Carl Palmer and his band gave fresh life to Emerson, Lake, & Palmer with digital performances of his late bandmates Keith Emerson and Greg Lake at Maryland Hall recently.
Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show!
The following article is adapted from a press release.
On Sept. 26, Carl Palmer toured his multimedia show — Welcome Back, My Friends: The Return of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer — at Maryland Hall.
Through modern technology, the tour reunited the band: Carl with his two bandmates, playing together along with Keith and Greg, who both passed away in 2016. It combined Keith and Greg on video walls performing live from a 1992 Royal Albert Hall show along with Carl Palmer and two talented musicians who shared the stage as support.
Carl said, “The film ELP made of its sold-out run at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1992 had everything we needed to make these tours happen. We were able to use just the camera shots of Keith and Greg, with the sterling audio tracks of their performances resulting in a combination of film and onstage performance of my band that brings back the magic of ELP.”
Created by Carl Palmer, the tour is presented with the full cooperation of the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake.
Stream the official audio of “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer on YouTube:
After establishing themselves in bands such as The Nice, King Crimson, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, ELP was formed in early 1970 as one of rock’s first (and biggest) supergroups. ELP had record sales of over 50 million. Emerson and Lake passed away nine months apart in 2016, leaving drummer Palmer to carry on the band’s enormous musical legacy.
The tour featured live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl (and his band) playing LIVE on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Greg Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson was mixed with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again.
Catch Welcome Back, My Friends: The Return of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer on tour!
Here are some photos of Carl Palmer presenting Welcome Back: The Return of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer at Maryland Hall on Sept. 26, 2024. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Steve Satzberg.
