The Band of the Red Hand concludes its quest of picking its Dream band. As a recap, our Dream Band currently consists of the following members:

 

Carlos Santana as the guitarist

Geddy Lee as the bass player

Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel as the Female Vocalist

Queen's Freddie Mercury as the Male Vocalist

 

The position of Drummer is still being decided. Click here to get involved!

 

Now our focus shifts to the world of keyboardists, which is the final position to fill in the Band's Dream Band. This thread allows you to nominate your keyboardists to go into the "It's A Knockout" contest to win the slot in the Band of the Red Hand's Dream Band. And below is what you need to do!

 

Between now and SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST 2010, nominate the keyboardists you want to see try and take that spot. Follow the simple proforma below to get a nomination in. Name your keyboardist, explain why you have nominated them, and provide a YouTube clip (or similar) of their skill.

Please Note: The final submission date falls after the close off for threads/posts to be transferred across in the move to DM 8. All posts that don't make it will be posted by me on the new boards.

 

[u][b]Keyboardist's Name:[/b][/u] 
[u][b]Reason for Nomination:[/b][/u] 
[u][b]YouTube (or similar link):[/b][/u] 

 

You can nominate more than one keyboardist. Any nomination that is seconded, i.e. Krak suggests Keyboardist X and Corki agrees with the nomination, automatically qualifies for a place in the "It's A Knockout" contest. Otherwise, it will be done on a first come, first served basis. If there are any gaps at the end of the nomination period, I will fill in the gaps.

PLEASE NOTE: I am looking for a minimum of 8 nominations, and a maximum of 16.

 

If you have any questions, please post them in this thread.

Nominated Keyboardists

 

Seconded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

1. Rick Wakeman of Yes

 

Nominated

1. Brandon Flowers of The Killers

2. Sir Elton John

3. Keith Emerson of ELP

4. Ray Manzarek of The Doors

 

Added by Corki

1. Jon Lord of Deep Purple

2. Richard Wright of Pink Floyd

3. Steve Winwood of Traffic

4. Gregg Allman of Allman Brothers Band

5. Tony Hymas of Jeff Beck

6. Matt Bellamy of Muse

7. Ian Underwood of The Mothers Of Invention

8. Steve Nieve of Elvis Costello

9. Stevie Wonder

10. Isaac Hayes

11. Mike Pinder of Moody Blues

Sadly, I cant think of a single keyboardist...  :-\

Keyboardist's Name: Brandon Flowers

Reason for Nomination: I love the Killers and he is a pretty good keyboardist

YouTube (or similar link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636D3aqzx1s

Keyboardist's Name: Elton John

Reason for Nomination: uhhh it's Elton John

YouTube (or similar link):

, Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous

Keyboardist's Name: Rick Wakeman of Yes

Reason for Nomination: Some pretty inspirational and influential stuff through the years.

YouTube (or similar link):

Bumping up to the top!

I have to second Rick Wakeman, because of his sheer genius with the keyboard!

 

Only other person that is in the same league as Rick IMHO is:

Keyboardist's Name: Keith Emerson

Reason for Nomination: Just a pretty awesome keyboardist!

YouTube (or similar link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrbIvKdKo0

Edited September 22, 201015 yr by Stevros

bump

Keyboardist's Name: Ray Manzarek

Reason for Nomination: The Doors. He infused rock music with jazz and classical riffs on his Vox Continental and Fender Rhodes Keyboards. His playing defined the Doors Musical sound (Jim Morrison aside). In addition He produced and played with Echo and the Bunnyman and X to name a couple.

Edited February 2, 201115 yr by AMD44

Thanks for keeping this up and running!

 

We will actually finish the Dream Band idea this month. So, you have until Saturday 12th February 2011 to get your nominations in.

Final list of Keyboardists is up, with a little help from here: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_keyboard.html

 

I am preparing the "It's A Knockout" contest thread now.

 

ORG points for Feb 2011 done to here.

 

~Jea

Edited March 12, 201115 yr by Jeannaisais