Musician Heroes

 

keyboards

Rick Wakeman
(Yes, The Strawbs, others)

Patrick Moraz
(Yes, others)

Keith Emerson
(Emerson, Lake & Palmer, others)

Jon Lord
(Deep Purple)

Kevin Moore
(Dream Theater) 

Geoff Downes
(Asia, The Buggles, Yes)

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Mike Oldfield

Steve Walsh/ Kerry Livgren (Kansas); Tony Banks (Genesis); 
Craig Frost (Grand Funk); Walter Flakus (Stabbing Westward);
Stevie Wonder; Billy Preston; Richard Carpenter; Greg Hawkes (The Cars);

others ...

vocals/ lead front performance

Jon Anderson
(Yes; others)

Alice Cooper; Gavin Rossdale; Ozzy Osbourne;
Ian Gillan; Robert Plant; Steven Tyler; Ronnie James Dio;
Noel Gallagher; Liam Gallagher; Klaus Meine (Scorpions); Paul McCartney; 
George Harrison; John Lennon; Joe Elliott (Def Leppard); Janis Joplin;
Greg Lake (ELP); Linda Ronstandt; Mickey Thomas; Grace Slick; 
Tony Lewis (The Outfield); Mark Farner (Grand Funk); Graham Nash; 
Carole King; Barbra Striesand; Carly Simon; Lou Gramm (Foreigner);
Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog); Neil Young ; ;
David Clayton Thomas (Blood, Sweat + Tears); Lionel Ritchie; Bob Seger ;
Burton Cummings (The Guess Who); Sammy Hagar (Montrose, Van Halen); 
Tom Johnson (The Doobie Brothers); Don Henley (The Eagles);
Cory Wells - Chuck Negron - Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night); 
Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band); Leon Russell; Jim Morrison; 
Steve Walsh (Kansas); Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe); Etta James;
Billie Holiday; Clarence Carter; The Spinners; The Temptations; 
Gene Chandler; Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm); 
Christopher Hall (Stabbing Westward); Pat Monahan (Train); Mick Jagger;
Stevie Wonder; Scott Wieland (StoneTemple Pilots, Velvet Revolver); 
Terry Kath (Chicago); David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake); 
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple); Tina Turner; Marvin Gaye; Scott Stapp (Creed);
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival); Peter Frampton;
Robin Zander (Cheap Trick); Karen Carpenter; Steve Perry (Journey); 
Barbra Streisand; David Gates; Bill Withers; Chuck Berry; 
Ric Ocasek - Benjamin Orr (The Cars); 

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Ted Neeley (Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar  movie version)

Carl Andersen (Judas, in original Jesus Christ Superstar)

others ...
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I also credit my father, who sang opera when he was younger and I 
was growing up - he was always singing around the house and our farm... 
My grandmother, and area guitarist and friend, Greg Ford -
for always encouraging me to reach for the highest star, and - in recent years - guitarist Shaun Hague, for reminding me how good someone can get when focused on their music, what I used to do at his age - letting NOTHING ELSE be more "important..."

Inspiration came from a great many other places, too -
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guitar

Jimmy Page

 

Trevor Rabin

Terry Kath

 
 

Rudolf Schenker      Matthias Jabs

Carlos Santana

Neil Schon (Santana/ Journey)

Steve Perry     Ross Valory     Neil Schon     Greg Rollie     Steve Smith

Ritchie Blackmore

Jimi Hendrix; Phil Collen; Steve Clark; Ronnie Montrose;
 Nigel Pulsford; Craig Chaquico; Mark Farner;
Randy Rhoads; Kim Thayil; Joe Satriani; Kenny Wayne Shepherd;
Ted Nugent; Tommy Iomi; Dave Peverett (Savoy Brown, Foghat); 
Robin Trower; Rick Derringer; Tommy Shaw; James "J.T." Young; 
Eddie Van Halen; Earl Slick; Muddy Waters; Stevie Ray Vaughan;  
BB King; Greg Ford; Kevin Williams; Greg Lake; Peter Frampton;
Derrek Hawkins (Stabbing Westward);Jimmy Stafford (Train); 
Eric Clapton; Shaun Hague; George Harrison; Rick Smith; 
Neil Geraldo (Pat Benatar); Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme); 
Elliot Easton (The Cars); 

