Rick Wakeman’s Jane Seymour
Not a lot of keyboardists got away with wearing capes, even in the 70’s, but no one seemed to question it when Rick Wakeman cut loose.
Dream Weaver
Gary Wright performs “Dream Weaver”, on Burt Sugarmans Midnight Special 1976.
Edgar Winter does Frankenstein
Feel ROCK’s majesty condensed into 10 short minutes.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Lucky Man
Just maybe the most famous synth solo ever.
Jan Hammer & Jeff Beck – Star Cycle
Hammer demonstrates why he’s the guitarists’ keyboardist.
Genesis-In The Cage
You have to sit through a lot of Phil Collin to get to it, but Tony Banks delivers a classic prog solo.
Jan Hammer – Darkness/Earth In Search Of The Sun
Hammer never succeeded in making the keytar look as cool as a guitar, but he has always played his ass off. This is a live take of the lead track on The First Seven Days (Synthtopia review).
Herbie Hancock – Chameleon
Herbie Hancock performing Chameleon live in 1975. This video only captures the second half of the song – but it captures the synth solo freakout.
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5 Responses to “8 Classic Synth Solos Of The Seventies”
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Never heard of any of those [except Wakemen] – filing under ‘Guilty Pleasure’ until I have time to enjoy! Thanks for sharing.
Jamie – how could you miss Lucky Man or Frankenstein?
I guess you’ve got some good stuff to catch up on…..
Great, great stuff! Talk about a cornucopia of musical orgasmic bliss! Thank you for sharing these.
Claudio – we are sorta known for delivering cornucopias of orgasmic bliss, we kind of specialize in that – so we’re glad you noticed!
Another ‘Lamb Lies Down’ track to note: ‘The Colony of Slippermen’. Not so much a “solo”, but some cool playing and synth tones. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KStCYfdeVMA)
Alos of note: Stevie Wonder freaking out with his talk box on a live version of ‘Papa was a Rolling Stone’. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSlRNLcfr8g)