surgery tour and I saw that concert at the Providence Civic Center. Being a huge fan of Keith Emerson and a crafty teen, I found a way to stay in the hall after they locked all the doors. At one point the hall became completely empty, no one on the floor, no one on the stage. I found my way up on the stage, played some of Tarkus and Take a Pebble on Keith's piano, then wandered over to Keiths keyboards and just stood there between his Hammond organs. And there it was. Behold, the mighty modular Moog. I felt like I was dreaming. There I was, alone, standing infront of the most inventive, mystifying and influential piece of gear ever known to music. I was awestruck, and think about this quite often. Keith had a lot of balls to take this thing on the road but, he did, and things were never the same as a result. RIP great man.
When I went to see ELP at the Calif. Jam in 74, I got there the night before. Guess I wanted to get in early and get good viewing spot. After about an hour in the parking lot with literately thousands of other people, we were treated to what appeared to be a "sound check" moment. Keith apparently cranked up the volumn and we heard him tuning/testing his moog. Everyone in the parking lot heard it and loved it-as you would expect. It created an eagerness to get in that you could not imagine being this was the first time seeing them live. I think Carl played his synth drums kit for a bit too. But Keith was making all kinds of great sounds for the 10-15 minutes we heard them. It was a prelude to the greatest show 250,000 people saw. And if you were in the parking lot too, on that awesome night, you felt the same way too.
His right hand just packed up on him and he couldnt face not playing as he could... A true pioneer of an instrument which changed the sound of rock music for ever....RIP Keith and thank you for hours and hours and hours of music genius....RIP Sir
.. at about 3:10, I could no longer hold back the tears.. we'll miss you, Keith.. you were my favorite... a shining star for all the universe to admire.. shine on, brother.
imagine playing on this thing. i only know of one other person he has recently let ry it out. rachel flowers, a blind girl that plays ELP covers by ear, no sheet music. he was so impressed by her abilities, he invited her to play the 'beast'
I 100% agree, ELP is making my 2020's psychedelic experimenting the same, I love them so much and Brain Salad Surgery is in my top ten albums too! I wish I could've been around back then to see them live...
I'm reading "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" once more....as a drummer, and a huge Carl Palmer fan, I'm always surprised at just how much I loved Keith's writing and playing. I keep thinking I will tire of Emerson, Lake and Palmer one day. After 50 years, hasn't happened yet....
Keith, my brother, my friend. I'm so grateful for having had the opportunity to do some miles, road, countries with you. Through the 97 ELP tour, then as your tech on the Keith Emerson Band tours, to the last show in 2010 at HV, London. You were always an amazing friend, relaxed (once you got past the first four bars of any show), quick with a pun, and funny, funny, funny. I, and the musical world, am so saddened by the tragic turn of events. Wish yo wold have picked up the phone and given me a call. Even with 3 fingers working, you could play better than most people using 5 fingers. And you always gave 150%. It's been a month, but I still miss you. happy trails mon ami. Your guy, Kirky, off there on stage right.
Yes, its very sad for us ELP followers, me going back to the early 70s and nice, this video shows the lighter and funny side of Keith which i love, Keith, Rick Wakeman and a band out of England called Noddy's Puncture, which does ELP music, that keyboardist is awesome and Keith has played along side of him..RIP KEITH, i was hoping to catch one last concert...:(
The board in question is part of the original MOOG synthesiser - Keith was hugely innovative on this instrument and was a personal friend of the inventor Dr. Robert Moog. However, the MOOG and any other musical paraphernalia - including the Steinway Concert Grand - paled into meaninglessness when Keith played the HAMMOND L101. This legendary tonewheel organ has never been used or abused to better effect!
I got to see ELP play Albuquerque in the early '70's while doing mescaline (blue micro dot?) What a fantastic show (Brain Salad 🤯 Surgery)! Emerson looked like a mad scientist playing all over that Moog board 😃 Such talent! I'll never forget the Gong & Palmer's drum set emerging from the blackness, like a giant Robot. The contrasting quietness of Lake's guitar was splendid. It was a once in a life time, unforgetable experience. Glad I wasn't too high to enjoy it, if you know what I mean.
