From CGDigital@aol.com Tue Feb 11 19:20:10 2003
Subject:Re: YES music, glitz, and purists (hopefully on topic)WOT

In a message dated 2/11/03 9:32:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
k2mojo@groovedaddies.com writes:

> IMHO, the best of the ProgRock keyboardists was and still is Wakeman.
>

I thought Roger Powell from Todd's UTOPIA was a killer lead player. Sounded
more like a guitarist sometimes than a keyboardist. He made the most of so
little. A Korg Polysix or Prophet 5 thru some FX boxes! That impresses me a
lot more than a stage full of $10,000 Fairlights and Synclaviers. Hey, what
about Jan Hammer with a frigging Mini and a Rhodes! Listen to Jeff Beck live
with Jan Hammer! I honestly think those men could have made great music with
a hollow log. And IMHO Kerry Minnear from Gentle Giant beats Wakeman with so
many sticks it's not funny.
Wakeman's playing, to some degree sounds almost comical now. Minnear really
was his own man. The story of Gentle Giant is a sad and sorrowful tale. And
Yes, I do like Yes.

Chris Nowak

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