Kerry Livgren (Kansas); 

others ...
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bass

Chris Squire

Dennis Dunaway; Rick Savage; Phil Lynott; Paul McCartney;
Dave Parsons (Bush); Glenn Hughes; Stanley Clarke; Flea; Greg Lake;
Mel Schacher; Ben Shepherd; Jon Butcher; John Entwhistle;
Geddy Lee (Rush); Jon Hubacheck;
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others ...

drums

Carl Palmer; Alan White; Bill Bruford; Rick Allen; Keith Moon; 
Ringo Starr; Don Brewer; Cozy Powell; Matt Cameron;
Neil Peart; Todd Poudrier;

others ...

best stage setups / best concerts

These awesome concert photos are borrowed from this excellent 
YES tribute web site:

Nine Inch Nails

Bush; Stone Temple Pilots; Gin Blossoms; Blind Melon;
The Smashing Pumpkins; Toadies; Seven Mary Three; Filter; The Verve Pipe; The Offspring; Matchbox 20; Radiohead; Danzig; Tonic; Collective Soul; Candlebox; Loud Lucy; Superdrag; Counting Crows; Savatage;
Alanis Morissette; The Goo Goo Dolls;
Our Lady Peace;Better Than Ezra; Beck; Concrete Blonde; Soul Asylum; 
Local H; Heather Nova;The Flaming Lips;  Stone Temple Pilots; 
Stabbing Westward; Live; Saigon Kick; Pantera; Oasis; Sponge;
Red Hot Chili Peppers; Henry Rollins Band;
For Squirrels; Green Day; Foo Fighters; Spacehog; Soundgarden; Silverchair; The Nixons;  The Black Crowes; Ozzy Osbourne; Chem Lab; Skinny Puppy; Ash; Garbage; Ben Folds Five; Third Eye Blind; The Tea Party;
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and many others, way too numerous to list ...
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And, of course (ha ha), my own band ...
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Scorpions; Styx; Alice Cooper; Chicago;Queen;
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP);
Rainbow; Dio; Black Sabbath; Ozzy; Foreigner; Boston;
Aerosmith; Judas Priest; Patti Smith Group; The Clash;
The Sex Pistols; Led Zeppelin; Jethro Tull; Meat Loaf; Cream; Def Leppard; Survivor; Santana; The Who;
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band; Supertramp;
Rod Stewart; Simon and Garfunkel; Jeff Beck;
Ronnie Montrose; Sammy Hagar; Van Halen;
The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; Crosby, Stills and Nash;
Neil Young; America; Blood, Sweat and Tears;
David Bowie; Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR);
Pink Floyd; Steppenwolf; Heart; The Guess Who;
Deep Purple; The Doors; AC/DC; Rare Earth; Elton John; Quiet Riot; Queensryche; Electric Light Orchestra (ELO);
Iron Maiden; Blue Oyster Cult; The Cars; Cheap Trick;
Pat Benatar; Jackson Browne; Bryan Adams;
The Allman Brothers Band; Dokken; The James Gang;
Grand Funk Railroad; Journey; Ten Years After;
Harry Nilsson; Todd Rundgren; Badfinger; Bad Company; Foghat;
The Moody Blues; Ted Nugent; Whitesnake;
Mott The Hoople; Mike Oldfield; Procol Harum;
Cat Stevens; Robin Trower; Thin Lizzy; Uriah Heep;
James Taylor; Carly Simon; Peter Frampton; The Hollies;
Starship/ Jefferson Starship/ Jefferson Airplane;
Black Oak Arkansas; The J. Geils Band; The Raspberries;
Edgar Winter/ White Trash/ The Edgar Winter Group; 
Billy Squier; Poco; The Eagles; Night Ranger; Bread;

"Heart Of The Sunrise"
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