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If there was a boundary, keyboard legend Keith Emerson would break it. As the wild mastermind behind the 70s supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, he didn’t just play electrifying music—he turned it into a dangerous spectacle. Whether he was smashing his synthesizer to bits or turning it into a mind-bending sonic weapon, nothing was off-limits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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