Uma noticia muito triste pra todos nós do
PROG-ROCK - dia destes foi George Martin o quinto Beatle aos 90 anos e agora
Keith Emerson aos 71 anos em sua casa em Santa Monica, Los Angeles.
10-03-2016 Suicídio! - Foi encontrado pela namorada com uma arma de peq. porte próx a cabeça - keith tinha depressão por estar com uma doença degenerativa nos nervos das Mãos que o impediam de tocar. Familia pediu privacidade mas já vazou esta informação, confira:
Keith Emerson, the outsized co-founding keyboardist in
Emerson Lake and Palmer has committed suicide at 71, according to both
Billboard and TMZ.
He’d reportedly been suffering from depression over a
degenerative nerve issue in one hand that had sharply curtailed his ability to
play, TMZ added.
Long-time bandmate Carl Palmer said Emerson passed
last night (March 10) in Santa Monica, Calif., though he gave no further
details on the manner. ELP later confirmed Emerson’s death, as well.
“Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and
passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many
years to come,” Palmer said. “He was a pioneer and an innovator whose musical
genius touched all of us in the worlds of rock, classical and jazz.”
Law enforcement sources apparently have told TMZ that
Emerson was found by his girlfriend with a single gunshot to the head.
Billboard says his death is being investigated as a suicide.
Emerson Lake and Palmer hadn’t performed together
since 2010, when they staged a 40th anniversary reunion at the High Voltage
Festival in London. Their most recent studio effort was 1994’s In the Hot Seat.
Since, Emerson had regularly collaborated with Marc Bonilla. They released
2008’s Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla, 2009’s Boys Club: Live From
California (which also featured Glenn Hughes) and 2012’s The Three Fates
Project.
The keyboardist first rose to wide fame as a member of
the Nice, earning initial widespread notice by turning a 1968 instrumental
rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s “America” into a proto-prog protest song.
Two years later, Emerson joined Palmer and Greg Lake in forming one of
progressive rock’s best-known early bands.
Emerson Lake and Palmer’s first five studio albums, each
featuring heady combinations of rock and classical themes, reached the U.S. Top
20. Emerson also conceptualized their 1971 live project Pictures at an
Exhibition, a 37-minute rock adaptation of Mussorgsky’s piece of the same name.
Still, as technically gifted as he was, Emerson may be best remembered for the
sense of high-stakes drama at he brought to the stage.
Over the years, the flamboyant Emerson played on a
rotating platform, destroyed an organ in order to create a feedback-laden
soundscape, set explosions to go off, and performed on a specially rigged piano
that turned end over end. He would reach into the instrument to pluck a piano
string, or use a knife given to him by former Nice roadie Lemmy Kilmister to
hold down the keys. That same sense of adventure translated into the studio.
ELP’s debut single “Lucky Man” finds Emerson trying out a new Moog for the very
first time.
“I will always remember his warm smile, good sense of
humor, compelling showmanship, and dedication to his musical craft,” Palmer
added. “I am very lucky to have known him and to have made the music we did,
together.”
Emerson’s first solo work arrived in the early ’80s, a
few years after ELP closed out their initial era of albums with 1978’s Love
Beach. Emerson Lake and Palmer subsequently reunited for two more ’90s-era
albums, but only after Emerson took part in a pair of offshoot bands.
He and
Lake joined Cozy Powell for 1986’s Emerson Lake and Powell, then Emerson and
Palmer collaborated with Robert Berry on 1988’s 3. Emerson reunited with Lake
again for a duo tour a few years ago, dates the ultimately produced 2014’s Live
from Manticore Hall.
RELATO de KARL PALMER
I am deeply saddened to learn of the
passing of my good friend and brother-in-music, Keith Emerson. Keith was a
gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard
player will remain unmatched for many years to come. He was a pioneer and an
innovator whose musical genius touched all of us in the worlds of rock,
classical and jazz. I will always remember his warm smile, good sense of humor,
compelling showmanship, and dedication to his musical craft. I am very lucky to
have known him and to have made the music we did, together. Rest in peace,
Keith.
Carl
Palmer
March 11,
2016
Céus??? SINISTRO ISSO - Lucky Man -----
A bullet had found him,
his blood ran as he cried
no money could save him,
so he laid down and he died ...
E.L.P. - Lucky Man -----
Postagens
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.jpg)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.jpg)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
