A history of rock and roll played on a keyboard 

I have a Reid Orcoa Organ by Esty and I wanted to hear some old stuff. Thanks for 71 Years of it ........... LOL, " Love Out Loud "! Your ONE CUT covered My entire Life from 1-23-50... Thank you for a Birthday song

Fun Medley! I'm a keyboardist myself, and a few of these tunes, particularly the prog rock ones, are not easy to play! Also a good job at finding patches that approximate the original sound. Thanks for sharing; it gave me some ideas for songs to learn.

Loved it. Nice job. I was sad to see it end. Could have listened to it for longer. Billy Joel wrote some real good stuff.

It wouldn't be Rock n Roll without a rocking keyboard stand!! great job!!

Absolutely stunning!

I would've really loved to see Pink Floyd's Echoes or The Great Gig in the Sky. Must say though, your work is incredible. I'm particularly glad that there was Karn Evil 9 and Long Distance Runaround, but the whole thing was great. Very well done!

simply awesome. Fluid arrangement and song selections were perfect!

Brought back good memories...Thank You! Nice choice of songs. :)

Absolutely incredible! Beautifully arranged, composed, performed. Well done! Thank you for taking the time to share... 🙏

Bravo, great sounds!

Excellent...well done. Very entertaining.

Great repertoire and very enjoyable..👏

Very well done! I loved it! I will be sharing.

As a keyboardist myself (playing since the 60's), I can't tell you how much I appreciated this video. Just so incredibly well done. Note for note plus all the voiceings. And you covered such a wide variety. I have a PC3 myself, and you gave me some great ideas. Man, thank you ssooo much, it was a sheer blast. Great job!!

Haha, love the little humorous comments you do as well as your playing. Great job!

great video. i watched the whole vid without skipping any of it. i never do that. great playing and i like that you didn't spend too much time on any of the songs.

Great job enjoyed the heck out of it

Not complaining, because obviously you had so much music to choose from, but was kind of surprised that you didn't have Deep Purple in here considering the incredible organ riffs Jon Lord created. Great playing overall, very impressed!

This video deserves more views

I love that. You are capable to play in many different styles.

Outstanding! Fantastic playing, you sir are a great musician. Great song choices, I bet we all can think of one or two songs that could've been added and for me it's "The Year of the Cat" which is arguably one of the greatest piano tunes of all times. Again this was a real treat.

Outstanding dude . U put a big ole smile on my face further more the Jessica solo was great it took me for ever to learn and I still mess it up at times there's absolutely not time to catch your breath it's the best piano solo of all time that's my opinion

I'm totally fascinated with your "A History of Rock and Roll Played on a Keyboard!" Keeps leaving with "NOOOOO" don't stop there, but continue!!!!

That was 20 mins. well spent! Great job.

True talent,awesome! Brought back memories all good,thank you!

Great musician and historian. Thank you for this.

Looking forward to it!!!

Nicely done! The only glaring omission I can think of is Whiter Shade of Pale. That organ intro is about as iconic as it gets.

Excellent, I really enjoyed this.

well done sir.. I've been entertaining my friend like this for many years too being an ear player and having too short an attention span/ more likely self-discipline (lol) to correctly learn the "b" parts that no one ever cares about anyway. I really enjoyed your compilation. (and quite frankly touch-up some mis-inverted chords in my own spin on these) Thanks for an excellent job of balancing educational with entertaining.

That was great!. Quite enjoyable. And you're not a jerk, which gives you bonus points. :)

You play so good... I am an amateur playing in cover bands so I know what I mean. Only few of my heroes missing. Nothing from Genesis (Tony Banks), Firth of fifth is mandatory...

Glad to see the Pc3Le8 used in all those songs. I think it is a great keyboard. Great playing too bro

Glad Boston made the cut. You're an awesome musician.

Gees he's got the songs and their sounds nailed! So many of us peons out here wish we could play just one of them anywhere close to what he's doing! Great job!

What a great player you are. Impressive. Thank you. I particularly like your 16th note staccato playing. Bet you could do some nifty stuff on an acoustic instrument too. Maybe a big old grand piano.

OOOH, HOW SYMPHONIC 👍😃😘🤗🤗❤️❤️ LOVE MUSIC!!! THANK Y'ALL 🤗😘

This is Brilliant!!! Just wondering. Did anyone notice how simplistic and almost boring the compositions and parts became as the the songs got closer to the times we live in today? The 50's, 60's, 70's and arguably the 80's were magical for those who practiced and loved their craft. This is a testament to what so many have been saying throughout the years. I'm glad I grew up when I did. Brilliant!

Great Vid. Keep em' coming Tiff Jimber Indie Musician and ewok lover

Nice playing Dave!

