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![]() ![]() Keith began jamming with a member of the R&B band Gary Farr and the T-Bones, and in 1966 was invited to join the band. But, as a career as a musician was viewed as a pipe dream, Keith’s parents were delighted when he got a proper job out of high school at a local branch of the Lloyds Bank. In 1962, Keith Emerson founded a breakaway band from the Swing Orchestra called the Keith Emerson Trio. He joined the Worthing Youth Swing Orchestra, playing jazz standards and new hits by Chris Barber, Dave Brubeck and Acker Bilk. In his teens, Emerson was bought a guitar for Christmas. His father also played the piano, and by the age of seven it was agreed that Keith should take piano lessons, and not just plunk out tunes with one finger. The song was “Now Is The Hour” by Bing Crosby. As a two-year-old, Keith’s father taught him his first song on an Italian Scandali accordion. His pregnant mom had been evacuated from London during the war. Keith Emerson was born in 1944 in Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, England. #288: Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer ![]()
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