RIP KEITH EMERSON

Damn.

http://www.teamrock.com/news/2016-03-11/keith-emerson-dead-at-71

Geez, another great one gone. I may have to propose a club soda toast in his honor.

Club soda be damned. Make it a Guinness. I just happen to have a few left over in the fridge from the old days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA&list=PLYtUDYMM_E1MUtrXVJ0DOhiv0LvIi-KLz

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xggFzkyd288

Too soon?

petegossett wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/xggFzkyd288

I get that being a rockstar is all about showmanship, but if I paid money for a concert and was treated to this you better believe I'd be walking out. Even if I were on a mountain of drugs.

I heard tonight a single gunshot wound to the head was to blame.

Haven't verified this yet...

About a week or two after my wife and I started dating I took her to see ELP at the Mann Music Center in Philly. They just reunited and started the US tour at that show.

I couldn't find a video from that show, but this was the same tour.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q4UMexaiQKA

Only a few years earlier I was playing Pictures At An Exhibition in the high school band. Our version was more traditional. Band director wasn't interested in trying the ELP rendition...

Edit: I think this promo was shot at that show: https://www.youtube.com/embed/WbEXUpvtD3E

I just read it was ruled a suicide. Damn.

bravenrace wrote: I just read it was ruled a suicide. Damn.

Was he terminally ill?

In reply to Duke:

Nothing I read indicated that.

In reply to bravenrace:

Well, that sucks even more, then.

Per his girlfriend: "His right hand and arm had given him problems for years. He had an operation a few years ago to take out a bad muscle but the pain and nerve issues in his right hand were getting worse," she said. "He had concerts coming up in Japan and even though they hired a back-up keyboard player to support him, Keith was worried. He read all the criticism online and was a sensitive soul. Last year he played concerts and people posted mean comments such as, 'I wish he would stop playing.' He was tormented with worry that he wouldn't be good enough. He was planning to retire after Japan. He didn't want to let down his fans. He was a perfectionist and the thought he wouldn't play perfectly made him depressed, nervous and anxious."