Listen To TeamRock Radio's Tribute To Keith Emerson

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Keith Emerson would have been 72 years old today. The inspirational keyboard player was one of the major figureheads of progressive rock, first as a founding member of The Nice and then as one third of the supergroup Emerson, Lake And Palmer, one of the most flamboyant and prodigious of all the classic-era prog bands. TeamRock Radio has been paying tribute to Emerson with this tribute to Emerson’s talent and legacy. You can hear the whole tribute below.

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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