From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Tue Feb 11 22:10:51 2003
Subject:Re: YES music, glitz, and purists (hopefully on topic)WOT

Its true: Wakeman is Eric Clapton to Emerson's Jimi
Hendrix. I like em both, but....Jimi is my man.

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--- Damon Fibraio wrote:
> You know, I haven't gotten into these bands yet,
> although I am intrigued
> now. I don't see Wakeman's playing as comical, but
> maybe that is me not
> being able to see his rig and his stage antics.
> However, I still think that
> Emerson whips his ass.
>
> At 10:19 PM 2/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >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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