The show ended: Keith Emerson has died – Milenio.com

On the website of Keith Emerson sympathy messages are preserved for the deaths of David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister. Now the mourning is the leader of the Emerson Group, Lake and Palmer (ELP), died on Thursday at age 71 at his home in Santa Monica, California, where he lived for years.

The causes of his death have not been fully informed. According to the journal Rolling Stone is a version that “Emerson police found with a gunshot wound in the head, but could not confirm that he had committed suicide.” Later the journal Billboard said it was suicide, according to the Santa Monica police.

His former teammate, Carl Palmer said in social networks was “totally sad when I heard the news of the death of my good friend and brother Keith Emerson music. Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboardist will remain unbeaten for many years to come. “

Powered by the exquisite performance of Emerson on keyboards, ELP was a triumvirate powerful hand that threw different genres. In an interview for The Guardian in 2002, keyboardist explained in the following terms: “I wanted to create a band of three elements with the sound as large as possible, a kind of electric orchestra of three men. We had an ambitious repertoire of rockeados classic based on Bach, Bartok, Janacek, Mussorgsky and Ginastera interspersed with blues, boogie woogie, and we experimented and improvised including “

After explaining his shows.” We played things changes
very complex time and lots of theatrical paraphernalia, like when I winnowed into space while playing the piano no one was pulling the strings behind the scenes. We were a live band, we could touch everything we recorded “

During some tours began with the statement.” Welcome to the show that never ends. ” Memorable was his concert at the National Auditorium in Mexico in 1993, when they hear puieron pieces like “Tarkus”, “Knife Edge”, “Paper Blood”, “Still … You Turn Me On”, “C’est la Vie” “Lucky Man”, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, “Fanfare for the Common Man” and “America”.

Born in Yorkshire, Emerson had his first success with the Nice, but next to the bassist, guitarist and vocalist Greg Lake and drummer Carl Palmer reached the peak with ELP. The powerful sound of the group is heard from their first albums, as Tarkus , recorded in 1971.

When he came to Mexico years later, Palmer said ELP was destined to be great from the first meeting. “I thought, there is a very curious, very original and very individual thing. It was perfect. I like Keith understanding of music and the kind of things you like. We have very similar tastes. Greg I like his voice, his attitude, his musical ideas. The meeting of the three was a great combination. “

In 1979, after memorable albums as Tarkus, Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery , the group disbanded. There were other attempts to match the achievements, but the group could never pick up, as when the drummer was replaced by Cozy Powell. His albums return In the hotseat (1994) did not have the potential of their predecessors.

Emerson, who wrote his autobiography Pictures of an Exhibicionist , recorded some solo albums and film music. He won the Frankfurt Music Prize, who had previously received Alfred Brendel, Gidon Kremer, Georgy Ligeti and Chick Corea, which speaks of the level of their talent.