Order: 1) "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino 2) "Whole Lotta Shakin'" - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957) 3) "Good Golly Miss Molly" - Little Richard (1958) 4) "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" - Lloyd Price (1958) 5) "What I'd Say" - Ray Charles 6) "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu" - Huey Smith 7) "Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957) 8) "Oye Como Va" - Carlos Santana (1969) 9) Peanuts Theme 10) "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles (1968) 11) "Sympathy For The Devil" - Rolling Stones (1969) 12) "Light My Fire" - The Doors (1967) 13) "96 Tears" - Question Mark And The Mysterians 14) "Let It Be" - The Beatles (1970) 15) "Workin' In A Coal Mine" - Allen Toussaint 16) "House Of The Rising Sun" - The Animals (1964) 17) "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1975) 18) "Let's Spend The Night Together" - Rolling Stones (1966) 19) "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles (1967) 20) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (1970) 21) "Get Back" - The Beatles (1969) 22) "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who (1971) 23) "Baba O'Riley" - The Who (1971) 24) "Feelin' Alright" - Joe Cocker 25) "Nothing From Nothing" - Billy Preston 26) "Karn Evil 9" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 27) "Long Distance Runaround" - Yes 28) "Prelude/Angry Young Man" - Billy Joel 29) "Ballad Of Billy The Kid" - Billy Joel 30) "Your Song" - Elton John (1970) 31) "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band (1973) - The theme to "Top Gear" (BBC, 2002-) 32) "Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull 33) "Lovin' Cup" - Rolling Stones 34) "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac (1977) 35) "Saturday In The Park" - Chicago 36) "Takin' It To The Streets" - Doobie Brothers 37) "Desperado" - The Eagles (1973) 38) "I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (1971) 39) "Reelin' In The Years" - Steely Dan 40) "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John (1973) 41) "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" - Billy Joel 42) "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder (1972) 43) "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder (1973) 44) "Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston 45) "Jump" - Van Halen (1984) 46) "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1982) 47) "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey (1981) 48) Cheers Theme 49) "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1986) 50) "Take On Me" - a-ha (1985) 51) "Where The Streets Have No Name" - U2 (1987) 52) "The Final Countdown" - Europe (1986) 53) "Pressure" - Billy Joel (1982) 54) "Runaway" - Bon Jovi (1988) 55) "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - Journey (1983) 56) "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai (1996) 57) "November Rain" - Guns 'N Roses (1991) 58) "Where It's At" - Beck 59) "Trouble" - Coldplay (2000) 60) "Narcotic" - Liquido 61) "Yeah" - Usher (2004) 62) "Brick" - Ben Folds Five 63) "Someone Like You" - Adele (2011) 64) "Superman" - Five For Fighting (2006) 65) "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (2005) 66) "Forget You" - Cee-Lo Green (2010) 67) "Uprising" - Muse (2009)

How could anyone one give this a thumbs down ... shame on them. Nice job!!!

Brilliant!

Amazing! Wish i could play like that... You great Sir!

Great video. I play the same keyboard. Love it.

all songs played great..

This a great example of what a keyboard purchase is all about. Paying $999 for an 88 key Korg, great buy, but it doesn't allow seemless switching from one patch to another like your Kurzweil. People wanting to go beyond a piano to a workstation need to be asked this question, if they are gigging and need something that flows, then it's going to cost $. Great playing very awesome!

Nice. I was sharing various classic tunes with a talented young keyboardist one link at a time until I found this. Not complaining but you could easily have done 100.

WOW..... you're a great Keyboarder !!!!!!!! Big Thumbs up Kind Regards, Rosi :-)))

man nailed that Bridge over Troubled water so well.

Dude, your Billy Joel and Hornsby stuff was wicked!

You are outstanding man! Spot on with everything. That is a very good looking keyboard too.

great musician. Would love to here longer pieces.

Linus and Lucy has that blusey swing vibe to it, it counts in my book.

Very nice playing.

Amazing!

Well done 👍

I use to have the very first PC88, I think Kurzweil has the best string sounds.

Excelente amigo, felicitaciones!!

A history of rock & roll without Queen or Led Zeppelin.. what a tragedy. Haha Seriously though Your a phenomenal musician. Keep up the good work

Jolie compilation, le tout bien interprété ! J' ai joué plusieurs de ces morceaux d'anthologie avec divers groupes, ça rappelle un bon vieux temps ! ^_

NICE!!

Pretty Amazing!

Love this i can play sweet dreams are made of this and all of me on piano but im still in lessons

Grande trabalho valeu pela postagem !

Very good song of The Bealtes !

Nice! !! 👍👍👍

EXCELLANT JOB, WND !!

Some damn good song choices. I would have liked to hear some Iron Butterfly and Deep Purple, but I enjoyed this nonetheless.

the last song from Muse! perfekt :D made me smile for 1minute

Wow amazing !

