Another sad day in rock & roll.
Progressive rock pioneer Keith Emerson left us on Friday.
As founding member of The Nice and the ultimate prog-rock supergroup, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson was the Jimi Hendrix of the synthesizer. Part-virtuoso, part-innovator, part-mad scientist, Emerson will be most remembered for his fusion of classical music styles and hard and heavy 70's rock'n'roll.
Fun Fact: Always the showman, Keith Emerson would also engage in knife throwing occasionally onstage. His knife of choice was a Nazi Dagger given to him by none other than Lemmy Kilmister who used to roadie for The Nice back in the 60's.
R.I.P. Fingers.
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