I`m learning Piano,been a percussionist for 45 years, Love the keyboard work of Tony Banks, i.e.Blood on the?Rooftops, Deep in the Motherlode, can anyone tell me who influenced him; who could`ve, Wakeman and Emerson could`nt have had other than Classical influences,right? |
You are correct in your assumption that Tony Banks' background was in classical music. His influences were wide-reaching. He has stated in interviews that, in addition to a wide array of classical people such as Richard Rodgers, Burt Bacharach and 1960s soul music, including Otis Redding.
EDIT: Bacharach also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger.
A minor footnote here of some interest and amusement, perhaps:
The pop songwriter Burt Bacharach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbkPDeC3...
was a pupil of Darius Milhaud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxU-CKjP...
:-) :-) :-)
Best regards.