The rock and roll keyboard compilation I NEEDED :-) Excellent work man! New frend here, hope you can visit too!

I'm quite surprised there aren't any Queen songs on here. Anyway, great playing! I aspire to be like you someday!

Your Saturday in the Park is amazing!!! If you made a tutorial that would be awesome!!

there aren't enough dedicated rock keyboardists good work

Thank you everyone for the nice comments.

That keyboard is awesome!

Nice job. Needs Cars by Gary Numan, Tom Sawyer by Rush, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, Custard Pie... oh so many more songs come to mind; but hey, I would have you playing for another hour at that rate. I can't fault any of the songs you did include :-) Look forward to part two.

I got a question, but the person took it down (or there was a glitch). Just in case, I change sounds with a foot pedal. I have banks on the keyboard with 10 sounds each. Then I change from bank to bank with a switch on the keyboard (you can see my hand jump up every so often). Thanks for the question.

Great job..brought back many memories a nd feeling of when i was young and in love...now im old and alone i rarly listen to that music and as a musician myself only play and perform newer or music with little or no memories attached to it..do any Oscar..Bill...or Gonzalo pieces??

Great job, but, yeah, you'll have to do Part 2.

nice job

Great video! I will say that your killer playing still can't hide the fact that this keyboard doesn't sound that great. The tambre of the Kurzweil is OK but it sounds so digital I was surprised.

Very good job, very fun and instrutive to watch! Two things call my attention right away: First, the immense and diversified arsenal of organs, acoustic pianos and synthesizers, once distributed over a large number of keyboard instruments, became ready-made presets and immigrated to a single platform. (You may agree or disagree with the quality of the timbres, but that's another matter); Second, the great decline in the quality of performance techniques and the impoverishment of the harmonies used are visible (and audible) after few decades. The rich rhythmic and harmonic heritage of jazz and blues, which comes from pioneers like Charles and Peterson, and will enrich the experimental or pop strand of Manzarek, Emerson, Joel or John, is now abandoned. It gives way to that "silly minimalism" of Coldplay and other groups, which uses and abuses those bland, musically short-sighted ostinatos that today serve as fun and challenge to 10 year-old piano students. Thanks for sharing!!

No Genesis? No Pink Floyd? No Deep Purple? That is "HISTORY"

What key are you doing Ballad of Billy the Kid in? It was great, but I usually do it in a different key.

What keyboard is this, if you can recommend it? I want to get into playing the synth, but don't want to spend too much money, nor do I want a cheap quality one I will have to upgrade. I realise this is probably a stupid question due to the range from a non-touch sensitive poor sound quality one for less than £100 to something like a Nord 2, but I have no way to judge keyboards on amazon without a starting point.

Hey, I have an LE8 too, what patch did you use for Strawberry Fields Forever? It didn't sound like the preset one in the keyboard

great

How do you change to next preset? Is this setup in advance and triggered in a certain way at the start of new song?

How did you get the sounds to seamlessly switch without pressing anything?

When you play the organ pieces it seems like you don't get the fast enough attack you'd want ideally - presumably because it's a hammer action keyboard? Just wondering if there is a key response curve setting on the Kurzweil or not. I have a Nord Stage 2 which compromises by triggering at the lightest touch when playing the organ section. It's still not as responsive as playing an organ keyboard, but a good compromise when you have to play a mixture of piano and organs with only 1 deck available! Great playing BTW - thanks for sharing!

Which keyboard is it? And how are you changing the patches ? I didn't see your hands pressing any keys top keys...

Im new to keyboard and I want to ask whoever is more experienced in this to help me with tabs. Is there any app/website like there is ultimate guitar tabs for guitar where you can search for a song and get instructions how to play it? I'm willing to learn some specific songs and simply by watching someone play it I ofc can't catch it all. Any help is welcome, thanks :)

What about in a gadda da vida? (The greatest song of all time) but still, great video!

How do you change the keyboard from voice to voice without touching the controls?

unbelievable..u stole my dream setlist! left out steppin out joe jackson... swingtown..SMB..an give me some lovin...spencer davis...also totos hold the line.. rosanna and africa..but f!@#in awsome dude. wish u had a kawaii mp 8 so i could copy sounds from u. ( so time consuming!)

Wow this is amazing! I've been playing for a little bit now but I don't know if I will ever get this good as I am self taught haha. How long have you been playing for??

Since when have Usher and Jamiroquai been rock? Props for the closer though, one of my favourite synth riffs ever and one of the first I learnt

You left out Pink Floyd (Great Gig in the Sky) and Layla - Derek & the Dominoes and you put Usher u.u... In the other hand I'm really impressed that you could play the organo solo for Karn Evil 9, soooooo impressive.