Keith Emerson RIP

[lowend1]

I'm betting D6 Clavinet.

[slinkp]

Since we seem to have taken this thread entirely into "great keyboardists and/or keyboards", I am going to throw my hat in the ring for Bernie Worrell.  He's in a category all his own, in my book.  Bernie puts more personality into playing the supposedly cold and soulless synthesizer than just about anybody.  Of the P-funk crew, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins justly get more attention for visual flamboyance and outsize personality, not to mention their musical achievements, but to me Bernie is the heart and demented brain of P-funk's music. I was just browsing live Pariiament clips on Youtube last night. You don't see Bernie much but you sure hear him.  Not to mention how much he elevated "Stop Making Sense" - era Talking Heads.

And finally - since we're here for bass - Bernie played what I think is hands-down the greatest keyboard bass performance of all time:
funky, catchy, hooky,  permanently memorable, adventurous (he basically plays the solos of the song on the synth bass too), and totally dominating the mix ... I'm talking about the almighty #1 hit "Flash light" of course.

Let's appreciate his life while he's still in it - there's a good chance he will become the umpteenth great talent stolen by 2016. Cancer again.  Motherf***er.

[slinkp]

I'm betting D6 Clavinet.

Yeah I'm with you.  Compare to perhaps the most famous clavinet recording ...

same instrument, different EQ.

[uwe]

 Oh, you live and learn, I always thought both Ike and Stevie played Fender Rhodes. Danke for the enlightenment. I'm horrible at recognizing keyboard sounds. 

[nofi]

ah, keyboard funk. i like this stuff. 

[lowend1]

[gearHed289]

Every time I randomly play the Clav part to Trampled Under Foot, people at first think I'm playing Superstition. 

[uwe]

And that's probably how it started, too! Not that DP didn't have it's own Superstition ...

[lowend1]

And that's probably how it started, too! Not that DP didn't have it's own Superstition ...

As did Wild Cherry...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFiv9M577a4&ab_channel=thewhorocks524

[uwe]

Injuns were even earlier with it than the blind kid ...



Eventually, even people downunder caught on ...



Barry's white pants (as opposed to Barry White's pants!) are really waaaaaaay up there on the fashionmeter, I'm sure they had to do something with his singing style.

[lowend1]

Now I have to do this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrlWWrSwaB8&ab_channel=WaxAudio

[chromium]

Speaking of AC/DC and Clavinets...