When you think about it, the keys play an interesting role in classic rock music. In one sense, the keys are the instrument that so many young musicians try to get away from. The youngsters quit their ...

When people think of classic rock or rock ‘n’ roll in general, big 12-part drum kits, electric guitars, bass guitars, and giant amplifiers rush to mind. But there is another instrument that shook ...

Whenever anyone discusses rock keyboard players, one of the first names mentioned is always Keith “Emo” Emerson. In 1967, he was a founding member of The Nice, but he’s best known as one-third of the ...

Barry Goldberg, a blues-rock keyboard player whose work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to playing with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, including the notorious 1965 Newport Folk Festival concert ...