Emerson, Lake & Palmer: "Fanfare for the Common Man"

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Cheers Back To You

When Emerson did that bit of Hernando's Hideaway, I flipped because my dad loved playing that on organ. (He had a Hammond H series; no Leslie, but good built in speakers. We had my grandpa's old piano in the basement. I did my playing down there.)
My dad could play pretty well but he wasn't sophisticated in his approach.
When it goes from the Fm (2nd chord) to the C7, he'd just go there. On piano, the D diminished just screamed out to be played as a transition chord. Then I'd play the 9th, instead of going to the dom7. I was putting in passing chords all over the place
All that said, my dad loved that I learned one of his favorite songs.
But, if it was good enough for Emerson to play it, it was good enough for me!
My biggest rig was L shaped. I had the Kustom 88, Chowning piano as the base. I had a Korg CX-3 (Hammond Sound) on top, and using some black taped PVC pipe, had a Polysix on top of that. To my right, I had a Hohner Clavinet with a Korg MS-20 on top of that. Played through a 6 channel Earth PA.
Later, my rig was 12 channel stereo (we had a 24 channel mixer for the band) and my onstage amping was an Electro voice S-18E, powered by a QSC amp bridged to 600W.
Once I went to that Apex stand, it was a far more streamlined setup, even though I had more sonic options. And, since I was lead singer on 3 out of every 7 songs, it put me at stage front which made a better presentation.