I'm not up on Hammond models, but the "movable" one that he would do "Rondo a'la Turk" on-that he would pull out for encore (as Keith mentioned once in an interview), his tech would always have to work on it after a show because Keith would beat it up so much.
L100 organ used exclusively for the numbers Rondo / America , which involved a lot of organ abuse, including knives, playing backwards, etc (Emerson's the most notorious stage act)
Yeah, if one looks some never live shows, you can clearly see him playing with only 3 fingers. He did well considering that fact, but many things he once could do, were only a distant memory. :(
He shot himself in the head because he couldn't take the bullying about his playing, being a sensitive guy who lived for his music. He played more with 3 fingers than most with five.
I seen the band sevral times in great big room that Moog was so loud it went stright to your core. The almost 100 year old building felt the music to its foundation Its 50 plus years later and its still an awesome instrument.
I can not believe you left us, an irreparable loss for rock and for quality music. You were an extraordinary musician, your talent in front of the keyboards, your unforgettable ELP band and the great shows will never be forgotten. Oh Keith, if you were so sad that you could not drive your keyboards anymore, you should have sought help, with specialists, psychologists, finally, to understand that you already contributed too much to international music and that one day, you would have to stop playing keyboards. any way in favor of your health. You really need it in this world.. Rest in Peace.
Eduardo, well your post really started the waterworks. I suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD and it hurts that KE is gone and I'm still here struggling. I'd trade places if I could but I cannot. The world misses such a genius and decent soul
That's great! Thank you! I've been luck enough to have seen ELP numerous times. I saw them for the first time when they were touring with the orchestra. Unfortunately they had cancelled the orchestra for the Toronto show but they were still great. The last time I saw them was at Massey Hall in Toronto. My friend and I lucked out and bought tickets at the box office. Front row! Infact, the whole row was available so I sat where ever I wanted! Being a keyboard player I spent most of the time at Keith's end of the stage.
I count myself fortunate to have seen him with the Nice at the Fillmore East In Greenwich Village & was lucky to have seen him with ELP, outstanding musician all the way around & like many of us still miss him. Great clinic on the Moog Synth.
Keith Emerson, a great musician, whose death struck me !!! 40 years and to this moment I listen to his immortal compositions ... not sated !!! His place in Paradise, Paradise !!! And my heart is with him ...............................
I went to see ELP in Toronto in the late '70s, and at one point in the show, that thing came rising out of the stage, and if I remember right, that same sequence was playing. I had no idea what it was, now I know. I feel an urge to sing "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends." RIP Keith Emerson.
I wore the grooves off Welcome Back My Friends...no seriously...I still have my copy from '74...I put it on a few years ago...unplayable/unlistenable...its great!
I saw Emerson and Lake in LA at the Orpheum Theatre about 8 or 9 months ago. He had this damn thing on stage that night. What a great flashback that was to see it live again.
So much respect for this man. His talents are without saying, no words, no way, I just hope that when ever I leave this world, that they will be playing ELP wherever I go.
Emerson and Lake on stage. This is a tour that they did as a duo. In the middle of the show there was a question period from the audience. I was too depressed at how bad he was playing to want to ask a question when the guy walked passed me with the mike. Emerson was my idol. He should just compose and let other people perform his work. His hand is totally shot.
thank you Prof Deutsch. Bob MOOG and Keith Emerson! and Wendy Carlos!! it has been an honor to meet Michelle Moog .. and do a 4 hour show honoring the Legacy of BOB MOOG with Marc Vail and Craig Leon!!!! I hope to visit the Moog seum soon!! wusb.fm NY / WAXX TRAXX TO THE MAXX .
Awesome- I REALLY hope they show other ppl how to use that awesome piece of history. A great instrument like that could be lost if ppl don't keep it alive
I know exactly what you meant! There was NO mistaking that particular sound! I was on the edge of my seat wondering how far into the song he was gonna go! I have been trying to recreate just a hint of that with my Moog Filtatron iPhone app - sadly, not yet. Silly me - thinking that I possibly could...
