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

[CincyDem]

10. Hell of a setup.

I was pretty boring by comparison but I didn’t do any singing…and the crowd was appreciative.

I started on a Wurlitzer upright in the living room that my mom played. Started rock on a little Farfisa blue single keyboard 4-voice organ and an 825. Eventually moved up to a dual keyboard farfisa with a 925 then the B3. Kept the 925 for the Fender. Loved that with slow spin.

Everything was mic’ed out to an altec board and those old voice of the theater cabinets with 2-12’s or 1-15 plus a horn.

Those were the days. Paid for HS and college…got a real job and the playing atrophied year after year. I can still muddle through some things but I think I play like shit these days.