KEITH EMERSON - Birthday

KEITH EMERSON – BIRTHDAY

Keith Emerson is born 2 November 1944, Todmorden, Lancashire, England. Organist Emerson was briefly associated with several British club R&B attractions prior to joining soul singer P.P. Arnold's backing group in 1967.

Known as the Nice, this unit later embarked on an independent career and quickly established itself as a leading progressive rock act.

Emerson's keyboard dexterity and showmanship

—he used knives to sustain notes during lengthy improvisations—was undoubtedly their focal point, a feature continued on his subsequent venture, the ‘supergroup’ Emerson, Lake And Palmer.

Although deemed pretentious by critics, the trio became highly successful and maintained a rigorous recording schedule throughout the early '70s.

Emerson's solo single, "Honky Tonk Train Blues," recorded during a hiatus in the parent group's career, reached the UK Top 30 in 1976, but the artist did not pursue such ambitions full-time until ELP was dissolved in 1980.

The artist scored the films THE INFERNO and NIGHTHAWKS, and completed a series of musicianly collections, but this facet of his work conflicted with other projects, notably Emerson, Lake And Powell

and 3, with Carl Palmer and Robert Berry.

In 1992, Emerson, Lake And Palmer reformed, recording an album and prepared to the road once again.

The Nice is reunited in 2002, for gig in Glazgow.

The nucleus of the Keith Emerson band was formed in 2002, after a chance meeting with guitarist Dave Kilminster at a Qango gig. With Pete Riley on drums and Phil Williams on bass, they began playing with a reunion of Emerson's The Nice in 2002 and have continued to perform to great acclaim in global tours including the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Fans have sparked to the energy and enthusiasm radiated by the band as they play Emerson classics from the Nice, his solo career and Emerson Lake and Palmer. Audiences have wholeheartedly embraced new compositions premiered in 2005. New interpretations of classic rock covers played to standing ovations in 2005.

Since 2002, the band has consisted of guitarist and vocalist Dave Kilminster, bass player Phil Williams and Drummer Pete Riley. With the 2006 American tour, Kilminster is on hiatus, fulfilling another touring commitment, and joining on guitar and vocals is long term Emerson friend and collaborator Marc Bonilla.

KEITH EMERSON'S DISCOGRAPHY :

1967 - P.P.Arnold - The First Lady of Immediate


1967 - The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

1968 - The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis


1969 - The Nice - Nice


1970 - ELP - Emerson, Lake & Palmer


1970 - The Nice - Five Bridges


1971 - The Nice - Elegy


1971 - ELP - Tarkus


1971 - The Nice - The Best of The Nice


1972 - The Nice - Keith Emerson With The Nice


1972 - ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition


1972 - ELP - Trilogy


1973 - ELP - Brain Salad Surgery


1974 - ELP - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends


1976 - The Nice - Amoeni Redivivi


1976 - Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues Barrelhouse Shake Down


1977 - ELP - Works Volume 1


1977 - ELP - Works Vol. 2


1978 - The Nice - Greatest Hits

1978 - ELP - Love Beach


1979 - ELP - In Concert


1979 - ELP - Works Live


1980 - Keith Emerson - Inferno

1980 - Legendary - The Nice


1980 - ELP - The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer


1981 - Keith Emerson - Honky


1981 - Keith Emerson - Nighthawks


1982 - Keith Emerson - Best Revenge


1983 - Keith Emerson - Harmagedon


1985 - Keith Emerson - Murderock


1985 - The Nice Collection


1986 - Emerson, Lake & Powell


1986 - Keith Emerson


1988 - Three - ...To the Power of Three


1988 - Keith Emerson - The Christmas Album


1989 - The Nice - Intermezzo


1992 - ELP - Black Moon


1993 - ELP - Live at the Royal Albert Hall


1993 - ELP - The Return of the Manticore


1994 - ELP - In the Hot Seat


1994 - Keith Emerson - Iron Man


1995 - Keith Emerson - Changing States


1995 - ELP - I Believe in Father Christmas


1996 - The Nice - America The BBC Sessions


1996 - ELP - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970


1997 - Keith Emerson - Inferno


1997 - ELP - Live - King Biscuit Flower Hour


1998 - Three - Howdown in Ritz!


1998 - The Nice - The Best Of The Nice


1998 - ELP - Then & Now


1998 - Emerson, Hughes and Bonilla - Wizard of Three Faces


1999 - The Nice - All the Best


1999 - The Nice - The Immediate Collection


2000 - The Nice - Here Come The Nice - The Immediate Anthology


2000 - Korg presents Keith Emerson


2001 - The Nice - Absolutely the Best


2001 - ELP - Live in Poland


2001 - The Show That Never Ends


2001 - The Nice - The Swedish Radio Sessions


2002 - Keith Emerson - Emerson plays Emerson


2003 - ELP - Fanfare World Tour 1997


2003 - ELP - Live In Concert (Recorded Live in Lakeland, Florida November, 1986)

2003 - ELP - Re-Works


2003 - The Nice - Vivacitas - Live at Glasgow 2002


2004 - ELP - From the Front Row... Live!


2004 - Keith Emerson - Godzilla Final Wars


2005 - At the Movies


2005 - Keith Emerson - Hammer It Out - The Anthology


2006 - Keith Emerson - Off the Shelf


2007 - ELP - From the Beginning


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