And one other thing is, he also eventually started using other synths. Somewhere around Trilogy, I think, he added a Mini-Moog, then came the Moog Apollo and Lyra prototypes on the Brain Salad Surgery album and tour, the ridiculous Yamaha GX-1 during the Works era, etc. I think the two times I saw ELP perform, he appeared to only use the Moog on just a few songs, maybe only three or four. I think most of the time he used his more modern equipment for synths.
That was a special moment that Keith shared his love for the MOOG with the audience.
When I was about 16 years old ELP did thier Brain Salad Surgery tour and I saw that concert at the Providence Civic Center. Being a huge fan of Keith Emerson and a crafty teen, I found a way to stay in the hall after they locked all the doors. At one point the hall became completely empty, no one on the floor, no one on the stage. I found my way up on the stage, played some of Tarkus and Take a Pebble on Keith's piano, then wandered over to Keiths keyboards and just stood there between his Hammond organs. And there it was. Behold, the mighty modular Moog. I felt like I was dreaming. There I was, alone, standing infront of the most inventive, mystifying and influential piece of gear ever known to music. I was awestruck, and think about this quite often. Keith had a lot of balls to take this thing on the road but, he did, and things were never the same as a result. RIP great man.
I saw that (Brain Salad Surgery) in Vienna, Austria, Cityhall. It was simply epic.
A moment, and a place...….
When I went to see ELP at the Calif. Jam in 74, I got there the night before. Guess I wanted to get in early and get good viewing spot. After about an hour in the parking lot with literately thousands of other people, we were treated to what appeared to be a "sound check" moment. Keith apparently cranked up the volumn and we heard him tuning/testing his moog. Everyone in the parking lot heard it and loved it-as you would expect. It created an eagerness to get in that you could not imagine being this was the first time seeing them live. I think Carl played his synth drums kit for a bit too. But Keith was making all kinds of great sounds for the 10-15 minutes we heard them. It was a prelude to the greatest show 250,000 people saw. And if you were in the parking lot too, on that awesome night, you felt the same way too.
Man, that’s insane! Did anyone ever catch or see you? I would’ve been so nervous to even go up on stage, hahaha
I love it when people respectfully defy the rules to create a moment in time that will never exist for themselves again :)
His right hand just packed up on him and he couldnt face not playing as he could... A true pioneer of an instrument which changed the sound of rock music for ever....RIP Keith and thank you for hours and hours and hours of music genius....RIP Sir
Here here!
Walter (Wendy) Carlos was very familiar with this instrument. Clockwork orange was his/her claim to fame
"You can't touch it don't even look at it." lmao! Keith with the Spinal Tap reference ftw
Maybe he meant you can only look at it. Especially when friends stop by. Its just a conversation piece.
Actually, Keith didn't really LIKE Spinal Tap; it was too close to home and he thought a lot of it's not funny to him!
Keith and Hendrix simply the best and most influential instrumentalists in the rock era. The world still hasn’t caught up with either of them yet!
Go out of tune if you look long enough.
@@OFR He also talked about going to 11, then 12. . .
.. at about 3:10, I could no longer hold back the tears.. we'll miss you, Keith.. you were my favorite... a shining star for all the universe to admire.. shine on, brother.
imagine playing on this thing. i only know of one other person he has recently let ry it out. rachel flowers, a blind girl that plays ELP covers by ear, no sheet music. he was so impressed by her abilities, he invited her to play the 'beast'
I also want a Keith Emerson.
Bas van Asten i think it costs 105.000$
I just want his synth
Build it.
@@sub-harmonik just* HAHAHAHAHAH
I have one. I have Lego Keith Emerson and his moog. Lego toy blocks but looks real. cute. I purchased from ebay.
RIP sweet genius
RIP Keith. You, Greg & Carl made my 70s psychedelic experimenting an aural wonderland. Brain Salad Surgery is still in my top ten albums.
Emerson did not die. Emerson lives
I 100% agree, ELP is making my 2020's psychedelic experimenting the same, I love them so much and Brain Salad Surgery is in my top ten albums too! I wish I could've been around back then to see them live...
