Re:Wakeman, the master (Score 1)

I was a "lucky man" when I attended a discussion at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. on April 15th this year. Bob Moog was there to talk about early Synthesisers! Also attending, in deference to his friend Bob Moog, was Keith Emerson himself! He demonstrated a mini-moog (played a tarkus riff) and told a few funny stories too. Keith told us that the solo on the end of "Lucky Man" was a first take, and he was only fiddling around with the Moog, getting ready for a real solo. Afterwards, when the engineer and Greg Lake peered out from the control room and gave Keith the thumbs up, all Keith could do was ask "can't I do it again?". No, they said, its great! And there wasn't a spare track available to try again! The guy is amazing!