◇ image via WikipediaKeith Emerson
Keith Emerson is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Jon Lord, Floyd Cramer, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing and André Previn. Those roots explain a lot about how Keith Emerson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Focus, Tony Banks, Ian Anderson and The Flower Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Love Sculpture, Micky Waller, Geoff Downes, Valentyne Suite and The Best, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Keith Emerson, reaching back through Jon Lord and forward to Love Sculpture. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Keith Emerson connections
Keith Emerson grew out of Jon Lord, Floyd Cramer, Dave Brubeck and George Shearing, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Focus, Tony Banks and Ian Anderson, went on to shape Love Sculpture, Micky Waller, Geoff Downes and Valentyne Suite. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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