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Ten years ago, the prog world lost one of its greatest musicians. Keith Emerson was the Hendrix of the Hammond organ, a showman par excellence and a prog rock legend, but offstage, he was modest and unassuming. Over the following pages we speak to Emerson’s family, friends and colleagues to understand the man behind the myth, starting with his partner Mari Kawaguchi, son Aaron and daughter-in-law Jo, who share their memories of the man they knew out of the limelight.

Ahead of his upcoming ELP tribute shows, surviving Emerson, Lake & Palmer member Carl Palmer remembers his first meeting with the supremely talented Keith Emerson , and reflects on a long and extraordinarily creative career with the man he describes as “the best rock’n’roll keyboard player”.

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Offstage, Keith Emerson was an unassuming introvert, but onstage, it was another matter. ELP's former manager Stewart Young, The V.I.P.'s drummer Mike Kellie and fellow Hammond aficionado Brian Auger shared their memories of the development of the keyboard player's stage persona that led to many regarding him as prog's ultimate showman.