Keith is amazing, I have never known any one so dedicated to keyboards and how extraordinary his talent is. R..I. P. master .
The Emerson and Lake tour was so outstanding. Rest in peace with the heavenly orchestra Keith ♡
I'm reading "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" once more....as a drummer, and a huge Carl Palmer fan, I'm always surprised at just how much I loved Keith's writing and playing. I keep thinking I will tire of Emerson, Lake and Palmer one day. After 50 years, hasn't happened yet....
Simply put, he's probably the greatest keyboardist that has ever lived...
There's no doubt...he was then...still is now...will always be...he changed everything!!!
i always thought that has been Johann Sebastian Bach... 😉😂😂
Nah the guy from Deep Purple is hands down (no pun intended)
@@LawnBunny777 As much as I loved Jon Lord (that was his name), he wasn't nearly on Emerson's level. Rick Wakeman came close, but still no cigar.
For Rock Jazz and Pop, yes.
Along with Rick Wakeman, one of my two favorite keyboardists of all time! Thank you for this!
Amen :)
Both Rick and Keith funny men
Fab players
that had to always be the most valuable Moog ever. but now it must be worth its weight in gold.
Keith, my brother, my friend. I'm so grateful for having had the opportunity to do some miles, road, countries with you. Through the 97 ELP tour, then as your tech on the Keith Emerson Band tours, to the last show in 2010 at HV, London. You were always an amazing friend, relaxed (once you got past the first four bars of any show), quick with a pun, and funny, funny, funny. I, and the musical world, am so saddened by the tragic turn of events. Wish yo wold have picked up the phone and given me a call. Even with 3 fingers working, you could play better than most people using 5 fingers. And you always gave 150%. It's been a month, but I still miss you. happy trails mon ami. Your guy, Kirky, off there on stage right.
You stood next to genius ...
If I could give you a million likes I would!!
A genius and a generous man, who always wanted to give his audience 150%. Lift up a white wine spritzer in his honour come new years eve.
You must've had a great brother
Well done thanks for the amazing music. You all led a life. From NZ.
Yes, its very sad for us ELP followers, me going back to the early 70s and nice, this video shows the lighter and funny side of Keith which i love, Keith, Rick Wakeman and a band out of England called Noddy's Puncture, which does ELP music, that keyboardist is awesome and Keith has played along side of him..RIP KEITH, i was hoping to catch one last concert...:(
There will never be another like him - \\m//
MAY GOD REST YOUR SOUL KEITH !!! !!! !!!
The board in question is part of the original MOOG synthesiser - Keith was hugely innovative on this instrument and was a personal friend of the inventor Dr. Robert Moog. However, the MOOG and any other musical paraphernalia - including the Steinway Concert Grand - paled into meaninglessness when Keith played the HAMMOND L101. This legendary tonewheel organ has never been used or abused to better effect!
If you say so, post the best link of him playing it :D
I got to see ELP play Albuquerque in the early '70's while doing mescaline (blue micro dot?) What a fantastic show (Brain Salad 🤯 Surgery)! Emerson looked like a mad scientist playing all over that Moog board 😃 Such talent! I'll never forget the Gong & Palmer's drum set emerging from the blackness, like a giant Robot. The contrasting quietness of Lake's guitar was splendid. It was a once in a life time, unforgetable experience. Glad I wasn't too high to enjoy it, if you know what I mean.
I'm not up on Hammond models, but the "movable" one that he would do "Rondo a'la Turk" on-that he would pull out for encore (as Keith mentioned once in an interview), his tech would always have to work on it after a show because Keith would beat it up so much.
L100 organ used exclusively for the numbers Rondo / America , which involved a lot of organ abuse, including knives, playing backwards, etc (Emerson's the most notorious stage act)
God bless you Keith Emerson. 🙏 ❤
Keith and Greg ....back together again
You can tell that he's stuggling playing the organ. What a great man. RIP
In 1994 he had to be surgered, since that he played with only 3 fingers of his right hand. Pain grew up with the years.
