What prompted me to ask this question is the local station here just played that great underrated Squeeze song "Pulling Mussels From A Shell" and I can listen to that Jools Holland funky piano solo in it a thousand times.
Now I am not saying Holland is the greatest of all time, that would be wrong, but he ranks.
In the 70's the epic argument was Wakeman or Carl Palmer.
I rank ELP's Carl Palmer over Rick Wakeman because Yes used synthesizers, Carl Palmer used nothing artificial.
Then a little later you had the Billy Joel versus Elton John debate.
No debate, Billy Joel kicks John's ass on keyboards, now if the question was who is the better showman, no question it's John, but Joel musically is worlds better.
Al Kooper belongs in this debate, so does Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Steve Winwood is and was amazing, so was Billy Preston.
What about Dennis DeYoung? Booker T? Brian Eno before the genius behind the scenes could play lights out, Bruce's man "The Professor" Roy Bittan has to get some love, PigPen from the 'Dead?
Who's your guy behind that piano, playing those black and whites?
Now I am not saying Holland is the greatest of all time, that would be wrong, but he ranks.
In the 70's the epic argument was Wakeman or Carl Palmer.
I rank ELP's Carl Palmer over Rick Wakeman because Yes used synthesizers, Carl Palmer used nothing artificial.
Then a little later you had the Billy Joel versus Elton John debate.
No debate, Billy Joel kicks John's ass on keyboards, now if the question was who is the better showman, no question it's John, but Joel musically is worlds better.
Al Kooper belongs in this debate, so does Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Steve Winwood is and was amazing, so was Billy Preston.
What about Dennis DeYoung? Booker T? Brian Eno before the genius behind the scenes could play lights out, Bruce's man "The Professor" Roy Bittan has to get some love, PigPen from the 'Dead?
Who's your guy behind that piano, playing those black and whites?
hno:
That's alright.....I only knew the answer that quick because I was always a Huge fan of ELP.
