Favorite Keyboardists/Pianists

Well, over on youtube's Sea of Tranquility page, the theme for July was your favorites who played Keyboards, Piano, etc. You had to pick 3 albums they each played on, and a song you liked as well. Not an easy task, and I know that there's plenty I left out, but here's who I picked, and they weren't really ranked, although I saved some ofthe bigger names towards the end of the list. Here's mine:
#31. Steve Walsh (Kansas)
Albums: Song For America, Leftoverture, Point Of No Return
Song: Closet Chronicles
#30. Bruce Hornsby
Albums: The Way It Is, Scenes From The Southside, A Night On The Town
Song: The Way It Is
#29. Ronnie Milsap
Albums: Pure Love, Night Things, Keyed Up
Song: Stranger In My House
#28. Fats Domino
Albums: Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino, This Is Fats Domino!, Here Stands Fats Domino
Song: Blueberry Hill
#27. Alicia Keys
Albums: Songs In A Minor, The Diary Of Alicia Keys, The Element Of Freedom
Song: No One
#26. Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
Albums: The Doors, Strange Days, Morrison Hotel
Song: Touch Me
#25. Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen, etc.)
Albums: Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River
Song: Picking 2 songs here that go well together. Meeting Across The River, Jungleland
#24. Greg Phillinganes (Eric Clapton, Toto, etc.)
Albums: August (Eric Clapton), Journeyman (Eric Clapton), Sob Rock (John Mayer)
Song: Pretending (Eric Clapton)
#23. Norah Jones
Albums: Come Away With Me, Feels Like Home, Not Too Late
Song: Come Away With Me
#22. Billy Preston
Albums: That's The Way God Planned It, Music Is My Life, The Kids & Me
Song: Isn't It A Pity (Live)
#21. Tony Banks (Genesis)
Albums: Duke, Abacab, Genesis
Song: That's All
#20. Steve Winwood (Bind Faith, Traffic, etc.)
Albums: Blind Faith, The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, Back In The High Life
Song: Back In The High Life
#19. Little Richard
Albums: Here's Little Richard, Little Richard, The Fabulous Little Richard
Song: Good Golly Miss Molly
#18. Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
Albums: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tango In The Night
Song: Everywhere
#17. Leon Russell
Albums: Leon Russell, Leon Russell & The Shelter People, Carney
Song: Tight Rope
#16. Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Albums: Pronounced, Second Helping, Street Survivors
Song: Things Goin' On
#15. Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
Albums: In Rock, Machine Head, Burn
Song: Child In Time
#14. Danny Federici (E Street Band)
Albums: Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River
Song: Independence Day
#13. Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
Albums: Allman Brothers Band, Idlewild South, Where It All Begins
Song: Please Call Home
#12. Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
Albums: The Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight, Paradise Theatre
Song: Lorelei
#11. Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Albums: Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Division Bell
Song: Welcome To The Machine
#10. Jerry Lee Lewis
Albums: Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee's Greatest, Live At The Star Club Hamburg
Song: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
#09. Garth Hudson (The Band)
Albums: Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright
Song: Up On Cripple Creek
#08. Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Albums: Damn The Torpedoes, Into The Great Wide Open, Wildflowers
Song: Refugee
#07. Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)
Albums: Santana, Abraxas, Infinity
Song: Feeling That Way/Anytime
#06. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
Albums: Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffiti, In Through The Out Door
Song: The Rain Song
#05. Stevie Wonder
Albums: Talking Book, Innervisions, Songs In The Key Of Life
Song: Living For The City
#04. Dr. John
Albums: Gris-Gris, Dr. John's Gumbo, In The Right Place
Song: Right Place, Wrong Time
#03. Billy Joel
Albums: Turnstiles, The Stranger, 52nd Street
Song: Vienna
#02. Elton John
Albums: Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across The Water, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Song: Tiny Dancer
#01. Ray Charles
Albums: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Ray Charles In Person, Modern Sounds of Country & Western Music,
Song: Sinner's Prayer

No Chuck Leavell?? What is you? Some kinda commonist or sumthin? 😉
- 75 Forums
- 15 K Topics
- 191.6 K Posts
- 101 Online
- 24.7 K Members