Yeah, if one looks some never live shows, you can clearly see him playing with only 3 fingers. He did well considering that fact, but many things he once could do, were only a distant memory. :(
He shot himself in the head because he couldn't take the bullying about his playing, being a sensitive guy who lived for his music. He played more with 3 fingers than most with five.
I can imagine that. Also a big depression, according to Greg Lake, came since 1977 or 1978 (remember the biography of the group)
+Jeffrey Newton he suffered from major depression
I seen the band sevral times in great big room that Moog was so loud it went stright to your core. The almost 100 year old building felt the music to its foundation
Its 50 plus years later and its still an awesome instrument.
I can not believe you left us, an irreparable loss for rock and for quality music. You were an extraordinary musician, your talent in front of the keyboards, your unforgettable ELP band and the great shows will never be forgotten. Oh Keith, if you were so sad that you could not drive your keyboards anymore, you should have sought help, with specialists, psychologists, finally, to understand that you already contributed too much to international music and that one day, you would have to stop playing keyboards. any way in favor of your health. You really need it in this world.. Rest in Peace.
Eduardo, well your post really started the waterworks. I suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD and it hurts that KE is gone and I'm still here struggling. I'd trade places if I could but I cannot. The world misses such a genius and decent soul
Keith Emerson....Greg Lake...
THEN
NOW
FOREVER
Thanks youtube algorithm for deigning to show me this treasure. This is hysterically fantastic! Emerson, oh Emerson.
Oh man! This is PRICELESS! How fortunate for those of you who were there!!!!!!
That's great! Thank you! I've been luck enough to have seen ELP numerous times. I saw them for the first time when they were touring with the orchestra. Unfortunately they had cancelled the orchestra for the Toronto show but they were still great. The last time I saw them was at Massey Hall in Toronto. My friend and I lucked out and bought tickets at the box office. Front row! Infact, the whole row was available so I sat where ever I wanted! Being a keyboard player I spent most of the time at Keith's end of the stage.
I've had the pleasure of playing this beast way back when... Amazing machine.
I miss Keith and Grag. Will always be one of my all-time favorites.
Man, this is great! I love listening to him talk about this stuff!!
I count myself fortunate to have seen him with the Nice at the Fillmore East In Greenwich Village & was lucky to have seen him with ELP, outstanding musician all the way around & like many of us still miss him. Great clinic on the Moog Synth.
I really miss Keith. As I miss Greg Lake and Chris Squire. Giants in my eyes.
Keith Emerson, a great musician, whose death struck me !!! 40 years and to this moment I listen to his immortal compositions ... not sated !!! His place in Paradise, Paradise !!! And my heart is with him ...............................
Priceless. Looks like they're having great fun on the tour.
Great video! What a set up!
I love when I find out rock icons also have a sense of humor.
I went to see ELP in Toronto in the late '70s, and at one point in the show, that thing came rising out of the stage, and if I remember right, that same sequence was playing. I had no idea what it was, now I know. I feel an urge to sing "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends." RIP Keith Emerson.
I am endlessly sad since...
Love how the audience cheerd because he detuned on oscillator
Rest In Peace Keith,you are dearly missed.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Keith is a Moog Magician. Has a sense of humor as well
R.I.P. :(
Bless you Keith
I wore the grooves off Welcome Back My Friends...no seriously...I still have my copy from '74...I put it on a few years ago...unplayable/unlistenable...its great!
RIP Kieth and your wonderful moog 1.
Sad loss, he was a genius
I saw Emerson and Lake in LA at the Orpheum Theatre about 8 or 9 months ago. He had this damn thing on stage that night. What a great flashback that was to see it live again.
Pure Genius Keith was. We miss ya man, cheers…R.I.P Mr Emerson
Kieth is such a cool guy!
Fantastic - he looks like he's having a great time...and you know the audience is!
WOW, what a MASSIVE sound for just one guy playing a Moog and Hammond !!
Luvin' Emo !!
Tragic loss - what a sweet guy as well
So much respect for this man. His talents are without saying, no words, no way, I just hope that when ever I leave this world, that they will be playing ELP wherever I go.
