Emerson, Lake & Palmer News

There is this song called Magnet and Steel by a guy named Walter Egan that was a Top 10 song in 1978.

Keith Emerson says he was asked to join Yes. The late-night query came during a period in which Rick Wakeman had come and gone - even while his own band, Emerson Lake and Palmer, were in the midst of their 1970s hey day .

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Pamela Stark had no trouble choosing her favorite. "Janis Joplin in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

The 4th annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine music awards show is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 25, in the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel.

I was somewhat reassured to see that, from the promotional pictures at least, the members of Science NV are all my own age.

Carl Palmer has just wrapped up a well-received tour with his ELP Legacy band, notable because - unlike his trio work with Emerson Lake and Palmer - this group prominently features the guitar.

A release date hasn't been set for the new remaster of Emerson Lake and Palmer's Live in Germany, recorded on June 24, 1997 at Munich's Tollwood Festival, but here's a free download to tide you over.

A question that is most interesting to ponder, if the electric guitar had never been invented, would there even be classic rock? There have been many memorable songs with bass lead, i.e. Pink Floyd's, "Money" , drum leads, i.e. Van Halen's, "Hot For Teacher" and Grand Funk Railroad's, "We're An American Band". Some songs combined drums and ... (more)

Welcome back my friends, to the chats that never end . With apologies to Emerson, Lake and Palmer, it's that time of the week to talk LSU sports with me, beat writer Jim Kleinpeter beginning at noon.