The moog was built in 1968. I was conceived in that year. RIP Keith.
Emerson and Lake on stage. This is a tour that they did as a duo. In the middle of the show there was a question period from the audience. I was too depressed at how bad he was playing to want to ask a question when the guy walked passed me with the mike. Emerson was my idol. He should just compose and let other people perform his work. His hand is totally shot.
I've never saw him live, that's my biggest regret. Such a great guy and music legend.
This is a really entertaining clip and I speak as an old ELP head.. so thanks!
we miss you Keith... :-((((
Second to none keyboard player of all times..
How about the ultimate keyboard player of all time?
RIP, gone but not forgotten...
Epic entertaining tangent on that monster synth. The audience is so damn lucky. Wow.
Genius at work
Emo does Nigel Tufnell, great stuff
thank you Prof Deutsch. Bob MOOG and Keith Emerson! and Wendy Carlos!! it has been an honor to meet Michelle Moog .. and do a 4 hour show honoring the Legacy of BOB MOOG with Marc Vail and Craig Leon!!!! I hope to visit the Moog seum soon!! wusb.fm NY / WAXX TRAXX TO THE MAXX .
Brilliant! Keith doing his spinal tap bit.
Awesome presentation!
I bought a software emulation of it from Arturia, it's mindbogglingly amazing, even in that form.
Love it when he said it sounds like something from a air conditioner!
RIP :(
Wow! Glad this one was captured.... :D
Keith is the best ever!! The Ritchie Backmore on Keyboard!
you can buy one for $150,000.00
Oh great, let me just pull out my wallet.
It goes to infinity and it's got 3 oscillators....
😀😀😀
Keith is the BOSS
my favorite keyboardist
Ahh... the Moog 55 modular, I always wanted one of those.
Great pines, that thing's a MONSTER!!!
WHAT AN AMAZING MACHINE
Fantastic! Thank you!!!!
LOVE KEITH FROM ITALY
RIP You Master of Progressive Rock.
AWW-YEAH!!! GREAT stuff!
Awesome- I REALLY hope they show other ppl how to use that awesome piece of history. A great instrument like that could be lost if ppl don't keep it alive
It is now on display in The Metropolitan Museum in NYC. The instrument belongs to a collection called EMEAPP in Philadelphia now.
Way to go Mr. Keith Emerson! R.I.P.
Spinal Tap with keyboards, that's what I totally missed in the movie! Keith was a class act in every way ...
OH MAN, THIS IS SO GREAT!!! Where/when was this? A Q&A with the KING, Keith Emerson? So jealous I wasn't there too.
Nessuno come lui, il più grande !!!!
I know exactly what you meant! There was NO mistaking that particular sound! I was on the edge of my seat wondering how far into the song he was gonna go! I have been trying to recreate just a hint of that with my Moog Filtatron iPhone app - sadly, not yet. Silly me - thinking that I possibly could...
Like some of the great astronomers, he had to invent the tools himself, to make sounds no one ever imagined.
I want to have this in my church.
Wow!! In the Church? Emerson Forever
i want to have church in my this
Tom of Noddy's Puncture has the old KE Moog organ and plays it BRILLIANTLY!
Emerson and his work is eternal.
the king,par excellence !
I saw ELP in concert back in the day. I wish Kieth had given us a lecture on Moog programming. That would have been OTH!
The real deal for analog. Sounds magical! At 3:02 my hair stood up on my arm.
Now I have to have a listen to the full recording. Have. To.
Genius !
Keith knows his business...very fun to watch
Like this lesson.
And one other thing is, he also eventually started using other synths. Somewhere around Trilogy, I think, he added a Mini-Moog, then came the Moog Apollo and Lyra prototypes on the Brain Salad Surgery album and tour, the ridiculous Yamaha GX-1 during the Works era, etc. I think the two times I saw ELP perform, he appeared to only use the Moog on just a few songs, maybe only three or four. I think most of the time he used his more modern equipment for synths.
Thank you for showing this. I wondered what the cords and switches on the board were. Now I get it. Was it moogfest at NY? R.I.P. Keith